Saturday, December 4, 2010

WAWA Community Initiative Highlighted on Fox 5 Atlanta

WAWA's work with English Avenue residents to identify and eliminate environmental hazards in the Proctor Creek Watershed were highlighted on Fox 5 Atlanta after U.S. EPA and Department of Justice officials were led on an environmental justice tour of environmentally impacted neighborhoods in West Atlanta by members of WAWA and the Community Improvement Association.

Tony Torrence, President of the Community Improvement Association and Na'Taki Osborne Jelks, Chair of the WAWA Board were interviewed by Fox 5 Atlanta's Aungelique Proctor about the problems of illegal dumping, flooding, community concerns about the restoration of Proctor Creek, and creation of more parks and greenspace in Northwest Atlanta. The video clip with Tony Torrence is featured below.