Lake County Development Council Lake County Ohio OH

Painesville City Hall, Debonné Vineyards, Morton Salt’s Fairport mine, Pleasure boating on the Grand River

Monthly meeting: September 11, 2009
Dino's, I-90 & Route 306, Willoughby. Speaker: John Crocker, Lake County Treasurer. Noon lunch. $15 members, $17 nonmembers. For reservations, call Elsie at 352-3412 for reservations, or e-mail elsielcdc@att.net.

NEXT TRUSTEES MEETING:
July 15, 2009, 8 a.m., FirstMerit conference room, 7800 Reynolds Road, Mentor

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LCDC raises awareness of economic issues and initiates a process to address problems and opportunities impacting Lake County business conditions.

Congratulations to the Trustees elected for the 2009-2011 term: Tim Cahill, FirstMerit; Brandon Dynes, Dynes Insurance Co.; Randy Horst, Dollar Bank; John Hurley, Jr., Attorney; Martin Kuula, First Energy; Tom Thielman, MEACO; and Mark Tyler, Lubrizol; and to the officers reelected for 2009: Ernie Brass, President; Jeffrey Shibley, Vice President; and Bob Debevec, Secretary-Treas.

Green Infrastructure - Does It Matter?

Green infrastructure benefits include enabling valuable natural processes to take place, such as sequestering large amounts of economic benefits through farming, forestry, fishing, and passive recreation.

While the term is broadly used, what is commonly agreed upon is that implementing a holistically conceived green infrastructure program has many benefits. These include improving stormwater and wastewater management, helping to mitigate impacts from natural hazards, adopting to climate change, and achieving other ecological and recreational goals.

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