10/26/04 - Town Meetings - Funding for the Environment
From: Bonita Hoke, Executive Director, bchoke@epix.net

Friends - The Pennsylvania Alliance for Restoration and Conservation is
sponsoring a series of town meetings to provide information about the need
for new, dedicated funding for the environment and to provide our elected
leaders with information about the need for Growing Greener II at the local
level. PLEASE PLAN TO ATTEND ONE OF THESE IMPORTANT MEETINGS!

Chester County: Thursday, 11/11/04, 1:30-3:30 p.m.: Municipal Bldg., East
Goshen Township; 1580 Paoli Pike. One-quarter mile east of the Paoli Pike
and Boot Road intersection, Molly Morrison: 610-353-5587, mmorrison@natlands.org

Montgomery County: Thursday, 11/11/04, 6:00-8:00 p.m.: Ursinus College, 601 Main Street, Collegeville, Room location TBA, Crystal Gilchrist:
610-287-9383; cgilchrist@perkiomenwatershed.org

City of Philadelphia: Thursday, 11/11/04, 7:00 -9:00 p.m.: Place TBA, Joan
Reilly, PHS, 215-988-8893, or Krista M. Raneri-Cheeseman, PHS, 215-988-8760, jreilly@pennhort.org

Bucks County: Monday, 11/15/04, 6:30- 8:30 p.m.: 85 Aldie Mansion, Heritage Conservancy, 85 Old Dublin Pike, Doylestown, Gene Sirni: 215-345-7020, ext.128, gsirni@heritageconservancy.org

Delaware County: Monday, 11/15/04, 7:00-9:00 p.m: Natural Lands Trust,
Hildacy Farm, 1031 Palmers Mill Road, Media, Peter Williamson: 610-353-5587, pwilliamson@natlands.org

There are only 6 voting days left in the 2003-2004 legislative session of
the Pennsylvania General Assembly to get Growing Greener II, the $800
million bond proposal for open space and farmland conservation, abandoned mine land restoration, mine polluted stream restoration, clean up of properties contaminated with toxic chemicals, repairs at fish hatcheries and dams, maintenance and upgrades on state gamelands, and community
revitalization projects. Before recessing for the summer, House and Senate
leaders promised to deal with Growing Greener II this fall and created a
Green Ribbon Commission to make recommendations about what to fund and how to pay for it.

At the town meetings, local organizations, businesses and local government
officials will talk about important projects in their areas that need reliable funding and how Growing Greener II will benefit the local economy and environment. We need to make the case that we need Growing Greener II
now - every day we wait, we lose 300 acres of open space and farmland to
development. Our legislators need to hear that Growing Greener II must pass
before the session ends at the end of November. Come out to a Town Meeting and help us make the case!

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