Page 21 - Tennessee 811 Magazine 2019 Issue 4

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Fosterlng an Envlronment of Communlcatlon

Common Ground Alliance brings diverse stakeholders together
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partner.h.p, collaboration and the efforts. CCA ha. mynad re.-onree.
And proteetmg tho.-e ianhl|L‘~ r. of pursuit of eommen goal. |n damage avarlable to .takehnlder. mtere.-ted
paramonnt enneern to the eempanre. pmvnnuon," .he .-ard. m ~hanng the damage preyentmn
that operate them, the ean.mnmtre.- n.e..age wrth exeayator. and the
that depend on tho.e m~ourcL‘~ and the :1“ é““r W‘ SC?‘ b“'L‘}F‘<° ‘°5*‘”‘°' 16 d general publlc.
people who hvc and work near thn.e ‘ “Cm ‘“ “‘”'“° “‘ “‘ ‘°‘“"““° ,,
fmmm to ene eemnrnn goal; rednemg damage. CCA. pxodlltcs a eomprehen.-we

to undcxgxmlnd lnimslruclurc and annual Communications Plan to guldu
But how does .1 group of sl£lkcholdL‘r~ pxomcllng [hum who woxk and llvn alakcholduri In then’ cdllczmon and
a. dner.e a. hazaxdou~ hq-nd~ near the.e lmponant a..-et.-, .-he .a.d. pnhhe awarene.. eitert.-, alnng wlth
n.»mpanre.- and your town’. water new tonlkrt. that are offered at key
dr.tnet eorne tngether te agree on t.me.- of the year to ard ~tIatv:g|c
pol|clL‘~ that help keep people .ale7 ontreaeh by .takeh..»lder.-," sarah
Enter (hr: Common Cround Alhzlncv: J ~ald.
sarah l<. Magrnder Lyle, }>xL‘~Idcnt and Quarterly wcb|nt1r~ ereate a
CEO of Common Ground Alllancc, dlalogllc about member nccd~ and
~t1|d by lhnlatL‘1‘?90.s,lhL‘xL‘ was‘ a nccd concerns, t1~ wnll tn .1 way to sham
to get eyeryhody talkmg and bulk! N data, event appnrtnmtre. and new
n..n.en.n.- arnnnd damage prcvcnuon. _ re...nnee.- Addluonally, rn-per.nn
n.e Us Department of Tmn~porlzmon Common Ground Alhance 2§;;;§‘;“§;‘:::;:fj“3:[f1‘{:‘;:k
look up the ehallenge and emnpleted 5 ‘ P‘

to the CCA, to sham ldflils and

the ongmal Common cronnd study ln mm_m
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rdentmed the loe.t praetree. to damage 5 ‘ — ‘ V 5 ’ P’ ‘

_ _ ,, _ preyentron, reqtnre apprm al of all la that we mn.t h.ten and re.pnnd to
|’““‘‘‘''-‘“' 5”“ ‘““" partrerpatrng .takehelder gxoups bcfom the damage preyentrnn need. of our
CGA r. a conlmlmllon of that nngmal they are pnhh.hed, .-he .a.d. mcmbuh," .he .-ard.

C''‘"‘"“’" C"'‘“““1 5‘“d—"’“ °""’°’"“"‘ Beyend deyelnprng enn.en.-n.- around when a.ked about the legaey ~hc’d
b““‘ """‘ ”‘° $“’“““ “P "‘ 1“ dam. Vc reyentron loe.t raettee. hke to leave hehmd sarah dernnrred
|’“““'P““"9 ““““"““‘“ 3"’“P’ ”‘“' oulxL::chFl~ a major goal «El the W polnungfithc focu~ loaek en the '
"""‘“ ‘°5“”‘°’ “‘ "'"“‘“' 5”“ P‘“‘‘‘"‘ or 'lmzatlon 'lmcularI In .harm t t It

“M1 “"5 ‘° ”“ ‘““"° °“‘“““3“ thfam orl1rl/clzloi eallm yam’ nor go mgmfl ‘On ‘ an 5

prevention. MW digging mm“, mi {hi m“nW "My geal .. to ensure that CCA r.-
"CCA t.e......e Lhc ta... ...a.....y cca pmvldm .e.o'...ee. to local P°:;‘";'{*;d If P"=dv'<‘}‘ ‘he '"f‘“~f;>;d I
a....»nat.nn to hnng together govcxnmcnh, lndllslry group. and nne W‘ ‘ °° ‘ ““ “‘°“’‘°‘ ““ ‘ °

en.nre that tho.-e who are en the ml.
propnnent., npponent. and mdn.try ct1llccmcr~to help then. get the ward Mm go mm at ‘ugh [0 mm famllm
eempettter. who had one common out to the pnhhe about the lmporlancc tm I [H I K}. _ V V k '_
vhlon and one common goal—lo to eat: before you d.g. ‘fife "fd=f}j;"E‘::fK':;un;1>E“r°0"m*'(; are
aelneye zero damage./’ sarah .a.d. ”[lt] * l ‘ ‘5
Excavatlons reqnrnng a eall to a mtra.trnetnre r. prnteeted
eentrnne. tn he the preemment damage _ _
alatL\«baaL‘d one call CCIIICI could
prcvcnllon ameratron dedrcated to mcmdc mmhmg mm a mm ’’It’s not about my legacy, rt’. about the
prcvcnlmg damage thnmgh the .-hared _ people and oIganlzatl1.»n~ who rn.ter an
,, mter.tate hrghway pro,eet or ereetmg a
m~p1.»n~Iblllty of our member. ‘_ky~mPu to wmdmg M Wmmglv unvlmnmunl of teehnologreal advanees,
' ereatwe thmkrng and take eonerete
sarah ~ald can prmnde. an opllmal bcnlgn a. a hnrneewner plantrng a tree
_ _ acllom to move the damage teyentron
tonnn where .takeholder.- ean ~hr1rc or replanng a mallbox po.t. lnereaang ,,
pn.ee.. totward, .-he .a.d.
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