Virginia Coastal Program: 2000 Coastal Grant Project Description and Final Summary
Project Task:
FY2000 Task 1.02
Grantee:
Restore America's Estuaries
Project Title:
Saving Our Coastal Heritage 2003 Inaugural Conference
Project Description as Proposed:
This task supports the Inaugural Saving Our Coastal Heritage Conference on coastal and estuarine habitat restoration in Baltimore, Maryland in April 2003.
Federal Funding:
$5,000
Project Contact:
Laura McKay, 804.698.4323
Project Status:
Grant Closed
Final Product Received:
Project Summary Provided by Grantee:
Restore America's Estuaries planned and conducted a national conference on coastal and estuarine habitat restoration on April 13-16, 2003 in Baltimore, Maryland. More than 800 attendees from 33 coastal states and two nations participated in workshops, plenary sessions, and outdoor learning opportunities to advance the knowledge, pace, practice and success of coastal and estuarine habitat restoration.
Restore America's Estuaries worked with the conference program committee and others to design and print conference registration materials and distribute them via U.S. mail to more than 18,000 potential conference attendees in October 2002. In addition, Restore America's Estuaries sent the registration materials in October by email to nearly 10,000 interested parties and more than a dozen list servers. Restore America's Estuaries has already provided the Virginia Coastal Program with 25 copies of the registration materials. Restore America's Estuaries listed the Virginia Coastal Program as a sponsor at the Patron ($5,000) level in all printed conference materials (registration materials, conference program) and on the RAE Conference web site. The listings included the Virginia Coastal Program's logo and a hyperlink to the Virginia Coastal Program web site from the RAE Conference web site. The Virginia Coastal Program received at no additional cost an exhibit space, two conference registrations, and a ¼ - page ad in the conference program.
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Disclaimer: This project summary provides the federal dollars initially awarded to the grantee. Due to underexpenditure or reprogramming of grant funds, this figure may change. For more information on the allocation of coastal grant funds, please contact Laura McKay, Virginia Coastal Program Manager, at 804.698.4323 or email: Laura.McKay@deq.virginia.gov
A more detailed Scope of Work for this project is available. Please direct your request for a copy to Virginia.Witmer@deq.virginia.gov
