TENTATIVE AGENDA
7:30 AM Registration and Exhibits 8:00 AM Welcoming Address Mayor Ron Meer 8:15 AM Lake Michigan and the Great Lakes Christopher Korleski, Director, Great Lakes Program Office, USEPA 8:45 AM NRCS-USDA Update Jerry Raynor, Indiana State Conservationist, USDA-NRCS 9:15 AM The Environmental Change Grand Challenge Janet McCabe, Assistant Director, Policy and Implementation, Environmental Resilience Institute, Indiana University 9:45 AM Break and Exhibits 10:15 AM Highlights of Progress in Michigan City, Indiana Don Babcock, President, Michigan City Redevelopment Commission 10:45 AM Sail Around the World Captain David Rearick, Circumnavigator, Michigan City, IN 11:30 PM Lunch (Provided) 1:00 PM History of Sheridan Beach Harvey Pokorny, P.G., Consulting Geologist, Michigan City, IN 1:30 PM Indiana Governor’s Environment Excellence Awards - Northwest Indiana Michigan City Area Schools, LPCHD, Merrillville Stormwater, & Shirley Heinze LT 2:10 PM Projects of the Army Corps of Engineers Janice Lengel, Attorney, ACOE, Louisville, KY 2:40 PM Break and Exhibits 3:00 PM Great Lakes Champions Programs Margo Davis, Program Specialist, Great Lakes Commission, Ann Arbor, MI 3:30 PM Cheney Run Stormwater and Karwick Remediation Projects Ted Blahnik, P.E. Technical Director – Ecological Engineering, V3 Companies Ethan Brown, Ethan Brown. Sr. Planning Mgr., Alliance for the Great Lakes |