Thomas Macagno, left, program director of sustainability at Chatham University, leads graduate students in a discussion on Breakneck Creek at Stick City Brewing.

Graduate students at Chatham University are working with Mars borough to collect local input on Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) improvements in the borough for future reports and projects.

The group of students and their professors held community listening and discussion sessions Oct. 28 and Nov. 4 at Penn Mar Plaza Senior Center and Stick City Brewing, respectively. A previous session took place at Mars Applefest earlier in the fall, where students had the chance to get to know the local community.

A third listening session will take place at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 11 in the large conference room in the Mars Area Public Library.

“The whole idea is to support Mars, and it gives our students a chance to learn,” said Thomas Macagno, program director of Sustainability at Chatham.

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