Green Initiatives: Public Information Presentations

The term “Green” denotes that which is environmentally friendly. Green building is defined as resource-efficient, site-sensitive construction method using sustainable design concepts, which ultimately offer life cost savings and a safer, healthier environment. As part of the City’s objective to promote responsible land use through sustainable development and to provide further impetus for community wide awareness and change, public education and outreach is being provided through a series of public information presentations, Green Building Workshops, and stakeholders meetings to be offered by staff and Project Partners over the next several years. Many of the City’s Green demonstration projects will be supported by grant funds, or are part of an overall local watershed strategy. Therefore, the City’s GREEN initiatives are supported by an array of multi-sector partners, and seek to provide local governments, developers and residents with concrete examples of how to build and operate buildings more sustainably for the overall benefit of improving environmental quality within watershed.