Fwd: Please join me at Monday's Newark Sustainability Earth Day press conference
Tobias Fox
From: Agosto Filion, Nathaly <agosto...@ci.newark.nj.us>
Date: Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 5:54 PM
Subject: Please join me at Monday's Newark Sustainability Earth Day press conference
To: "sustain...@newarknj.gov" <sustain...@newarknj.gov>
Dear friends of the Newark Office of Sustainability,
In commemoration of Earth Day 2017, the City will be hosting a press conference on Monday, April 17th at 11:30 A.M. at the Rabbit Hole Farm (38 Rose Terrace, South Ward). At the ceremony, the Mayor will announce a new grant award under the Cities of Service Prepared Together Impact Volunteering grant program to help the City increase community disaster preparedness and resiliency. The Mayor will also plant a couple peach trees alongside kindergarten scholars from the B.R.I.C.K. Avon Academy next door, and sign a proclamation encouraging all Newarkers to get involved in a “Green Your Community Week” series of events.
Please help spread the word, particularly to your contacts in the media, so that we can celebrate the good work happening throughout the City to build a greener, cleaner, more vibrant city for all. My central goal is to ensure a good turnout of residents to Earth Day/Earth Week activities taking place throughout Newark. If you know about an Earth Day event not currently listed on www.newarknj.gov/card/earthday, please email me with all the pertinent details, as well as a flyer, if available.
For Planning Purposes:
April 13, 2017
Contact:
Newark Press Information Office
NEWARK to HOLD Earth Day TREE PLANTING WITH kindergarten students. MAYOR BARAKA TO ISSUE proclamation ON sustainability initiatives.
Monday, April 17, at 11:30 a.m., at Rabbit Hole Farm, 38 Rose Terrace
Mayor to announce grant on flooding and extreme heat
April 13, 2017 - Newark, NJ – Mayor Ras J. Baraka will observe Earth Day by planting trees with kindergarten students from B.R.I.C.K. Avon Academy. At the ceremony, he will sign a proclamation that will outline the City’s sustainability priorities for 2017 including quality of life improvements, municipal ordinance enforcement, and youth leadership and engagement.
He will also announce the award of a Cities of Service Prepared Together Impact Volunteering grant award to address urban flooding and extreme heat by planting trees, installing rain barrels, and creating “cool roofs” throughout the city. He will then join scholars from two kindergarten classes at the B.R.I.C.K. Avon Academy in planting two peach trees, and ask residents to join him in participating in Earth Day events. Earth Day activities taking place throughout Newark can be found at newarknj.gov/card/earthday.
WHO: Mayor Ras J. Baraka, Newark, Chief Sustainability Officer Nathaly Agosto Filion,
Kindergarten Students
WHAT: Newark Earth Day 2017 Week Event
WHEN: Monday, April 17, 11:30 a.m.
WHERE: Rabbit Hole Farm, 38 Rose Terrance, Newark, New Jersey
For more information, contact the Newark Press Information Office at (973) 733-8004
MEDIA NOTE: Media parking will be available on streets.
-NEWARK-
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Nathaly Agosto Filión
Chief Sustainability Officer
Office of Sustainability
Department of Administration
City of Newark
920 Broad Street, Rm. 113
Newark, New Jersey 07102