TODAY, 10/18: WNPR’s Nancy Cohen Moderates Gubernatorial Forum

Candidates to Discuss Energy, Economy, Environment

 

MEDIA ADVISORY October 18, 2010

Contact: Laura McMillan CT Fund for the Environment Cell: 540-292-8429

WHAT:
At this forum sponsored by ten leading environmental organizations, three candidates  for governor will present their visions for the state’s environmental and economic  future. Each will be interviewed on issues including energy, Long Island Sound, and    protecting natural resources while bolstering the state economy.

WHEN:
Monday, October 18, 2010 
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm (doors open for camera/audio set-up at 2:30)

WHO:
Tom Foley, Republican candidate for governor
Dan Malloy, Democratic candidate for governor
Tom Marsh, Independent candidate for governor
Moderator: Nancy Cohen, WNPR Connecticut Public Radio
Introduction: Don Strait, Connecticut Fund for the Environment

WHERE:
Kroon Hall (3rd floor), Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies 
195 Prospect St, New Haven

DIRECTIONS:

· From I-91: I-91 S towards New Haven. Take Exit 3 for Trumbull St. Stay straight onto Trumbull St two blocks. Take a right on Church St/Whitney Ave two blocks. Take a left on Sachem St, then first right on Prospect. Kroon Hall will be second building on the right.

· From I-95 North or South: Exit 48 for I-91 N towards Hartford. Take Exit 3 for Trumbull St. Follow directions from I-91 S above.

· From Amtrak or Metro North to Union Station: Take J Bus (any #) to Whitney Ave and Sachem St. Walk west on Sachem, turn right on Prospect.

· **UPDATED** Parking: Free parking is available at 3:00pm in the hockey rink visitors lot. Access from Prospect, bear left once in lot.   Parking is also available in the Gibbs Laboratory/22 lot. Continue north on Whitney past Sachem and turn left into the large lot (entrance pass code 276#). Walk SW to Kroon.

· Press vans may unload on Prospect directly in front of Kroon.

Sponsored by Audubon Connecticut, Connecticut Citizens Transportation Lobby, Connecticut Fund for the Environment and its program Save the Sound, Connecticut League of Conservation Voters, Environment Northeast, Regional Plan Association, Rivers Alliance of Connecticut, Sierra Club-Connecticut Chapter, Solar Connecticut, and Transit for Connecticut.