Building a green economy - december 2nd 2008 gala

News clip courtesy of Fox45 News

The Gala Event on December 2nd was a tremendous success. The feedback from those in attendance both during and after the event has been extremely positive.

Big thanks go to the elected officials and their representatives who attended the event, as well as all the sponsors who made the evening possible.

Additional thanks go out to the Board members who attended and helped with the preparation, as well as the many new volunteers who took on significant responsibilities and helped to make the event a success.

Photos taken by Nicola Tran

Here are some highlights of our success:

• One of the largest events ever held at the EnviroCenter

• Many first time visitors to the EnviroCenter who came away with very positive impressions

• A successful fundraiser with support from the sponsors, raffles, and new individual and corporate members

• Involvement of new volunteers

• Support of new alliances and partnerships with key strategic companies and organizations in attendance

• Outreach to "spread the word" about the EnviroCenter Phase II and expanded educational curriculum at the Institute

• Involvement of community political leaders

  • Gov. O'Malley, representative - Dominic Murray (DBED)

  • Senator Mikulski, representative - Jahantab Siddiqui

  • Senator Cardin, representative - Heather Campbell

  • Guy Guzzone, State Delegate

  • Ken Ulman, Howard County Executive

  • Josh Feldmark, Howard County Director of Sustainability

  • Mary Kay Sigaty, Vice Chair County Council

  • Dick Story, Howard County EDA

• Press coverage

  • Abel Communications

    • Fox Channel 45 TV

    • Baltimore Business Journal

    • Baltimore Business Daily

  • Business Monthly

  • An agreement with the Business Monthly to have a monthly column in their paper - a huge success for the EnviroCenter and the Institute

  
  

With everyone's efforts we are on our way to a very successful and historic 2009!

Check us out in the news!

Baltimore Examiner - "Expansion planned for green office building in Howard"

Baltimore Business Journal - "Enviro Center launches organic expansion of Jessup site"

Business Monthly - "Enviro Center Starts Second Phase of Development"