2008 New York City Waterfront Alliance Action Conference Tomorrow November 13 - Come Make A Difference

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Being completely surrounded by the East River makes New York City waterfront development, transportation, environmental and recreation issues of prime importance to Roosevelt Island residents. A great organization that works to make the New York City waterfront a better place, while attempting to balance often competing interests, is the Waterfront Alliance, formerly known as the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance. According to their mission statement:

The Waterfront Alliance works to transform the New York and New Jersey Harbor and Waterways to make them cleaner and more accessible, a vibrant place to play, learn and work with great parks, great jobs and great transportation for all.

The Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance envisions a New York and New Jersey harbor and waterways alive with commerce and recreation; where sailboats, kayaks and pleasure craft share the waterways with commuter ferries, barges and container ships; where beautiful, cared-for parks are connected by affordable waterborne transit; where there are dozens of exciting waterfront destinations that reflect the vitality and diversity of the great metropolis that surrounds it; a waterfront that is no longer walled off by highways and rails, or by private luxury residences; a waterfront that is a shared precious resource and is accessible to all. MWA will be a leadership organization that will make this vision real for our region.

Tomorrow, November 13, the Waterfront Alliance will be conducting a day long Waterfront Conference and request that:

Please join us for the...
2008 Waterfront Conference
LAUNCHING THE WATERFRONT ACTION AGENDA
Practical Solutions for a 21st Century Waterfront
Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 8:30 am to 7:00 pm
at the National Museum of the American Indian
One Bowling Green, New York, NY 10004

The Waterfront Conference Agenda is here and take a look at their great New York City waterfront documentary City of Water and interview with Waterfront Alliance's Roland Lewis.