The Long Creek Restoration Project is a collaborative, community-based initiative convened by the City of South Portland and led by a Steering Committee made up of representatives from the four Long Creek watershed municipalities (South Portland, Portland, Westbrook and Scarborough), area businesses, non-profit organizations, and state agencies.  The City of South Portland obtained a grant from EPA and DEP to partner with the other watershed municipalities and individual stakeholders in this effort.
 

The Project Team members that were presented with EPA’s Environmental Merit Award are as follows:  Bramlie Development Corporation, Casco Bay Estuary Partnership, CBRE / The Boulos Company, City of Portland, City of South Portland, City of Westbrook, Maine Wetlands Bank, Conservation Law Foundation, Cumberland County Soil and Water Conservation District, ecomaine, Fairchild Semiconductor, FB Environmental Associates, Inc., Field Geology Services, General Growth Properties (Maine Mall), Gorrill-Palmer Consulting Engineers, Gosline & Reitman Dispute Resolution Services, Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce, GZA GeoEnvironmental, Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Maine Department of Transportation, Maine NEMO, Maine Turnpike Authority, Portland Marriott at Sable Oaks, National Semiconductor, Oak Engineers, Ocean Properties Ltd., Portland International Jetport, South Portland Land Trust, SP/CE Chamber of Commerce, Town of Scarborough, University of New Hampshire Stormwater Center and Woodard and Curran.


The Merit Awards were presented at a special ceremony held at Faneuil Hall in Boston on Wednesday, April 22, 2009. The 2009 ceremony was a celebration of environmental achievement in New England.