For Immediate Release: 1/23/2025 4:03 pm
WORCESTER, Mass. – The City of Worcester Department of Sustainability and Resilience Lakes and Ponds Program will present “The State of the Lakes in 2024” on Thursday, Jan. 30 at the Worcester Senior Center.
In 2024, the Lakes and Ponds Program continued partnerships with volunteers, community organizations, and Worcester State University to monitor waterways throughout the city. Using the information gathered, the Program implemented management plans and projects to improve the health of the City’s Blue Spaces and provide public engagement opportunities.
The results from those efforts will be presented at the annual State of the Lakes, along with the latest on water quality, upcoming improvement projects, and ways residents can get involved. Attendees will hear updates about Lake Quinsigamond, Indian Lake, Coes Reservoir, Bell Pond, Patch Reservoir, and Cooks Pond.
The presentation will be facilitated by Katie Liming, Coordinator of the Lakes and Ponds Program. Light refreshments will be provided. Doors will open at 5:15 p.m. to allow attendees to connect with local watershed community groups. Parking is available behind the Senior Center in the lot off Spurr Street. The Senior Center is also accessible via WRTA lines 1 and 11.
Attendees are asked to register at https://forms.office.com/g/n99YMe3if8. To learn more about Worcester’s lakes and ponds, or to volunteer, residents can visit worcesterma.gov/bluespace.
WHAT: Annual State of the Lakes Event
WHO: Department of Sustainability and Resilience
WHEN: Thursday, Jan. 30, 5:45 p.m.
WHERE: Worcester Senior Center, 128 Providence St.
