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.
Presentations:
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Jenita McGowan, Chief of Sustainability, City of Cleveland
Welcome, Sustainable Cleveland, Tree Canopy
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Kirby Date, AICP, Best Local Land Use Practices Program Manager, CSU Levin College of Urban Affairs
Ohio Balanced Growth Program: Update & Tree Canopy Legislation
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Matt Scharver, Watershed Team Leader, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District
Regional Stormwater Management Program: Addressing flooding, erosion, and water quality
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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) |
from 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 |

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