What: ECO AmeriCorps, Welch and USDA Announce Wastewater Funding and Celebrate Earth Day
Who: ECO AmeriCorps and USDA Rural Development
Where: Williamstown Public Safety Building
29 Meadow Street
Williamstown, VT 05679
When: Friday, April 22nd, 2016
1:00pm
Why: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Under Secretary for Rural Development, Lisa Mensah,
and U.S. Rep. Peter Welch will announce a new wastewater grant and loan for the town of
Williamstown Friday during an Earth Day celebration at the town’s public safety building. The
Earth Day celebration will highlight local, state and federal efforts to promote water quality
Mensah, who oversees a portfolio of more than $200 billion in community, housing and business
investments nationwide, will announce that the agency is funding a long-awaited wastewater
improvement project in Williamstown.
The press conference will be followed by a service project performed by Congressman Welch,
USDA staff, the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation’s ECO AmeriCorps
members and community partners. The service project will work to clean a Williamstown brook
of pollutants in honor of Earth Day.
AmeriCorps members will also hold Earth Day events around the State.
Those locations include:
South Royalton
Where: White River Partnership, South Royalton
4266 VT Rte 14
Royalton Village, VT
When: 4:00-7:00pm
What: Community clean up
Contact: Jim Armbruster (802)763-7733
Montpelier
Where: The City of Montpelier’s Rec Field
Elm St.
Montpelier, VT
When: 9:00am-12:00pm (morning shift)
12:30-3:30 (afternoon shift)
What: Invasive removal to make way for the planting of native hardwood trees
Contact: Zack Simpson (802)223-7335
Burlington
Where: ECHO Center
1 College St.
Burlington, VT
When: 10:00am-1:00pm
What: Informational display about watersheds and water quality as well as information on how to stay
involved in conservation efforts in your area
Contact: Grant Taylor (802) 318-8786
St. Albans
Where: St. Albans Maple Festival
2 Church St.
St. Albans, VT
When: 12:00pm-2:00pm
What: Informational display about watersheds and water quality as well as information on how to stay
involved in conservation efforts in your area
Contact: Jimmy Young (203)885-9252
United States