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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b><span style="font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(68,46,25)"><span> </span>Missoula Urban Demonstration Project <span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(68,46,25)">1527 Wyoming St, Missoula, MT 59801 </span><span style="font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(68,46,25)">Ÿ</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(68,46,25)"> 406.721.7513 </span><span style="font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(68,46,25)">Ÿ</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(68,46,25)"> </span><a href="mailto:info@mudproject.org" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(68,46,25)">info@mudproject.org</span></a><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(68,46,25)"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(68,46,25)">Ÿ</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(68,46,25)"> </span><a href="http://www.mudproject.org" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(68,46,25)">www.mudproject.org</span></a><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(68,46,25)"><span></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(68,46,25)">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<span> </span>04.13.18</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(68,46,25)"><br></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(68,46,25)">CONTACT:<span> </span></span></b></span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(68,46,25)">Ellie Costello (Executive Director) O:<b> </b>406.721-7513 M: 406.531-9122; <a href="mailto:director@mudproject.org">director@mudproject.org</a><b> </b><span></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(68,46,25)">MUD Hosts Over 45 Organizations for their 12<sup>th</sup> Annual Earth Day Celebration <span></span></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(68,46,25)">Missoula, MT— Missoula Urban Demonstration Project is hosting a free community-wide Earth Day Celebration on April 22 from 12-4pm at the MUD Project site on Wyoming Street</span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(68,46,25)">, where the MUD Tool Library provides tools to Missoulians to build their community.<span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue"><span style="color:rgb(68,46,25)"><span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(68,46,25)"><span> </span>MUD’s Earth Day Celebration will highlight our community-wide efforts toward sustainability and feature education on Missoula’s Zero Waste initiatives. </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(68,46,25);background:white">Jen Bernosky, MUD board member and Account Manager at Republic Services, says, “[The event] provides community members access to valuable information about resource sharing, recycling, reuse, and other ways to live more sustainable lives. It’s also a great chance to chat with individuals and businesses that are leading local efforts to reduce waste.” </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(68,46,25)">The festivities include an environmental exposition with over 45 organizations and businesses sharing information about their sustainable efforts in Missoula. The exposition includes hands-on activities, demonstrations, and workshops for children and adults, like crafting recycled robots, completing a passport for a free raffle ticket, playing repurposed mini golf, and more. A Zero Waste Panel introduced by Mayor John Engen features local professionals discussing the city’s current resources to attain ZERO by FIFTY, a Missoula City resolution for zero waste. S<span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue"><span style="color:rgb(68,46,25)">ustainability site tours of the MUD Project, Home Resource, The Source, and Bayern Brewing will take place throughout the afternoon. Climate Smart Missoula and Jordan Solar will be hosting a mini-Solar Ease Workshop as a guide to acquiring solar panels and a Sustainability Featurettes section will let Missoulians speed-date their local sustainability organizations to find out how to access resources, among numerous other fun and educational opportunities.<span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(68,46,25)"> Food trucks from Covered Wagon Hot Dogs, Big Thai Country, and Big Dipper Ice Cream will be present during the festival and drinks for sale from Bayern Brewing, New Belgium Brewing, Wildwood Brewing, Bitterroot Brewing, and Western Cider will be available. Finally, there will be local musicians playing sets during the festival including the Cello Mafia, an area youth cello ensemble led by Jessica Catron. </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(68,46,25)"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(68,46,25)"><span> </span>MUD is promoting Sustainability Month events across our community for all of April to get people out and activated about community-based sustainability efforts that will culminate in our on-site festival. In conjunction with the National Earth Day theme of Ending Plastic Pollution, </span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(68,46,25)">MUD is partnering with a diverse group of organizations to share its vision with the Missoula community that</span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(68,46,25);letter-spacing:0.1pt;background:white"> education, demonstration, and celebration of urban sustainable living will create equitable communities and healthy ecosystems. </span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(68,46,25)">To see events happening in April related to sustainability visit our Earth Day Webpage: <a href="http://mudproject.org/get-involved/earthday2018/">mudproject.org/get-involved/earthday2018/</a><span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(68,46,25);letter-spacing:0.1pt;background:white"><span> </span>Proceeds from the Earth Day Celebration will directly support the MUD Project, a non-profit that promotes urban sustainable living. The organization provides the community with a tool library, a truck share, a demonstration site, youth education programs, and workshops. Learn more about MUD and upcoming events at <a href="http://mudproject.org">mudproject.org</a>.</span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(68,46,25)"><span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(68,46,25)">__________________________________________________________________________________________________</span></span><span style="color:rgb(68,46,25);font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(68,46,25)">Founded in 1981, the Missoula Urban Demonstration Project (MUD) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that promotes urban sustainability through hands-on learning, resource sharing, and community engagement. MUD's vision is that through education, demonstration, and celebration of urban sustainable living, we will create equitable communities and healthy ecosystems. Find out more at </span><span style="font-size:12pt"><a href="http://www.mudproject.org" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(68,46,25);text-decoration-line:none">www.mudproject.org</span></a></span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"></span></p></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
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