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What are we doing? Building Stronger Neighborhoods Creating Educational Opportunities Promoting Healthy Lifestyles Leaving a Green Footprint
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“A GREENPRINT FOR PROSPERITY” FOR SANTA ROSA
Susan GorinMayor
October 1, 2009
What do we have?
Partnerships Committed Political Leadership Strong committed environmental community Models that work e.g. Solar Sonoma County Lots of great programs/ideas
What are we doing?
Building Stronger Neighborhoods Creating Educational Opportunities Promoting Healthy Lifestyles Leaving a Green Footprint
Building Stronger Neighborhoods
Enhancing our bike and pedestrian network helps build community
Neighborhood Revatilization Program targets low-income neighborhoods and provides ongoing support to help address issues
COPE creates neighborhood networks, communication and emergency preparedness
Neighborhood Clean up projects
Educational Opportunities
Coordinated program with Hispanic Chamber where ESL students learn how to use computers and then get one for free at the end of the class.
Save Green Go Green: promoting the importance of weatherization
Green Construction and Design Academy at Montgomery High School
Green Building curriculum at SRJC Green Building and Sustainability at SSU
Promoting Healthy Lifestyles
Supporting community gardens Bike and Ped projects: Humboldt St. Bike
Blvd, Mendocino Ave Bike Lanes, Safe Safe Routes to School
NRP has developed walking exercise programs
Restoring Creeks and encouraging their use to recreate, de-stress, exercise
Leaving a Green Footprint
Complete Streets Weatherization Assistance Program with
Hispanic Chamber to retrofit low income homes
Installing electric vehicle charges citywide
Enhancing our transit system Intelligent Transportation System Solar/environmental projects
Committed Policy Makers
Establishing the Mayors Task Force on Sustainability – Involving the community to expand solar systems, energy and water conservation retrofits, build neighborhoods and make lifestyle changes to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
What do we want?
A Sustainable Community for All Transit-oriented development Building “Complete Neighborhoods” –
locating jobs and services within walking or bicycling distance of neighborhoods
What do we want?
Be the “Green” Center for Northern California Attract more green technology businesses Promote solar resources for the community:
DOE grant to Solar Sonoma County – goal is to place 25 megawatts of solar energy generation on land and rooftops and for solar thermal hot water.
What do we need?
Funding Partnerships with business, local nonprofits,
neighborhoods Trained and educated workers committed to
this field