Mayor Franklin, Archbishop Gregory and Rockdale County officials celebrate Earth Day and Greenway Acquisition

WHO:	Mayor Shirley Franklin, Archbishop Wilton Gregory, Rockdale County Commissioners, DWM Officials,            monks of the Monastery of the Holy Spirit
WHAT:	Earth Day celebration, marking 137-acre greenway acquisition
WHEN:	Wednesday, April 19, 2006, 9 a.m.-Noon
WHERE:	Monastery of the Holy Spirit, 2625 Highway 212 S.W. Conyers, Ga.
NOTES:	Mayor Shirley Franklin and Monks of the Monastery of the Holy Spirit will celebrate the acquisition of a 137-acre conservation easement by the City of Atlanta Greenway Acquisition Project at the confluence of Honey Creek and South River. The greenway, which will be managed and protected in perpetuity by the monastery, will help prevent non-point source pollution of the river and the creek.

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