Board of Directors Mary Ellen Stasek, Chair mestasek@bigcreekconnects.org StaffBob Gardin, Executive Director Advisory CommitteeGayle Albers Sean Brennan Donna Friedman Jane Goodman Jennifer Heard James McCall Melissa Miller Kathleen Pucci Rory Robinson Jim Rokakis Janine Rybka, Derek Schafer, Jeffrey T. Verespej Contact / LocationPhone: Mailing Address: Office: OrganizationFriends of Big Creek dba Big Creek Connects Bylaws EIN: 61-1606049 IRS Filing Tax Year 2022 - Form 990EZ For more information, contact us at info@bigcreekconects.org |
Big Creek Connects / Friends of Big Creek is a greenway advocacy and watershed stewardship non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.
In 2004 NOACA and agency partners were conducting a Lower Big Creek Valley Study (www.noaca.org/lbcvs.html). This comprehensive planning effort in the City of Cleveland included environmental, land use, transportation, recreational and economic development elements. The missing component was a focused community support group. Also at this time, the Ohio EPA and the Cuyahoga River Remedial Action Plan (RAP) were supporting the creation of Cuyahoga River tributary watershed groups. By November, 2004 efforts to form a Big Creek group were underway. In March, 2005, local, county and regional citizens, public officials, agency and non-profit representatives met to discuss a strategy for building a sustainable Big Creek support group. In April a community meeting seeking public input towards shaping the group’s mission and vision was held and by May a Steering Committee was formed.
GreenCityBlue Lake: I Did It: Created a watershed group for Big Creek
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