Big Creek Watershed Balanced Growth Plan Partners

2016 BIG CREEK WATERSHED BALANCED GROWTH PARTNERSHIP MEETING, CLEVELAND – March 10, 2016

Big Creek Watershed Balanced Growth Community representatives met for the 5th Annual Partnership Meeting on March 10, 2016 at the historic Sachsenheim Hall in Cleveland, Ohio.

Sachsenheim Hall

Presentations:

Jenita McGowan

Jenita McGowan, Chief of Sustainability, City of Cleveland

Welcome, Sustainable Cleveland, Tree Canopy

 

Kirby Date

Kirby Date, AICP, Best Local Land Use Practices Program Manager, CSU Levin College of Urban Affairs

Ohio Balanced Growth Program: Update & Tree Canopy Legislation

 

Matt Scharver

Matt Scharver, Watershed Team Leader, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District

Regional Stormwater Management Program: Addressing flooding, erosion, and water quality

 

Bob Gardin

Bob Gardin, Executive Director, Big Creek Connects

Balanced Growth in the Big Creek Watershed

Updates from partner cities: Mayors DeGeeter (Parma), Gallagher (Brooklyn) and Byrne (Parma Heights) Mayors Degeeter, Gallagher, Byrne with Bob Gardinfrom left: Timothy J. Degeeter, Mayor of Parma; Katie Gallagher, Mayor of Brooklyn; Michael P. Byrne, Mayor of Parma Heights; Bob Gardin, Executive Director of Big Creek Connects

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L to R Back: Meiring Borcherds, Cuyahoga County Board of Health; Darnell Brown, City of Cleveland; Peter Bode, Cuyahoga River Restoration; Matt Scharver, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District; Bob Gardin, Big Creek Connects
L to R Front: Katie Gallagher, City of Brooklyn; Barb Paulitzky, City of Brooklyn; Kathleen Pucci, City of Brooklyn; Rachid Zoghaib, City of Cleveland; Michael P. Byrne, City of Parma Heights; Timothy J. Degeeter City of Parma; Jenita McGowan, City of Cleveland

BCC Board
BCC Directors and staff
L to R Back: Greg Cznadel; Bob Gardin; Roger Kalbrunner
L to R Front: Mary Ellen Stasek; Neil Dick; Ann Kuula

BIG CREEK WATERSHED BALANCED GROWTH PLAN - 2010

Plan Cover

Ohio's Balanced Growth