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Milestones in the History of the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance:


2007

MWA releases the film "City of Water"
MWA along with MAS organizes East River Day
MWA hires its first President and CEO
Municipal Art Society launches MWA as an independent organization with founding board members Majora Carter, Eugenia Flatow and Pete Seeger

2006

MWA coordinates successful Blue Links Campaign leading to $261 million in federal funding for waterfront infrastructure

2005

MWA "Designing the Edge" Project re-imagines how our waterfront can be used

2004

MWA launches first Harbor Camp for New York City youth

2003

100,000th visitor to Waterwire.net

2002

New York City Council creates Waterfront Committee after advocacy by MWA

2000

Municipal Art Society creates MWA as a special project
Waterwire web site founded

1999

First Waterfront Conference held in Liberty State Park, New Jersey

1998

"The Waterfront Project" organized by Rockefeller Brothers Fund and a coalition of leading regional foundations



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