Free Park and Paddle Event at Bridgeport’s Knowlton Park Aug17

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08/14/2019

Free Park and Paddle Event at Bridgeport’s Knowlton Park Aug.17

The Trust for Public Land and REI Co-op are hosting a free community event featuring guided river kayaking, yoga and food trucks at Bridgeport’s Knowlton Park Saturday Aug. 17, from to 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with rain date Sunday, Aug.18, at Bridgeport’s Knowlton Park, 405 Knowlton St.

The event is an opportunity to support the waterfront park, enjoy the outdoors and experience the water in a new way, according to the Trust for Public Land.

Formerly an industrial site, Knowlton Park was transformed as a welcoming green space on the Pequonnock River a few years ago. The site serves as an example of the vision for new waterfront parks and a linear pathway tracing more than 20 miles of Bridgeport’s waterfront, which the City of Bridgeport, The Trust for Public Land, and members of the Waterfront Advisory Board are working towards. In 2019 REI Co-Op showed its commitment to preserving public lands by awarding The Trust for Public Land with a grant of over $4,500 to support this project, according to a news release.

Supporters for connecting the community to the waterfront include Avangrid Foundation, Anne S. Richardson Fund, Aquarion, Inc., Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Horizon Foundation, Jeniam Foundation, Long Island Sound Stewardship Fund at the Long Island Community Foundation, Helen & William Mazer Foundation, REI and individual donors.

The Trust for Public Land creates parks and protects land for people, ensuring healthy, livable communities for generations to come. Millions of people live within a 10-minute walk of a Trust for Public Land park, garden, or natural area, and millions more visit these sites every year.

REI says its helping lead a national push to imagine a world where nature is accessible within an easy walk from every American’s home or work place. Today 80 percent of the U.S. population lives in cities, which guides REI’s work to support rewilding projects in urban areas.

About Avangrid: Avangrid, Inc. (NYSE: AGR) aspires to be the leading sustainable energy company in the United States. Headquartered in Orange, CT with approximately $44 billion in assets and operations in 24 U.S. states, Avangrid has two primary lines of business: networks and renewables. Through its networks business, Avangrid owns and operates eight electric and natural gas utilities, serving more than 3.3 million customers in New York and New England. Through its renewables business, Avangrid owns and operates a portfolio of renewable energy generation facilities across the United States. Avangrid employs approximately 8,000 people and has been recognized by JUST Capital in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 as one of the JUST 100 companies – a ranking of America’s best corporate citizens. In 2024, Avangrid ranked first among utilities and 12 overall. The company supports the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals and was named among the World’s Most Ethical Companies in 2024 for the sixth consecutive year by the Ethisphere Institute. Avangrid is a member of the group of companies controlled by Iberdrola, S.A. For more information, visit www.avangrid.com.

About Iberdrola: Iberdrola is one of the world's biggest energy companies and a leader in renewables, spearheading the energy transition to a low carbon economy. The group supplies energy to almost 100 million people in dozens of countries. With a focus on renewable energy, smart networks and smart solutions for customers, Iberdrola’s main markets include Europe (Spain, the United Kingdom, Portugal, France, Germany, Italy and Greece), the United States, Brazil, Mexico and Australia. The company is also present in growth markets such as Japan, Taiwan, Ireland, Sweden and Poland, among others.

With a workforce of nearly 40,000 and assets in excess of €141.7 billion, across the world, Iberdrola helps to support 400,000 jobs across its supply chain, with annual procurement of €12.2 billion. A benchmark in the fight against climate change, Iberdrola has invested more than €130 billion over the past two decades to help build a sustainable energy model, based on sound environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles.

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