--- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 08:46:59 -0500 From: Barbara Poore <[log in to unmask]> Subject: NPR Announces Grant for NSDI Community Demonstration Projects --"In the 21st century, increasingly, a livable community will be an economically powerful one." --Vice President Gore. September 2, 1998 The Vice President's National Partnership for Reinventing Government (NPR) has awarded a total of $644,623.00 to six National Spatial Data Infrastructure Community Demonstration Projects through its Information Technology Innovation Fund. The demonstrations are located in Baltimore City, Maryland; Dane County, Wisconsin; Gallatin County, Montana; the Tijuana River Watershed, California and Mexico; Tillamook County, Oregon; and the Upper Susquehanna-Lackawanna Watershed, Pennsylvania. Issues to be addressed include water and environmental quality, smart growth and land use planning, habitat restoration, flood mitigation and response, and crime mapping. These projects will demonstrate the importance of partnerships between federal agencies in developing and using geographic information and related computer technologies to improve the livability of American communities. For further information, please contact Mark DeMulder, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, phone 703-648-4514, Mail Stop 511, National Center, Reston, Virginia, 20192. --- End Forwarded Message ---