Monday: EPA Chief in Lansing to Announce National Investments to Revitalize Communities (MI)
For Immediate
Release
No. 11-OPA048
MONDAY: EPA CHIEF IN LANSING TO
ANNOUNCE NATIONAL INVESTMENTS TO REVITALIZE
COMMUNITIES
(CHICAGO – June 3, 2011) On
Monday, June 6, Obama Cabinet member U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will visit Lansing to announce
national EPA grants that will help redevelop contaminated
properties, boost local economies, help create jobs and improve
public health in Michigan and across the nation. Mayor Virg Bernero
of Lansing and state and local officials will join the
Administrator. The event will take place at the Lansing City
Market, a site that was revitalized with EPA
investments.
WHO: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator
Lisa P. Jackson, Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero, Michigan Department of
Environmental Quality Director Dan Wyant and local
officials.
WHERE: Lansing City Market, 325 City Market Drive, off Cedar
Street between Michigan and Saginaw Avenues.
WHEN: 11:30 a.m. (EDT), Monday, June 6.
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