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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-left:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px;text-align:center;line-height:1;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-top:0pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;color:rgb(76,38,0);font-style:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none"> Missoula Urban Demonstration Project </span></p>
<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-left:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px;text-align:center;line-height:1;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-top:0pt"><span style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(76,38,0);font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt">1527 Wyoming St, Missoula, MT 5</span><span style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(87,59,31);font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt">9801 </span><span style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(87,59,31);font-family:'Noto Sans Symbols'">•</span><span style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(87,59,31);font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt"> 406.721.7513 </span><span style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(87,59,31);font-family:'Noto Sans Symbols'">•</span><span style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(87,59,31);font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt"> </span><span style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(87,59,31);font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:none"><a href="mailto:info@mudproject.org" style="text-decoration:inherit;color:inherit" target="_blank">info@mudproject.org</a></span><span style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(87,59,31);font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:none"> </span><span style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(87,59,31);font-family:'Noto Sans Symbols'">•</span><span style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(87,59,31);font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt"> </span><span style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(87,59,31);font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.mudproject.org&sa=D&ust=1529170498810000" style="text-decoration:inherit;color:inherit" target="_blank">www.<wbr>mudproject.org</a></span></p>
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-left:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px;text-align:left;line-height:1;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-top:0pt"><span style="font-weight:700;color:rgb(76,38,0);font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:none">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <wbr> 0</span><span style="font-weight:700;color:rgb(76,38,0);font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt">6</span><span style="font-weight:700;color:rgb(76,38,0);font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:none">.</span><span style="font-weight:700;color:rgb(76,38,0);font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt">15</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;font-weight:700;color:rgb(76,38,0)"><wbr>.18</span></p>
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-left:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px;text-align:left;line-height:1;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-top:0pt"><span style="font-weight:700;color:rgb(76,38,0);font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:none">CONTACT: </span><span style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(76,38,0);font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:none">Ellie Costello (Executive Director) O:</span><span style="font-weight:700;color:rgb(76,38,0);font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:none"> </span><span style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(76,38,0);font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:none">406.721-7513 M: 406.531-9122; <a href="mailto:director@mudproject.org" target="_blank">director@mudproject.org</a></span><span style="font-weight:700;color:rgb(76,38,0);font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:none"> </span></p>
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-left:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px;text-align:center;line-height:1;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-top:0pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;color:rgb(76,38,0);font-style:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none">Glass Pathway Installation at MUD</span></p>
<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-left:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px;height:12pt;text-align:center;line-height:1;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-top:0pt"><span style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(76,38,0);font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none"></span></p>
<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-left:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;text-align:left;line-height:1;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-top:0pt"><span style="font-weight:400;font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Missoula, MT— The Missoula Urban Demonstration Project (MUD) is installing a repurposed glass pathway at the MUD site, </span><span style="font-weight:400;font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">1527 Wyoming St, </span><span style="font-weight:400;font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">June 22nd from 9am-12pm. Community members are invited to take part in this volunteer event or attend as observers. Following the glass pathway installation, MUD is hosting a bring-your-own-picnic luncheon from 12-1pm</span><span style="font-weight:400;font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">,</span><span style="font-style:normal;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:none"> with a led site tour at 12:30pm. Attendees can participate by lending a hand or simply watching the functional work of art come to fruition.</span></p>
<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-left:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;height:12pt;text-align:left;line-height:1;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-top:0pt"><span style="font-style:normal;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:400;font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:none"></span></p>
<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-left:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;text-align:left;line-height:1;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-top:0pt"><span style="font-weight:400;font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt">A sturdy, permeable, and handicap accessible walkway will be formed using recycled, crushed glass sourced from Missoula’s (I.E.) Recycling. GravelPave2 matting will hold the glass in place. GravelPave2 is a porous substrate, made from recycled plastic and designed to give stability to gravel or glass pathways. </span><span style="font-weight:400;font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt">Volunteers will help prepare the site, lay out the GravelPave2 </span><span style="font-weight:400;font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt">matting</span><span style="font-weight:400;font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt">, and create a design with</span><span style="font-weight:400;font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt"> crushed</span><span style="font-style:normal;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:400;font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:none"> glass in a range of colors. </span></p>
<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-left:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;height:12pt;text-align:left;line-height:1;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-top:0pt"><span style="font-style:normal;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:400;font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:none"></span></p>
<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-left:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;text-align:left;line-height:1;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-top:0pt"><span style="font-style:normal;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:400;font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:none">Von Common, a nonprofit that provides space and camaraderie in a community of artists, will be facilitating the glass design for the day. Von Common is a neighbor to MUD, also housed in the River Road neighborhood down Missoula’s sustainability strip on Wyoming St. </span></p>
