(rshsdepot) Amtrak to host station improvement workshop

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From Progressive Railroading.
 
Bernie Wagenblast
 
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Amtrak to host station improvement workshop  

As part of an effort to encourage communities to  spruce up stations, 
_Amtrak_ (http://www.amtrak.com/)  on July 24 will  host a “civic conversation” in 
Denver as part of its Great American Stations  Initiative. Amtrak President and 
Chief Executive Officer Alex Kummant recently  invited mayors, civic leaders, 
and state officials along the 2,438-mile  Chicago-to-Emeryville, Calif., 
California Zephyr route to attend.  

Kummant and other Amtrak officials will host the day-long,  invitation-only 
workshop, which will highlight how cities such as Denver,  Meridian, Miss., and 
Kansas City, Mo., spearheaded station rehabilitation  projects that sparked 
additional redevelopment in their respective communities.  The workshop also 
will include information on station standards and the types of  state and 
federal grants available for station improvement projects, as well as  a how-to 
session on getting started on a station renewal project.

In  addition, Amtrak officials will provide results of a recently completed 
review  of each of the 35 stations along the California Zephyr route, including 
specific  suggestions for upgrades that could be made at each facility. 

Amtrak is  planning similar meetings for other routes. The railroad recently 
launched a new  Web site, _www.greatamericanstations.com_ 
(http://www.greatamericanstations.com/) ,  which provides information on improving stations and 
descriptions of several  Amtrak stations, and highlights specific station 
improvement projects. 



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