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Erie Port Authority pushes for Great Lakes restoration in D.C.

Erie Port Authority pushes for Great Lakes restoration in D.C.

Yahoo07-03-2025
Representatives of Erie Port Authority are in Washington D.C. this week on behalf of Governor Shapiro and others for what's called the Great Lakes Days.
Executive Director of the Port Authority Julie Slomski along with others are advocating for the Great Lakes, and in particular Lake Erie.
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Participants have been meeting with local representatives talking about ways to bring funding into things like Great Lakes restoration as well as investments into our port infrastructure.
'What I like the most too is of course meeting with our legislators here in their D.C. offices but also to legislators throughout the Great Lakes and having conversations with them. I think that's very helpful too to understand how we all are one team,' said Julie Slomski, executive director of the Erie Port Authority.
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Port authority leaders from throughout the Great Lakes are taking part in the commission's meeting to discuss bipartisan ways to strengthen our communities.
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