City of Water Day is the Waterfront Action Agenda in Action

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Here's a small sampling of what connected City of Water Day 2008 with the Waterfront Action Agenda:

City of Water Day 2008 was fun with a purpose. MWA demonstrated responsible use of the waterways for commerce, transportation, and more, for example:

• Water Transit: Food and refreshments were brought in by barge, donated by Hughes Brothers, arriving from Red Hook during the rally.
• Ferry Transit: New York Waterway and New York Water Taxi brought more than 400 seniors, children and adults from Settlement Houses and other community groups including many locations not normally served by direct ferries to Governors Island and all of it free of charge.
• Clean Fuel: Many of the vessels involved that day used clean Bio-diesel fuel for the first time to power their engines and provide on-water educational opportunities.
• Three Floating Docks totaling 1300 square feet (which were funded by NYS DEC) were brought to the island for the day and used by literally hundreds of vessels from small kayaks to the retired NYPD Launch Big G.
• Over the course of the day there were many free recreational activities, such as Harbor Herons and Working Harbor boat tours (both were full - 350 people on each), kayaking and sailing opportunities, and the City of Water Day Information Fair.