COG Wins Potomac Champion Award from Alice Ferguson Foundation

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Jul 9, 2008

In appreciation of its leadership and support for a trash-free Potomac Watershed by 2013, COG was recognized with a Potomac Champion Award from the Alice Ferguson Foundation on June 17, 2008. Greenbelt Mayor Judith Davis received the award on behalf of COG. On July 9, she presented it to COG Executive Director David Robertson during the monthly Board of Directors meeting.

For more information on the Trash Free Potomac initiative, please visit www.trashfreepotomac.org.

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