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
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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