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| First Corporate Rain Garden in Kansas City On Friday, April 21, at 9 a.m., Kansas City's Mayor Kay Barnes will attend a groundbreaking ceremony for the first corporate rain garden affiliated with the city's "10,000 Rain Gardens" initiative. The ceremony will take place at the 8400 Ward Parkway office of B&V Water, the water business of Black & Veatch. The 10,000 Rain Gardens initiative links citizens, corporate sponsors, educators and members of non-profit organizations with government officials to take action on important environmental issues like water quality and stormwater management. Planting 10,000 Rain Gardens in the Kansas City area during the next few years should reduce potential problems with water pollution and stream degradation. The initiative recently was named as one of 15 nationwide finalists in the 2006 Waste Management/U.S. Conference of Mayors City Livability Awards Program. The winners will be announced at the June 3 conference in Las Vegas. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Construction News :: home page |