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Growth and Sustainability Strategies Course Set


Contact:
Katie Mosher, 919/515-9069, katie_mosher@ncsu.edu


Posted Friday, March 5, 2010

A course designed to help local governing boards effectively engage in processes that integrate community water quality protection goals with growth and redevelopment will be held May 6, 2010 at the Currituck County Cooperative Extension Facility in Barco, N.C.

The third annual one-day course, Leadership Training: Growth and Sustainability Strategies Course, aims to improve participants' understanding of land use and water quality linkages, highlight the benefits of stakeholder and public involvement in environmental decision making, and illustrate how to integrate environmental protection and restoration into public policies and programs. The majority of the course will focus on practical local public policies — programs and projects that have been implemented in North Carolina communities. Presentations will demonstrate how various planning and development techniques have been used to address water quality protection or restoration and provided cost savings.

Registration is now open. The cost is $20 which covers breaks, lunch and meeting notebook. Registration deadline is April 28. To register, e-mail your name, local government affiliation, address, telephone number, and e-mail address to Lauren Kolodij, laurenk@nccoast.org, or call 252/393-8185.

Course organizers and sponsors for this year's event include: Currituck County, the NC Coastal Federation, NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources' Coastal Nonpoint Source Program, North Carolina Sea Grant, NC State University's Cooperative Extension, and the UNC Coastal Studies Institute. Additional partners include: the Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Program; City of Wilmington; NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources' Division of Water Quality; NC State University's Forestry and Environmental Outreach Program, Natural Resources Leadership Program, and Watershed Education for Communities and Officials; NC National Estuarine Research Reserve; and the UNC School of Government's Environmental Finance Center.

To learn more about this event, visit www.ncseagrant.org/cgs. To learn more about sustainability, read "Coastal Communities Seek Sustainable Actions" in the Winter 2010 issue of Coastwatch.

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NOTE TO EDITOR: For questions about the conference, please contact Gloria Putnam, NC Sea Grant's water quality planning specialist, at 919/513-0117 or gloria_putnam@ncsu.edu.

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