Protect Gainesville’s Citizens, Inc. (PGC) has been incorporated
in the State of Florida as a non-profit organization since November
2009.  We incorporated this group with the mission of improving the
flow and accuracy of information regarding the Cabot Carbon/Koppers
Superfund site.  Every member of our organization is affected by the
outcome of the remediation, reuse and redevelopment of this Superfund
site.  We currently have over 700 Gainesville residents on our
contact lists. Regular participants in our Community Involvement
Meetings include members from a variety of local neighborhood and
citizen groups: Stephen Foster Neighborhood Association, Stephen
Foster Protective Group, Gainesville United Neighborhoods, Clean the
Gainesville Superfund Site, Students for Clean Water in Gainesville
and the local creators of the online resource www.BanCCA.org. PGC
formed to unite the many groups and individuals who share concern
over public health and safety, loss of property value, and other
quality of life impacts attributed to the pollution originating from
the Cabot/Koppers site.

PGC  has a mailing list that includes over 500 individuals living
within the city of Gainesville, all of whom are affected by the
municipal water supply system. We have over 250 fans on our Facebook
page, and share information regularly with two other Facebook groups
- “Clean the Gainesville Superfund Site” and “Students
for Clean Water in Gainesville” – that have 350 and 200 fans,
respectively. In addition to students and faculty from the University
of Florida, members and officers from the following neighborhood
groups have participated in our Community Involvement Meetings:
Stephen Foster Neighborhood Association, the Stephen Foster
Protective Group, Duckpond Neighborhood Association, Grove Street
Neighborhood Association, Gainesville United Neighborhoods, Sierra
Club, Friends of Wild Iris and a number of other community groups.