That’s right - it’s party time!  Please join us this Thursday from 5-8pm at the Coalition for Buzzards Bay (114 North Front Street, New Bedford) for our kickoff party!  We’ll have delicious bites from Cork Wine & Tapas Bar and Rose Alley Ale House (right down the street should you decide you didn’t get enough) and Narragansett Beer will be providing their local brew.  We’ll have a short speaking program which will include the following:  Tom Weil, a rowing historian, lecturer and scholar, our own distinguished Mayor Scott Lang, the Executive Director of the Economic Development Council Matthew Morrissey, the Executive Director of Community Rowing Inc. in Brighton Bruce Smith, The Director of New Bedford Community Rowing Carolyn McGonagle, and a couple of the youth athletes that have gone through the program this summer.  It’s sure to be a great time and we encourage you to join us!