NEWS RELEASE

 

 

For Immediate Release                                                      For additional information, contact: 

Chuck Walter, Director

Stormwater Department

                                                                                                                                   (813) 274-8771

chuck.walter@tampagov.net

 

City to Join Tampa Canal Preservation and
Restoration Association for Public Meeting

 

 

Tampa, Fla.  (September 20, 2007) – A group of citizens known as the Tampa Canal Preservation and Restoration (CPR) Association have been working with City of Tampa staff to create a waterway management program.  CPR will hold two public meetings, along with city staff, to present the information they have gathered, take input from residents and answer questions. 

 

The meetings will be held in the auditorium of H.B. Plant High School from 6:30-8 p.m. on Monday, October 1, and Wednesday, October 3.  The high school is located at 2415 S. Himes Avenue.  The meetings are being held in advance of a Tampa City Council workshop on the topic scheduled for Thursday, October 25, 2007. 

 

For additional information, contact CPR representatives Christine Acosta at (813) 286-2965 and Michael Weigner at (813) 282-8380 or Stormwater Department Director Chuck Walter at (813) 274-8771.