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Vote to help the ‘Hooch

By Steve Visser
March 18, 2011

A watershed group wants to help Atlantans to stop wasting and start protecting one of their most important economic resources but it needs help. The West Atlanta Watershed Alliance will receive $30,000 to educate west Atlanta residents on conserving water, collecting rainwater and cleaning up streams, including Chattahoochee River tributaries, if it gets enough votes to beat out five competitors in the national MillerCoors -- River Network Grant Contest which ends Sunday.Vote at http://www.rivernetwork.org/news/millercoors-river-network-grant-contest.

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