CRBI Seeks Nominations For 'Greenie' Awards

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Each day in northwest Georgia, individuals, businesses, industries, local governments and organizations make extraordinary efforts to protect what is considered the most biologically unique river basin in North America — the upper Coosa River basin.

The nonprofit organization with the mission of protecting that river basin, the Coosa River Basin Initiative, will recognize those efforts in April 2016 at its second annual Green Gala event.

The organization is now accepting nominations for its “Greenie” awards through Dec. 5. All individuals, businesses, industries, local governments and non-profit organizations living in or doing business in the 5,000-square-mile upper Coosa River basin are eligible for the awards recognizing efforts in sustainability, innovation, water conservation, land protection and outdoor recreation.

Nominations can be submitted online at www.coosa.org/events/green-gala

At the organization’s inaugural Green Gala, the city of Lyerly, the Rome-based law firm of McRae, Stegall, Peek, Harman, Smith and Manning, Calhoun-based Mohawk Industries, Cartersville’s Anheuser Busch Brewery and Rome’s Green Carbon, Inc. were recognized.

“This is an opportunity to celebrate what’s being done in Coosa River communities to improve our quality of life and keep our rivers clean,” said David Tucker, CRBI executive director. “Our hope is that by recognizing these efforts and promoting them we can enlist more people and businesses in similar efforts.”

A panel of experts and CRBI staff will review the nominations and determine the winners who will be announced in mid-January. The winners will be recognized at the April 7 Green Gala event which will feature a cocktail hour, silent and live auctions and a formal dinner and awards ceremony at the Kingston-area resort.

The upper Coosa River basin includes the Georgia counties of Lumpkin, Dawson, Fannin, Pickens, Gilmer, Cherokee, Forsyth, Fulton, Cobb, Paulding, Polk, Bartow, Floyd, Chattooga, Walker, Whitfield and Murray as well as Cherokee County in Alabama.

Entities or individuals living or doing business in these areas are eligible for the awards.

CRBI is a 501c3 organization with the mission of informing and empowering citizens to preserve, protect and restore North America’s most biologically unique river system. For more information, contact Tucker at 706-232-2724 or at dtucker@coosa.org.

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Photo: Rome-based Green Carbon, Inc. won last year’s Innovation Greenie Award for developing a tire recycling process that converts discarded tires into steel, carbon and oil. Credit: CRBI