Taylor Glover Honored at 2007 Patron Dinner

With almost 400 guests in attendance, UCR celebrated its 13th Annual Patron Appreciation Dinner at a new location this year-Park Tavern at Piedmont Park. The celebration began with a VIP Reception (sponsored by Colonial Pipeline) and Silent Auction followed by a seated dinner and program. After Sally Bethea welcomed our guests, a special preview of the River of Life video was shown.

Four special awards were presented to individuals who have made a significant contribution to preserving the Chattahoochee River-water supply for millions of Georgians. Taylor Glover, President and Chief Executive Officer of Turner Enterprises, was honored with our prestigious River Guardian Award for his years of dedication to the river that flows past his hometown (Newnan, Georgia) and to UCR.

Other honorees were Phyllis Bowen, recipient of the River Steward Award. Phyllis is Director of the Sapelo Foundation and was honored for her role in the creation of the Georgia Water Coalition. Rep. Brian Thomas, recipient of the River Legislator Award, is renowned for his vigilance at the State Capitol on behalf of Georgia's rivers and the environment. And the River Awareness Award was given to the National Park Service for their participation in the organization of our annual Back to the Chattahoochee River Race and Festival.

We wish to provide special acknowledgement to Whole Foods Market and Park Tavern - who through their partnership, provided our guests with an exceptional organic dinner. Between the generous donations of our sponsors, the Silent Auction and Live Auction, we raised $245,000!

To view or purchase pictures of the event, go to http://Kent-photo.photoreflect.com

Special thanks to the following sponsors:

Presenting Sponsors
Cousins Properties Incorporated
Cox Enterprises, Inc.

River Benefactor Sponsors
Shearon & Taylor Glover
The Coca-Cola Company
Colonial Pipeline
Janis & Mike Eckert
Thomas E. Claugus
Honda Marine
Riverside Advisors, LLC
SweetWater Brewing Co.
Time Warner Inc./Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
Turner Enterprises, Inc.
Turner Foundation, Inc.
Whole Foods Market (Dinner will be provided by Whole Foods Market and prepared by Park Tavern.)

River Defender Sponsors
AGL Resources, Inc.
The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation
Eileen & Bo DuBose
Ellis Communications
Georgia-Pacific Corporation
Merrill Lynch - STG Partners
NewFields
Park Tavern
Production People, Inc.

River Advocate Sponsors
All American Distributing Co.
Andrews, Knowles & Princenthal, LLC
Jess & Debbie Austin
Butler, Wooten & Fryhofer, LLP
Duvall & Rex Fuqua
Chevron
C.W. Matthews Contracting Co.
Davis, Pickren & Seydel, LLP
Dow Lohnes, PLLC
Candace & Robert Hancock
JST Foundation
Mary Lou & Larry McDaniel
Montgomery Watson Harza
Plantation Pipe Line
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP
Snow Capital Management, LP
Southwire Company
Tabletoppers, Inc.
Mark C. West
Yates Insurance Agency

Friends of the River
Allied Waste Services
Kim & Derick Burgher
CH2MHill
Kirstie & Sonny Cohen
David H. Cofrin & Christine Tryba-Cofrin
Duke Realty
Mike & Donna Egan
Georgia Power Co.
Georgia Transmission Corp.
Helen & John Gordon
Jane Fonda
HLS Property Management
Mary Ellen & John Imlay
Meg & Jeff Arnold - HowStuffWorks
Christopher & Crissy Klaus
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company
Mellon Private Wealth Management
Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick, Morrison & Norwood
Post Properties, Inc.
Register Nelson
SecureWorks
Synovus
Tyler's Display
URS Corporation
Webster | Borowsky, A Financial Advisory Firm
Williams Realty Advisors

 

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Please also visit these Events:
Back to the Chattahoochee River Race and Festival
Cleanups
Membership Meeting
Paddle Trips
River Revival
Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival