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<td>Broward County Water Matters Day – The District partnered with Broward County for its annual Water Matters Day event at Tree Tops Park held in Davie on Saturday March 14. Known to attract thousands of residents, the event provided an avenue for attendees to learn about water conservation, xeriscaping and other environmental initiatives.</td>
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<td>Broward County commissioners, municipal mayors and members of the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Governing Board meet to jointly consider Broward County water concerns and projects.</td>
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<td>Attendance at a joint meeting with Broward County commissioners and municipal mayors was very well attended. The audience and local officials were able to discuss water concerns and projects in Broward County with members of the South Florida Water Management District's Governing Board.</td>
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<td>Ft. Lauderdale Field Station Supervisor Dan Walsh represented the District at the J.M. Family Earth Day event. Dan discussed restoration of the Everglades and water conservation with individuals who visited the booth seeking information on the SFWMD.</td>
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<td>Deerfield Beach Middle School students plants trees to celebrate Earth Day and learn about preservation of the environment.</td>
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<td>District Project Manager Jose Lopez discusses water conservation tips with Plantation Mayor Rae Armstrong at the city's Earth Day event at Liberty Park.</td>
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<td>Lorraine Mayers of the SFWMD discusses water conservation with attendees at the Coconut Creek Arbor Day event. </td>
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<td>Governing Board Member Shannon Estenoz presents a check to the City of Hollywood Commission for an Alternative Water Supply project.</td>
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<td>Governing Board Member Shannon Estenoz with Environmental Restoration Ambassadors from South Plantation High School.</td>
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<td>Vice Mayor Stacy Ritter (<em>center</em>) visits the Advanced Wastewater Treatment Pilot Project at the City of Plantation, which is being funded by the SFWMD. To her right is Hazen and Sawyer Project Manager Enrique Vadiveloo. At her left is SFWMD Broward Service Center Lead Project Manager Jose Lopez as the group looks at water treated at the facility.</td>
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<td>Governing Board Member Shannon Estenoz presented a $42,000 check to the City of Tamarac for their Indoor Plumbing Retrofit program. Funds were provided to the city from the Water Savings Incentive Program (WaterSIP).</td>
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<td>Governing Board Member Shannon Estenoz presented a $170,000 check to City of Sunrise Mayor Steve for the provision of the pilot equipment and monitoring for microcontinuents.</td>
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<td>Jose Lopez, from the Broward Service Center, and Dan Walsh from the Ft. Lauderdale Field Station hosted a tour of the Broward County Preserve Areas. The tour included the only Overmayer gate structure in the area; S-9, one of the largest pump stations in the world; and an air boat tour of the Everglades with a group of engineers from American Society of Civil Engineers, Broward Chapter.</td>
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<td>Coral Springs presents Water Conservation Month Proclamation to Broward Service Center Staff. Pictured, left to right, Vice Mayor Roy Gold, Senior Outreach Specialist Lorraine Mayers, Lead Intergovernmental Representative Carole Morris, and Mayor Scott Brook.</td>
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<td>Carole, Vivette, Jose and Lorraine, BSC staff, at Broward County Matters Day event, Treetops Park in Davie, promoting water conservation, reuse and the District's mission.</td>
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Signage along the North Fork of the New River provides historic information of sites that signify importance to the Forth Fork communities and the entire Broward County.
Broward Service Center Director Elbert Waters speaks with businesses and entrepreneurs during a Small Business Workshop held in Miramar.
Business owners network with District staff and consultants to discuss their businesses and learn how they can become involved in the District's procurement process.
Interest in the District's SBE program was evident by the number of people who attended a workshop that explained the new initiative. Those in attendance had an opportunity to discuss their businesses with project managers, procurement staff and the District's procurement director.
THE SWEETING ESTATE, (pre redevelopment circa 2003) Harry Gladstone Sweeting moved from Miami in 1941 to his nine acres of waterfront wilderness on the North Fork.
A world-traveler and self-styled "healer," the Bahamian was an ordained minister in the International Constitutional Temple before investing in south Florida real estate and operating a store on the corner of Northwest Second Street and Fifth Avenue. He believed his lush estate, known for its luxuriant vegetation, art, and jewel-toned peacocks were beneficial to spiritual rejuvenation.
SNOW-REED SWING BRIDGE Northwest Eleventh Avenue crosses the North Fork using the Snow-Reed Swing Bridge. The bridge was named for Ft. Lauderdale Mayor R.G. Snow who was the mayor when construction of the bridge began in 1922, and Mayor Will Reed who was the mayor when construction was completed in 1925.
The Snow-Reed Bridge is the only remaining "swing bridge" in operation in Broward County. Instead of opening vertically as a drawbridge, the historic bridge "opens" for passing boats by swinging to the side and rotating on a huge horizontal wheel.
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