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<div><span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><b>"Creating Housing AND Protecting Resources”</b></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Tuesday, February 20, 7 to 815 pm </span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">Virtual, via Zoom: </span>
<span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89176128525?pwd=V2R3QS9QaEF5cXhZY2xBRm1hQXJRdz09" id="OWA3ab66c52-fb7f-8e39-a5b4-b01acf6205a7" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="VerificationFailed" data-loopstyle="linkonly">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89176128525?pwd=V2R3QS9QaEF5cXhZY2xBRm1hQXJRdz09</a> </span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">Sierra Cape Cod’s virtual "Third Tuesday Talk” series continues on February 20 at 7 pm with a focus on two interconnected challenges facing local communities—the need to increase housing affordability
while relieving development-driven environmental degradation.</span><span style="font-size: 15px;"> This Zoom event is open to all; time will be reserved for audience Q&A.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 15px;">Invited speakers will address the following topics: </span></div>
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<li style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><b>Erin Perry</b>, deputy director, and
<b>Heather McElroy</b>, natural resources program manager, will introduce the Cape Cod Commission’s draft
<a href="https://www.capecodcommission.org/our-work/regional-housing-strategy/" id="OWAc140edaa-e25e-f737-a31e-bbb1d1b960c2" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="VerificationFailed" data-loopstyle="linkonly">
Regional Housing Strategy</a>. </span></li><li style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>Michael Lach</b>, executive director of Harwich Conservation Trust, will discuss synergies between resource protection and housing development.</span></li><li style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>Amanda Bebrin</b>, director of housing advocacy at Community Development Partnership, will describe examples of community-based, resource-efficient housing
on Cape Cod. </span></li></ul>
<div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><b>Sierra Club</b> is America’s largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization, with more than 3.8 million members and supporters. In addition to protecting every person's right to get outdoors and access
the healing power of nature, Sierra Club works to promote clean energy, safeguard the health of our communities, protect wildlife, and preserve our remaining wild places through grassroots activism, public education, lobbying, and legal action. </span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 15px;">As part of Sierra Club's Massachusetts Chapter, the
<b>Cape Cod & Islands Group</b> represents members and supporters in Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket counties. For information, including videos of previous “3rd Tuesday” talks, visit
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https://www.sierraclub.org/massachusetts/cape-cod-islands-group</a>. </span></div>
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