TUESDAY: EPA, HUD, DOT and Little Rock Officials to Announce Local Sustainable Community Investments

EPA Press Release:

TUESDAY: EPA, HUD, DOT and Little Rock Officials to Announce Local Sustainable Community Investments

DALLAS – (Nov. 15, 2013) Senior officials from four federal agencies, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), will be joined by the mayors of Little Rock and North Little Rock and the federal co-chairman of the Delta Regional Authority at a press conference to discuss the Obama Administration's Partnership for Sustainable Communities and how it is working to support more livable and sustainable communities in the city of Little Rock and other regions of Arkansas. 

The Deputies of EPA, HUD, DOT, and USDA will join local officials to tour current projects and visit the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service to discuss coordinated efforts that are creating more housing choices, making transportation more efficient and reliable, and promoting healthy neighborhoods and economic development in the Little Rock area.

Later in the day, the four Deputies will discuss federal investments in Little Rock during a panel discussion at the Clinton School of Public Service.

WHO:             EPA Deputy Administrator Bob Perciasepe

DOT Deputy Secretary John Porcari

HUD Deputy Secretary Maurice Jones 

USDA Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden

Federal Co-Chairman of the Delta Regional Authority Chris Masingill

Mayor of Little Rock Mark Stodola

Mayor of North Little Rock Joe Smith

WHAT:          EPA, HUD, DOT, USDA, Mayors, and Delta Regional Authority to discuss support for sustainable planning, job creation, and economic growth.

WHEN           Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. CST

                              Press Availability

    and              North-East Corner

WHERE:       200 Block  

                        3^rd & Main Street

                        Little Rock, Arkansas

WHO:             EPA Deputy Administrator Bob Perciasepe

DOT Deputy Secretary John Porcari

HUD Deputy Secretary Maurice Jones 

USDA Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden

Mayor of Little Rock Mark Stodola

WHAT:          Building the Economy through Livable Communities: Little Rock’s Partnership with EPA, HUD and DOT, a panel discussion.

WHEN:          Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at 12:00 p.m. CST

   and

WHERE:       Sturgis Hall

Clinton School of Public Service - Speaker Series

1200 President Clinton Ave.

Little Rock, AR 72201

Reserve seats for the Clinton School roundtable by emailing publicprograms@clintonschool.uasys.edu or calling (501) 683-5239.

Reporters are asked to arrive fifteen minutes prior to the scheduled events.

More information on the Partnership for Sustainable Communities: http://www.sustainablecommunities.gov

More about activities in EPA Region 6 is available at http://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/region6.htm

# # #