A sustainable economy, a sustainable environment

Phase 1: Clean the river. Bring more people out on boats, cleaning up decades worth of mess. Phase 2: Re-develop buildings in the area immediately surrounding the river. Phase 3: Make the Central Connecticut River Valley an eco-tourism hotspot. The region is rich with potential of this sort; it has a diverse ecology and great beauty. A river center with a museum, library and Discovery Center would draw visitors and create jobs. In addition to aiding the local economy, the river center and all that surrounds it would be a valuable tool of environmental education. Our natural environment provides what we need to survive; we only need to be educated in how to use it wisely. How much is the river worth? Friends of the River says: more than most of us can even imagine. It is the time here and now to actualize that wealth. This is a picture of the building we will be fixing up to use as a boat workshop.

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