News From Your Stones River
Watershed Association. July 2008.
Just a quick reminder that
our monthly meeting begins tonight at 6 p.m. instead
of 6:30. We will begin with a presentation by Doug Demosi and Elizabeth
Emslie of the Rutherford County Planning Department about the process
of creating a new comprehensive land use plan. If you care what
Rutherford County will look like in ten or twenty years this would be a
good meeting to make.
6 p.m., Carriage Lane
Reception House, 337 E. Burton St., Murfreesboro.
Of course, we also have a
strong agenda for our monthly business meeting that will follow.
Boat Day Report.
It was another huge success thanks to a long list of people: everyone
with our hosts, Murfreesboro Parks and Recreation and
the Smyrna Stormwater Program, our skilled volunteers
from the Tennessee Scenic Rivers Association, our
corporate partner Dicks Sporting Goods and of course
everyone from SRWA who pitched in. Special thanks to
Jim Barden and Randle Branch for boat wrangling and to everyone who
loaned a boat, including MTSU Outdoor Pursuits. We
really can't do it without you. We had approximately 350
participants at the two sites and everything ran pretty smoothly. We'll
recap the event at our meeting tonight and start thinking about next
year. This is a really fun event and would be a great way to get
involved with SRWA. Watch for the call for volunteers for next year's
event.
One other Boat Day operated
on the same day, at Shelby Bottoms in Nashville. They reported about 75
participants, which was a good number for their site and a first year
event. Kudos to Laura Alex of the Cumberland River Compact
for hard work on that one and for helping coordinate all the events.
Oh, and did I mention Dicks
Sporting Goods??? Next time you need some gear visit their
store in the Avenues mall in Murfreesboro and let them know you
appreciate the support.
Here are some
photos from Chris Calatrello, TSRA volunteer at the Murfreesboro
site.