Friends of the Lock & Dam, now Friends of the Falls, launched Phase 1 of engagement, ‘Coalition Building’, in 2016. The first meeting of stakeholders was hosted in June 2017, attended by 48 people representing 20 organizations and 5 government entities. Stakeholders agreed the site must not be privatized or turned into a hydropower facility; the site should be redeveloped in the public interest and accessible to all.
