Genee Land Tst -founr and executive director Gay Mills is gettg ready to retire 2023. She joed the anizatn as a volunteer 1990 and has been 's lear sce 1998.
Contents:
- EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR GAY MILLS TO RETIRE 2023
- HELP CELEBRATE GAY MILLS!
- EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR GAY MILLS RECEIV ACTIVISM AWARD
- AFTER 30 YEARS OF LAND AND WATERWAY PRERVATN, GAY MILLS PREPAR TO RETIRE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR GAY MILLS TO RETIRE 2023
Gay Mills, Genee Land Tst Executive Director, recently announced her plans to retire early 2023.
Gay first started volunteerg wh Genee Land Tst 1990. Sce then, the staff has grown om jt Gay to 11 talented, dited people wh a broad expertise and experience.
The anizatn has tremendo momentum, a terrific staff and a thrivg membership, ” Gay said. Durg Gay’s time wh Genee Land Tst: · More than 6, 000 acr of land has been permanently protected the regn.
HELP CELEBRATE GAY MILLS!
An ad hoc transn mtee - cludg Gay, Board members, and staff – has been formed to lead the search for a new Executive Director. Gay Mills was part of Genee Land Tst sce the very earlit days and served as Executive Director for almost 25 years.
Gay and Genee Land Tst have greatly helped the people, land and water the greater Rochter regn - and we will ntue to do so.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR GAY MILLS RECEIV ACTIVISM AWARD
Gay nclud her tenure on Feb celebrate Gay’s ntributns, we have created the Gay Mills Land Protectn Fund. Here’s the award submissn for Gay’s nomatn:Inrporatg public accs to natural and open spac is a cril, but often overlooked element of the built environment.
Our Nomee, Gay Mills, Executive Director of Genee Land Tst, Inc.
Gay has provid over three s of staed passn, advocy support of diverse and succsful projects, and fosterg of muny partnerships all for the long-term betterment of the wir Rochter Gay’s learship, 18 nature prerv are now owned and managed by Genee Land Tst, Inc. Gay has promoted enhanced accs to green spac urban areas, lnched endurg muny partnerships and tablished a llective voice for the Genee River.
AFTER 30 YEARS OF LAND AND WATERWAY PRERVATN, GAY MILLS PREPAR TO RETIRE
For more about the projects, see: and over 10 years, Gay worked wh former County Executive Tom Frey, Cy of Rochter, Ibero-Amerin Development Corporatn, CSX and Conkey neighborhoods to create the Thomas R.
The vtments spawned other projects beg rried forward by our partners, notably Internatnal Plaza and El Camo the past several years, Gay alced stakeholrs, neighborhood anizatns, and muny voic (cludg Greentopia, Tour Blend, the Cy of Rochter and several River-adjacent neighborhood groups) to promote accs to, appreciatn of, and advocy for the 13-e stretch of the Genee River through the Cy of Rochter (). (through grants that Gay secured), the anizatn hosts monthly walks along the Genee River focg on Rochter’s unique anti-slavery, dtrial, and digeno history, speci and birds and sponsored GPS trail mappg, a Black History Month prentatn to a lol school, and is workg on other iativ.