Public Invited to Festivities and Picnic Lunch to Celebrate Grand Opening of NYPA's Hawkins Point Visitors Center

Contact
Carol Simpson
Community Relations, regional manager
(315) 764-6863 or
(800) 262-NYPA - within NY State
carol.simpson@nypa.gov

July 22, 2005

NEWS ADVISORY & PHOTO OPPORTUNITY

The public is cordially invited to a ribbon-cutting ceremony and free picnic lunch to mark the grand opening of the New York Power Authority’s (NYPA) new Hawkins Point Visitors Center at the St. Lawrence-Franklin D. Roosevelt Power Project on Tuesday, July 26. Hotdogs, hamburgers and roasted chicken will be served, and cold beverages.  Plenty of parking will be available.

After lunch, people will be able to view the wide array of interactive exhibits, at the newly constructed $5 million Visitors Center, on the themes of Water Power and the St. Lawrence facility, Basics of Electricity and Uses of Electricity.

Visitors are also sure to enjoy the panoramic views of the power dam from Hawkins Point.

The ribbon-cutting will begin at 12:30 p.m., with the news media provided an advance viewing of the Visitors Center at 11:30 a.m.

EVENT:     Picnic for Grand Opening of Hawkins Point Visitors Center                                          

DATE:       Tuesday, July 26

TIME:        12:30 p.m.    (Press Preview at 11:30 a.m.)

DIRECTIONS:     From Massena: Take State Route 37 east to Route 131 (across from St. Lawrence Centre Mall), turn left and proceed through the Eisenhower Lock tunnel. Then take the second right onto Robinson Bay Road and continue for two miles. Turn left onto Hawkins Point Road and follow the entrance road to the visitors center.