WWP In the Media

Press Releases and other Newsworthy Events:

UConn Alumni Association: Daniel Mullins - 2009 Graduate of the Last Decade (G.O.L.D.) Award Winner
CT Recovery: Governor Rell: State Applying for $2.3 Million in Stimulus Funds for Economic Development May 1, 2009 (*WWP listed among 10 top priority projects!)
Appalachian Mountain Club: Waves of the Future? AMC Outdoors 2009
University of Connecticut: Community Outreach April 18, 2009
Connecticut Conference on Natural Resources: Oral Presentation: The Willimantic River: Opportunities for Restoration, Recreation and Revitalization, March 9, 2009

Eastern Magazine, Eastern Connecticut State University: Rapidly Changing Willimantic Winter 2008
CT Department of Environmental Protection: Greenway Awards June 2008
Bikes Belong Coalition: Grant Award May 2008
TV 22 News: Whitewater in Willimantic April 12, 2008
Railroad Trestle Grant: Grant Award March 2008
Dr. Eric Martin, Eastern Connecticut State University: Economic Development and a Whitewater Park Spring 2008
WILI Radio: Interview on Wayne Norman Show March 2, 2008
Willimantic River Alliance: Proposed Design of Whitewater Park Spring 2008

New Alliance Foundation: Grant Award Annual Report 2007
Grant Boosts Whitewater Park Plan: Grant Award Winter 2007
East Coast Greenway Alliance: ECGA Partners with Willimantic Whitewater Partnership Winter 2007
Eastern Connecticut State University: Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for WWP August 2007
State Senator Donald E. Williams, Jr.: Photo Log August 2007
Thames River Basin Partnership: Rolling on the River June 2007
Hartford Courant: Discover Willimantic May 10, 2007

Appalachian Mountain Club: East of the River May 21, 2006
UConn Advance: "Landscape Architecture Students Design Project to Revitalize Willimantic River Area", April 11, 2005
The Chronicle: Whitewater Dreams to be Unveiled December 2004
New York Times: Are all These Dams Really Necessary? February 4, 2004