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Subject: Big Changes at FoH

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Ned Depew

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Date Posted: 17:13:32 09/03/05 Sat

Friends -

for those who missed the FoH annual picnic at the FPS today (Saturday, 9/3) - there is big news.

Sam Pratt and Peter Jung - two of the three founding board members of Friends of Hudson, have retired from front-line participation to take a lower-key "advisory" role with the organization's Board. They were (unpaid) Executive Director and President respectively.

The new Executive Director is Susan Falzone, who has been in the FoH office for more than two years and has more than 18 years experience as an activist on environmental issues in the Upper Hudson Valley. Current Vice President Chris Reed of Philmont will step into Jung's role as President of the board, and Mark Teague (of Coxsackie) will be the new Vice President.

Primary projects on the table for FoH in the coming year are contributing to the "smart-growth" development of South Bay and the Waterfront; the fight against tire-burning at the Lafarge Cement Ravena plant; and the builidng of an ongoing, permanent coalition of groups up and down the valley to be able to mobilize support on behalf of important issues.

You can find out more about FoH and get involved in their intiatives to protect and champion Hudson - the City, the River and the Valley - by going to FoH

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