2009 Annual Meeting
December 3, 2009
With the backdrop of Museum LA's newest exhibit, Rivers of Immigration , the Androscoggin Land Trust (ALT) will host its 20th Anniversary Annual Meeting on Thursday December 3rd, 2009. Beginning at 5:30 PM with light refreshments, the evening will include a look back at 20 years of conservation and recreation development in the Androscoggin River watershed.
From its founding around kitchen tables in Turner in the 1980's, as local residents sought to protect what is now known as the Androscoggin Riverlands, ALT has evolved into a strong force for land conservation and stewardship serving 19 towns and cities in the Androscoggin River watershed.
With more than 3,600 acres of land conserved, including nine miles of frontage on the Androscoggin River, programming has diversified to enhance the connections between the natural landscape and the diverse and vibrant communities along the corridor.
The LA Trails program provides support for local trail development and stewardship in Lewiston-Auburn, and since the Androscoggin Greenways vision was articulated in the 1990's, miles of riverside trails have been built to reconnect neighborhoods to the Androscoggin.
The Chief Worumbo Androscoggin River Race has become a signature canoe and kayak race in New England not only because of the family friendly environment created by Lisbon's annual Moxie Festival but also the remarkable views of farms and forests along the six-mile course.
And this past year, the start of the Great Falls Paddling Society, that serves to bring the increasing numbers of kayakers and canoeists in the region together to experience the Androscoggin, complemented growing efforts to support riverside recreation and conservation in Jay and Livermore Falls.
ALT is proud to announce that, following a brief presentation on our history, the keynote address will be provided by Alix Hopkins. Alix has worked in community land conservation for more than 25 years. In the 1990's, she was the founding Executive Director of Portland Trails and in 2005 her first book, Groundswell: Stories of Saving Places, Finding Communities, was published by the Trust for Public Land.
Please join us to celebrate the successes of the last 20 years and envision what is possible for this region and its watershed in the years ahead.
Where & When
Museum LA
Bates Mill Complex
35 Canal Street Lewiston, Maine
Thursday, December 3rd from 5:30 - 8:00 PM
Light refreshments beginning at 5:30 PM
Keynote Speaker - Alix Hopkins