Board of Trustees

Mary Ellen Stasek, Chair mestasek@friendsofbigcreek.org
Jeffrey Lennartz, Vice-Chair
James A. Gazda, Recording Secretary
David McBean, RLA, Treasurer
Thomas Coyne
Greg Cznadel
Roger J. Kalbrunner, Esq.
Ann M. Kuula
Alfred Penko, P.E.

Staff

Bob Gardin, Co-founder & Project Manager
bgardin@friendsofbigcreek.org
Phone:
216.661.7706 office
216.269.6472 cell

Advisory Committee

Gayle Albers
Manager, Cleveland Metroparks Watershed Stewardship Center at West Creek

Regis Barrett,
Chair, City of Brooklyn Zoning Board of Appeals

Sean Brennan
President, Parma City Council

George Cantor,
Chief City Planner, Cleveland City Planning Commission

Brian J. Cummins,
Cleveland City Council - Ward 14

Kyle Dreyfuss-Wells
Manager of Environmental Programs, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District

Mary Galinas
Parma City Council - Ward 1

Jane Goodman,
Director, Cuyahoga River Community Planning Organization / Remedial Action Plan

Kevin Kelley,
Cleveland City Council - Ward 13

David Lincheck,
Executive Director, West Creek Preservation Committee

James McCall
Parma Heights City Council

Melissa Miller
Planning and Safety Coordinator, Bellaire-Puritas
Development Corporation

Garrett Ormiston
GIS & Stewardship Specialist, Natural Areas Division, Cleveland Museum of Natural History

Kathleen Pucci
President, Brooklyn City Council

Rory Robinson
Outdoor Recreation Planner, Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance, National Park Service

Janine Rybka,
District Administrator, Cuyahoga Soil and Water
Conservation District

Laura Travers,
Sanitarian, Cuyahoga County Board of Health

Rachid Zoghaib
Commissioner, Cleveland Division of Water Pollution Control

Organization

Friends of Big Creek Bylaws
Conflict of Interest Policy

EIN: 61-1606049

IRS Tax-Exempt Determination

IRS Filing Tax Year 2011 - Form 990

For more information, contact us at info@friendsofbigcreek.org

Contact / Location

Phone:
216.661.7706 office
216.269.6472 cell

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 609272
Cleveland, Ohio 44109

Office:
4352 Pearl Road, Suite C
(2nd floor, entrance on Brooklyn Ave.)
Cleveland, Ohio 44109

Friends of Big Creek is a community-based greenway advocacy and watershed stewardship group, a 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.

 

 

Programs and operations funded by the
Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer Distric
Watershed Grants Program
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