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NEMWI Begins Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative to Make "Life on the Mississippi" Sustainable
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NEMWI has brought on Colin Wellenkamp to direct a new project focused on the cities and towns of the Mississippi River. Currently, there is no forum through which the leaders of cities and towns along America's largest waterway can come together and better manage the whole length of the Mississippi. Much like the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence River Cities Initiative, Colin's work will focus on building an organization through which mayors and other town officials can work jointly to improve the environmental and economic conditions of River communities. Colin joins NEMWI from the Washington Linkage Group where he represented some of America's largest cities in DC for almost ten years.
For more information, contact Colin Wellenkamp, Director of the MS River Cities and Towns Initiative at NEMWI.
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NEMWI and Great Lakes Commission to Host Great Lakes Congressional Breakfast
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The Great Lakes Congressional Breakfast, an annual event co-hosted by NEMWI and the Great Lakes Commission, will take place on Wednesday, February 29 in Senate Office Building Dirksen 106 at 8:15 am. Members of Congress from the Great Lakes region will provide remarks to the participants of the breakfast, including Congressional staff, Healing Our Waters Coalition, and Members of the Great Lakes Commission.
For more information, contact Leah Konrady, Director of the Great Lakes Washington Program at NEMWI.
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FTA Proposed Rulemaking on New & Small Starts Recipients
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The Federal Transit Administration is streamlining its process for approving grants under its New Starts & Small Starts Programs. These programs fund new transit systems and extensions of existing systems through a competitive grant process. In addition to reducing red tape, the FTA is also revising its criteria for rating potential applicants. FTA will hold a webinar to let the public know about the proposed changes on Tuesday, February 28th, at 1:30pm, details here. The changes to the regulations are open for public comment until March 26.
For more information, contact Beth Zgoda, Policy Analyst at the Northeast-Midwest Institute.
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