It has been a while since I've made time to post here, but lots of "green" things have been happening in our community. One of these is the the addition of a Sustainability Track to the Cortland Counts process which is an "Assessment of the Health and Well Being in Cortland County".
The Cortland Counts process includes setting community priorities in 4 areas (or tracks): Economic, Health, Youth, and Housing. In January, the Community Assessment Team (CAT) hosted a Community Forum that shared the results of “2009 Cortland Counts” which checks progress on the community priorities. At that Forum, a presentation on sustainability, particularly as it relates to a resilient and healthy community was presented by Brice Smith and a new fifth track on sustainability was established.
For more info on the Cortland Counts process please see this website: http://www.sevenvalleyshealth.org/projects/cc.htm
Brice Smith, chair of the Physics Department at SUNY Cortland and I are co-chairing the track and we will be hosting a series of meetings that will help establish sustainability related priorities for Cortland County that will be assessed yearly for progress. This includes (but is not limited to) local sustainable food production, sustainable community energy, reducing community energy consumption, improving economic opportunities with the development of local sustainable products (products providing environmental, social and economic benefits while protecting public health, welfare, and environment).
The first meeting was on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 where we had great conversations about different issues surrounding sustainability and began brainstorming on ideas for actions, goals and objectives. Our next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, February 25th at 10:00 AM in Room 203 in the Beard Building (Main Street SUNY Cortland) which is located directly across from the Community Restaurant. Following this meeting - we'll meet regularly the FIRST Tuesday of each month at 6:30 pm in Room 203 in the Beard Building (Main Street SUNY Cortland).
Hope to see you there!
Saturday, February 13, 2010
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