SUSTAINABILITY LEADERS: OX CREEK WATERSHED

BENTON HARBOR, MI - November 6, 2018 - The Ox Creek Watershed Initiative has been awarded the 2018 Michigan’s Great Southwest Sustainability Business Forum Community Sustainability Leadership Award.

A Complex Project with Many Partners

The Southwest Michigan Planning Commission (SWMPC) serves Berrien, Cass and Van Buren Counties. Its mission is to promote a sustainable, high quality of life through facilitating sound planning and decision making.  It is coordinating a $1.2 million project to clean up Ox Creek with partners: Berrien County Drain Commission (the grant recipient), Cornerstone Alliance, Benton Charter Township, Two Rivers Coalition and Berrien Conservation District.  The project’s marketing consultant is RLB Strategy, and technical consultant is Wightman.