{"id":339,"date":"2013-11-18T19:01:14","date_gmt":"2013-11-18T19:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/?p=339"},"modified":"2013-11-18T19:01:14","modified_gmt":"2013-11-18T19:01:14","slug":"media-advisory-mde-secretary-to-kick-off-stormwater-innovations-tour-at-real-food-farm-in-baltimore-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/2013\/11\/18\/media-advisory-mde-secretary-to-kick-off-stormwater-innovations-tour-at-real-food-farm-in-baltimore-city\/","title":{"rendered":"**MEDIA ADVISORY** MDE Secretary to kick off Stormwater Innovations Tour at Real Food Farm in Baltimore City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><strong>**MEDIA ADVISORY** MDE Secretary to kick off Stormwater Innovations Tour<br \/><\/strong><strong>at Real Food Farm of Civic Works in Baltimore City<\/strong><\/span><em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>BALTIMORE, MD<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>(November 18, 2013)<\/strong> &#8211; Maryland Department of the Environment Secretary Robert M. Summers will kick off the\u00a0<b>MDE Stormwater Innovations Tour <\/b>at<b>\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.realfoodfarm.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Real Food Farm of Civic Work<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.realfoodfarm.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">s<\/a>\u00a0in Baltimore City on Wednesday. The \u00a0tour will highlight the stormwater remediation efforts of government, communities and citizens around the State and will conclude with the Smart, Green &amp; Growing Clean Water Trade Show in January 2014. \u00a0 A short press conference at Real Food Farm will be followed by a tour of the farm&#8217;s bioswale and innovative urban runoff re-use\u00a0projects funded by grants from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbtrust.org\/site\/c.miJPKXPCJnH\/b.5457271\/k.C58E\/Grants.htm\">Chesapeake Bay Trust<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div><strong>Who:<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MDE Secretary Robert M. Summers<\/li>\n<li>Delegate Dana Stein (Executive Director \u2013 Civic Works)<\/li>\n<li>Delegate Mary Washington, State Delegation Representative (Invited)<\/li>\n<li>Frank Dawson, DNR Assistant Secretary\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Jana Davis, Chesapeake Bay Trust (Invited)<\/li>\n<li>Mary Pat Clarke, Baltimore City Council (Invited)<\/li>\n<li>John Ciekot, Projects Director, Civic Works (Invited)<\/li>\n<li>Zach Chissell, Real Food Farm Program Manager (Invited)<\/li>\n<li>Ashley Traut, Board Member and Blue Water Baltimore (Invited)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Where:\u00a0<\/strong>Real Food Farm of Civic Works, 2801 St. Lo Drive, Baltimore, MD 21213 &#8211; Dress for outdoor weather<\/p>\n<p><strong>When: \u00a0<\/strong>Wednesday, November 20, 2013,\u00a011:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why:\u00a0<\/strong>Eighteen percent of pollution in the Chesapeake Bay can be attributed to the negative effects of unmanaged stormwater run-off. \u00a0Managing and\u00a0preventing stormwater runoff and pollution from entering our waterways is crucial to restoring the Bay.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0# # #<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: **MEDIA ADVISORY** MDE Secretary to kick off Stormwater Innovations Tourat Real Food Farm of Civic Works in Baltimore City BALTIMORE, MD\u00a0(November 18, 2013) &#8211; Maryland Department of the Environment Secretary Robert M. Summers will kick off the\u00a0MDE Stormwater Innovations Tour at\u00a0Real Food Farm of Civic Works\u00a0in Baltimore City on Wednesday. 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