NORWICH – The New York Regional Interconnect (NYRI) power line project poses a very real threat to Chenango County businesses. STOP NYRI and co-sponsor Commerce Chenango invite local business people to an “after hours” meeting on Thursday, March 5 from 5-7 p.m.to discuss how to work together to defeat the NYRI project. The event will take place in the Fifth Floor Summit Room of the Eaton Center, 19 Eaton Ave., Norwich; light refreshments will be served. Involvement now is crucial as the final critical stages of the ongoing Public Service Commission (PSC) procedure and hearings approach.

STOP NYRI will bring local business owners up to speed on NYRI’s power line application currently under review by the PSC, and the continuing work that CARI (Communities Against Regional Interconnect) and the citizens’ activist group of Madison and Chenango county, STOP NYRI, Inc., are doing to keep the line from being built.

Senator Jim Seward will give an assessment of the local and state efforts to defeat NYRI. Other local politicians and representatives are invited, and the meeting is open to the public.