MAYOR’S OFFICE OF
COMMUNICATIONS
55 Trinity Avenue, Suite 2500
Atlanta, Georgia 30303 |
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Sandra Allen Walker, Director |
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404-330-6395 |
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404-925-1666 |
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swalker@ci.atlanta.ga.us |
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LaChandra Butler |
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404-330-6248 |
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404-886-2334 |
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ldbutler@ci.atlanta.ga.us |
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October 08, 2003 |
MEDIA ADVISORY
Mayor Shirley Franklin Celebrates One Year Anniversary of Clean
Water Atlanta Initiative inside Nancy Creek Tunnel
Who: Mayor Shirley Franklin, Watershed Management Commissioner
Jack Ravan, and Community leaders
What: Press Briefing and Photo Op: Inside The Nancy Creek Tunnel
to celebrate the One Year Anniversary of the Clean Water Atlanta
Initiative
When: Monday, October 13, 2003 Program begins at 3:30 pm
Note to Media: please arrive early, no later than 3:00 pm.
OSHA requires you view a safety video prior to entering the
Tunnel
Where:
R. M. Clayton Reclamation Center, 2440 Bolton Rd From downtown,
take I-75 North to Moores Mill Road exit. Turn right and proceed
to dead end at Bolton Rd. Turn right onto Bolton Road. The R.
M. Clayton WRC Plant is on your right at 2440 Bolton Road. Visuals:
Opening remarks from Mayor Franklin and Commissioner Ravan.
Mayor Franklin descends 150 feet into the Nancy Creek Tunnel
and takes the train for 2 miles to the Tunnel Boring Machine.
Photo Op of Mayor and Boring Machine (possibly with pool video
camera). Video with animations of the tunnel construction process.
Other Visitors may take the "mancage" and descend
into Tunnel.
Additional Media Contacts:
Tony Gomez, DWM PIO,
404-330-6563;
tgomez@atlantaga.gov
Janet Ward,
Public Information Manager,
Department of Watershed Management 404.330.6620
(phone); 404.787.4812 (cell);
jward@atlantaga.gov
For more information about the programs and services of the
City of Atlanta Visit our website at www.atlantaga.gov
or watch City Channel 26
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