Cities Organize to Protect Great Lakes

By Peter Iglinski

Chicago, IL – A coalition of mayors from the United States and Canada is launching a program designed to help protect and restore the Great Lakes. It's called Cities Transforming Towards Sustainability or C-T-T-S. Leaders from more than seventy cities, including Rochester, will take part in the multi-year effort.

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley says the communities will tackle twenty environmental and economic goals.

The announcement came during the annual Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative conference in Milwaukee yesterday. More than 13-million Americans and Canadians are represented by the mayors who belong to the initiative.