Dearborn Heights Mayor Bill Bazzi addresses the audience of the Great Lakes-Saint Lawrence Cities Initiative at last week’s conference in Montreal. Bazzi, a member of the organization’s Board of Directors, was honored as the international organization’s U.S. Member of the Year.
HEIGHTS – The international Great Lakes-Saint Lawrence Cities Initiative recently honored Mayor Bill Bazzi as its 2024 U.S. Member of the Year.
The award comes in recognition of his contributions to the organization’s mission of promoting access to clean, safe, and affordable water for all residents of the Great Lakes/Saint Lawrence basin.
Bazzi serves as an active member of the organization’s board of directors, and recently passed a local resolution in support of the economic transformation work to help develop the region into the world’s premier blue-green corridor.
“I am humbled and honored to be recognized with the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative’s U.S. Member of the Year Award,” Bazzi said at the organization’s Mayors’ Conference in Montreal. “As a long-standing advocate for protecting the health of our Great Lakes waterways from the city of Dearborn Heights and neighboring municipalities on a local level, to the entire region on an international level, I am proud to partner with the dedicated officers, staff and volunteers of the Cities Initiative – as we share this mutual vision and vital commitment.
“Our clean streams, rivers and lakes are the lifeblood of our commercial success, our recreational enjoyment, and our safe consumption. I look forward to our continued collaboration and next steps toward solutions for life altering flooding and maintaining clean healthy waterways for all”.
This year’s conference focused on the economic transformation of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River Basin into a world-leading blue-green industrial corridor supported by the clean energy transition. Cities Initiative members, along with several U.S. and Canadian government and industry leaders gathered to share ideas on attracting innovative sustainable industries into the region and supporting the further development of an integrated low-carbon transportation network – along with vibrant and resilient waterfront communities.