Akridge Save the Bay Classic Nets $150,000 for Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Posted May 19, 2010
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Washington real estate investment and development firm Akridge and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) staged their third successful Akridge Save the Bay Classic this week, achieving the largest turnout since the event's inception.
Although rain has dampened the golf tournament in each of its three years, spirits and contributions were high - the 2010 event raised 50 percent more money for CBF than last year's. Held at The Brick Companies' Queenstown Harbor course, a sustainable facility on the Chester River in Maryland, the tournament welcomed 173 golfers with fleece jackets and caps that helped them weather the unseasonably cool, rainy day.
"An environmentally sustainable course like this one strives to avoid artificial irrigation, so we need rain," quipped John E. "Chip" Akridge, III, Chairman of Akridge. "And we are proud to be out here - in the rain again - to support the great work of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, and also to raise awareness and increase dialogue about what each and every one of us can do to protect our natural resources and regional treasures like the Bay. We applaud the Foundation and our fellow Save the Bay Classic sponsors who share these goals."
The event was buoyed by the positive settlement last week of CBF's lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and by news that a just-released University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science study shows incremental improvement in the Chesapeake Bay's water quality. The historic settlement between the Foundation and EPA requires of the federal agency specific actions performed on a specific timeline to ensure pollution is reduced sufficiently to remove the Bay from the federal "dirty waters" list.
Chesapeake Bay Foundation President William C. Baker addressed the golfers at a post-tournament reception saying, "Based on these positive developments and the great success of today's event, I think I can promise that if all of you continue to come out here for this tournament for each of the next 10 years, we'll substantially achieve our goal of getting the Bay back to good health!"
Akridge is a comprehensive real estate services company that provides acquisition, development, construction management, asset management, property management, leasing and consulting services.
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) educates students and adults, and fights for strong, effective, and consistent laws, regulations, and enforcement to restore and protect the Bay's water quality, plants, and animals.
Developed by The Brick Companies, Queenstown Harbor golf facility features 36 holes of championship golf on two unique layouts - The River and The Lakes - in a spectacular Chesapeake Bay waterfront location.
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