New York City Water Board will meet on Friday, December 19, 2008 at 8:30am in Room 118 of St. John’s University, 101 Murray Street, New York, New York.
SWIM members are encouraged to attend.
Growing and Greening New York
Susan Henshaw Jones, Ronay Menschel Director of the Museum of the City of New York, along with exhibition co-chairs James G. Dinan, Hamilton F. Kean, Martin J. McLaughlin, and Allison Whipple Rockefeller cordially invite you to the opening of the exhibition Growing and Greening New York: PlaNYC and the Future of the City at the Museum of the City of New York on Monday, December 15, 2008 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm.
SWIM Coalition Meeting
Please join us for the December 16 SWIM Coalition Meeting
When: December 16, 10:30am
Where: NYC Soil and Water Conservation District (5th Floor conference room)
121 Sixth Avenue at Broome Street
212-431-9676 x315 or 917-770-8438
E/C to Spring (or Canal – we are inbetween the two stations)
1 to Canal; R/W to Prince but the walk is about 8 blocks. Likewise, 6 to Spring will require about the same walk.
Items on the Agenda:
-Sustainable Stormwater Plan (All)
-Green Roof Tax Abatement Update (Rob)
-Street Tree Update (Dawn, Kate and Paul)
-Water Rate Study Update (Teresa, Larry)
-2009 Goals (All)
Neighborhood greenness has long-term positive impact on kids’ health
In the first study to look at the effect of neighborhood greenness on inner city children’s weight over time, researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and the University of Washington report that higher neighborhood greenness is associated with slower increases in children’s body mass over a two-year period, regardless of residential density.
“Previous work, including our own, has provided snapshots in time and shown that for children in densely populated cities, the greener the neighborhood, the lower the risk of obesity,” said Gilbert C. Liu, M.D., senior author of the new study, which appears in the December issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. “Our new study of over 3,800 inner city children revealed that living in areas with green space has a long-term positive impact on children’s weight, and thus, their health.”