<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-left:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;height:12pt;text-align:left;line-height:1;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-top:0pt"><span style="font-style:normal;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:400;font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:none"></span></p>
<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-left:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;text-align:left;line-height:1;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-top:0pt"><span style="font-weight:400;font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt">During the bring-your-own picnic lunch, MUD will offer a site tour starting at 12:30pm. The tour will educate about other sustainability demonstration on the site as well as feature MUD’s other programs and resources.. Volunteers for the workday are asked to bring gloves, a water bottle, sunscreen, closed-toe shoes, and</span><span style="font-weight:400;font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt"> their own</span><span style="font-weight:400;font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt"> lunch for the picnic afterwards. RSVPs can be sent to </span><span style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-weight:400;font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt"><a href="mailto:vista@mudproject.org" style="text-decoration:inherit;color:inherit" target="_blank">vista@mudproject.org</a></span><span style="font-style:normal;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:400;font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:none"> and are appreciated but not required.</span></p>
<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-left:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;height:12pt;text-align:left;line-height:1;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-top:0pt"><span style="font-style:normal;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:400;font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:none"></span></p>
<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-left:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;text-align:left;line-height:1;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-top:0pt"><span style="font-style:normal;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:400;font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:none">This community event is a demonstration of how waste products such as glass can be repurposed into permeable pathways. MUD’s goal with the glass pathway installation is to model an environmentally-friendly option for waste reduction that simultaneously beautifies Missoula’s parks and community spaces. “By showing our community how glass can be used locally we are saving landfill space, trucking on the road, and the water pollution that comes from the runoff on asphalt surfaces“ said Deb Fassnacht of The Watershed Education Network.</span></p>
<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-left:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;height:12pt;text-align:left;line-height:1;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-top:0pt"><span style="font-style:normal;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:400;font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:none"></span></p>
<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-left:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;text-align:left;line-height:1;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-top:0pt"><span style="font-weight:400;font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt">Permeable pathways are a great alternative to impervious surfaces like conventional asphalt and concrete that result in water being diverted into storm drains, preventing it from reaching the soil below. Permeable pathways allow rainwater to seep through and replenish our aquifer. This pathway utilizes waste from Missoula as a resource , a part of Missoula’s Zero by Fifty plan, which can be viewed at: </span><span style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-weight:400;font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.ci.missoula.mt.us/2087/Zero-Waste&sa=D&ust=1529170498814000" style="text-decoration:inherit;color:inherit" target="_blank">https://www.ci.missoula.mt.us/<wbr>2087/Zero-Waste</a></span><span style="font-style:normal;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:400;font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:none">. According to the City of Missoula, “Zero Waste means designing and managing products and processes to systematically avoid and eliminate the volume and toxicity of waste and materials, conserve and recover all resources, and not burn or bury them.”</span></p>
<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-left:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;height:12pt;text-align:left;line-height:1;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-top:0pt"><span style="font-style:normal;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:400;font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:none"></span></p>
<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-left:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;text-align:left;line-height:1;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-top:0pt"><span style="font-style:normal;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:none">This event is partnering with the Missoula Time Bank as a Community Banks event. The Missoula Time Bank is a service exchange which uses time rather than money. Volunteers at the MUD Glass Pathways Installation can bank half of their hours to receive other services through the Missoula Time Bank.</span></p>
<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-left:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;height:12pt;text-align:left;line-height:1;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-top:0pt"><span style="font-style:normal;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:none"></span></p>
<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-left:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;text-align:left;line-height:1;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-top:0pt"><span style="font-weight:400;font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The MUD project is 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" target="_blank">mudproject.org</a>. </span><span style="font-weight:400;font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt">The MUD Glass Pathways project is made possible with support from the Office of Neighborhoods & Community Forum. </span></p>
<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-left:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px;text-align:left;line-height:1;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-top:0pt"><span style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(76,38,0);font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline">______________________________<wbr>______________________________<wbr>______________________________<wbr>______________________________<wbr>___________</span></p>
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-left:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px;text-align:left;line-height:1;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-top:0pt"><span style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(76,38,0);font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt">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, <wbr>demonstration, and celebration of urban sustainable living, we will create equitable communities and healthy ecosystems. Find out more </span><span style="font-weight:400;font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt">at </span><span style="font-weight:400;font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:none"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.mudproject.org&sa=D&ust=1529170498815000" style="text-decoration:inherit;color:inherit" target="_blank">www.mudproject.org</a></span><span style="font-weight:400;font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt">.</span><span style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(76,38,0);font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt"> </span></p>
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