[SustainableTompkins] Public Hearings on Black Diamond Trail scheduled for December

[GayNicholson at aol.com]

News Flash!

Public hearings on the Black Diamond Trail are  finally, officially scheduled!

Dec 5, 7pm, at Borg Warner Rm East,  Tompkins Co. Public Library, Ithaca.
Dec 6, 7pm, at Franziska Racker Center,  3226 Wilkins Road, Ithaca

WHAT WE ALL NEED TO DO:
*Attend one of these  hearings and at least register our presence on the
sign-up sheet.  It is  critical that we pack these rooms both nights with
trail  advocates.

**You’ll have a chance to SPEAK out in favor of the trail  starting at 7:00
p.m. on either night.

***Your WRITTEN comments may be  submitted at the hearing or sent to the
Office of Parks up to January 15,  2008.

****Please tell everyone you know! Urge all your friends,  neighbors, and
colleagues to show up for the few minutes it takes to register  their
presence-even just 5 minutes.

*****Publicize this information in  your group’s newsletter or listserv.

Read on for details.  Or check  our website-these details will also be
posted at: www.blackdiamondtrail.org  

Format: A workshop will be held before each hearing from 5:30 p.m. to  6:45
p.m. to answer questions. The hearing will start at 7:00 p.m.

The  draft master plan and environmental impact statement will be  released
officially on November 21 so the public can review the plan before  the
hearings. These will be sent to:
Tompkins County Library
Ulysses  Philomathic Library
Town of Ithaca
Town of Ulysses
City of Ithaca,  Tompkins County
local State Park offices
posted on OPRHP's web  site.

Also, a limited number of CDs and hard copies will be available  upon request.

Comments can be submitted or read at the hearing or sent  to:
NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation  (OPRHP)
Finger Lakes Region
2221 Taughannock Park Road
Trumansburg, NY  14886
Attn: Sue Poelvoorde

Note: The official publication of all of  the information in this message
will not go out until November 21, so it’s  important that we all start
spreading the word NOW.

Cheers,
Jan  Zeserson


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Gay  Nicholson, Ph.D. 

607-533-7312 (home office)
607-279-6618  (cell)

1 Maple Avenue
Lansing, NY  14882
gaynicholson at aol.com

Sustainable Tompkins 
Program  Coordinator 
w_ww.sustainabletompkins.org_ (http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/) 

Southern Tier Energy$mart Communities
Regional  Coordinator
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County
615 Willow  Ave., Ithaca, NY 14850
agn1 at cornell.edu




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