Welcome to the first edition of Green Spaces, the new
e-newsletter of the Newport News Green Foundation. This monthly newsletter is intended to keep
you up-to-date on the work the Green Foundation is doing to make
Newport News a more visually attractive place to live, work, and play.
In this edition you will find recent news and even a coupon from a Green Awards recipient. We hope you will share this newsletter with a
friend or colleague. Also, don't forget to visit the Newport News Green Foundation on Twitter and Facebook, and visit our newly redesigned web site: www.newportnewsgreenfoundation.org.
Sincerely,
Amanda Dale Wroten
Executive Director
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CSX Provides a Greener Future for the
Newport News Green Foundation
CSX, one of the nation's leading transportation companies, providing rail-based
transportation services, recommitted its dedication to environmental stewardship through a new partnership in support of the Newport News Green Foundation. CSX provided the Foundation with $2,500 in grant money to assist in promoting the creation and preservation of green space throughout the City of Newport News through advocacy, acquisition, and assistance to others. To read more about the grant, visit the Green Foundation's homepage.
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Green Awards Winners Announced
T he Newport News Green Foundation is pleased to announce the
recipients of the Second Annual Green Awards. The following
businesses were selected for their efforts to make the City of Newport
News a more visually attractive place to live, work and play.
CarRobics Touchless Automatic
Colony Animal Hospital
Cooke Brothers Funeral Chapel
The Deli Basket
Mariners' Museum
Showcase Imports
TowneBank - Warwick Boulevard
Yukon Steak Company
2008 recipients include: Anderson's Home & Garden Showplace, Canon Virginia,
Christopher Newport University, Drucker & Falk, Ferguson,
Gethsemane Baptist Church, Olive Garden, Peninsula Funeral Home,
Walgreens, and W.M. Jordan.
The awards were generously provided to all recipients by Signs By Tomorrow - Newport News.
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