URBANWATERS

A Partnership for Restoring Urban Waterways and Revitalizing Communities

Urban Waters Team Wins People's Choice Award!

Congratulations, we won! On
Wednesday, Surabhi Shah
accepted the 2017 Sammie's
Peoples Choice Award, an
honor she shares with the
entire the Urban Waters
Federal

Partnership. The Samual J.
Heyman Service to America

Medals, or "Sammies"
highlight excellence in our
federal workforce and inspire
other talented and dedicated
individuals to go into public
service.

Over 16,000 votes were cast for our Team - a testament to how your work in
communities matters and makes a difference.

Congratulations to all of you who work to connect our Northwest Indiana
communities to our incredible urban waters!

Watch the ceremony (People's Choice Award starts at about 4 minutes).
This calls for a celebration!

•	What better way to celebrate than to plant a tree? Join the
CommuniTree program to plant trees at Turner Park in Hammond
this Saturday, September 30th from 9 to noon.

•	And be sure to come celebrate with us at the next Northwest Indiana
Urban Waters Partnership meeting October 27th, location TBA.

Members of the Urban Waters Team- left to right:
Roy Simon - EPA, Ryan Nichols - DOI, Surabhi
Shah - EPA, Mike Shapiro - EPA, Lisa Pelstring -
DOI, and Morgan Grove - USD A Forest Service.

The Northwest Indiana Urban Waters Partnership focuses on the Lake Michigan watershed in Lake,

LaPorte and Porter Counties, Indiana.

Urban Waters works to connect urban communities, particularly those that are overburdened or
economically distressed, with their waterways by improving coordination among federal agencies and
state and local partners. The goals are to improve the Nation's water systems and to promote their

economic, environmental and social benefits.

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