Category: CGLR Press Releases

Council of the Great Lakes Region Announces First Great Lakes Economic Forum

November 11, 2014

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Council of the Great Lakes Region are pleased to announce that Chicago will play host to the first Great Lakes Economic Forum, April 26-28, 2015.…

2014: Low Water Blues–Economic Fallout Predicted from Lower Future Water Levels in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Region

June 27, 2014

In 2014, CGLR & The Mowat Centre released ‘Low Water Blues,’ an economic assessment of sustained low water levels in the Great Lakes & St. Lawrence River. This report looked…

GGLR & Clinton Global Initiative Commitment: Modernizing infrastructure in the region

June 24, 2014

CEO Mark Fisher announced in 2014 at the Clinton Global Initiative America (CGI America) meeting in Denver Colorado, that the Council would lead a CGI Commitment to Action to examine…

CGLR Applauded Passage of Water Resources Reform and Development Act 2014

June 11, 2014

Mark Fisher, Chief Executive Officer of the Council of the Great Lakes Region, released the following statement in 2014 applauding the passage of H.R. 3080, or the Water Resources Reform…

Mark Fisher Named CEO Council of the Great Lakes in 2014

February 20, 2014

The Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR) announced the appointment of Mark Fisher as its first Chief Executive Officer in 2014.…