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Greensboro's 'green' meetings are today

Monday, July 13, 2009

(Updated 3:20 pm)

Staff Reports

GREENSBORO — Greensboro is seeking public input about making the city more "green."

The Community Sustainability Council is hosting two public meetings to get residents' feedback on what priorities and strategies should be included in the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy report. That report will serve as the city's energy plan.

The meetings will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. July 13 in the Nussbaum Room of the Central Library at 219 N. Church St.

The city will submit the report to the Department of Energy as part of its application for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

The city is seeking funding from the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program.

If you can't attend a forum, you can make suggestions via an online survey at this link.

The survey will be available July 10-31.

For more information, call Sue Schwartz, the city's neighborhood planning manager, at 373-2149.

What do you think?

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ryanshell

July 2, 2009 - 11:02 am EDT

I for one think my idea about creating an ordinance that would require recycling to be offered at all apartment complexes in Greensboro is a good place to start. More info on the idea here: http://bit.ly/Mmp3B.

ncb

July 2, 2009 - 11:09 am EDT

Tax plastic grocery bags to promote reusable bags

connieohyeah

July 2, 2009 - 11:33 am EDT

Tax should not be involved in this equation.

Rick

July 2, 2009 - 11:59 am EDT

Stop overdeveloping the poor city. Greensboro already has the 4th highest vacancy rate in the nation, yet the mayor and city council continue handing our neighborhoods over to their developer buddies.

ChadinGSO

July 2, 2009 - 1:05 pm EDT

4th highest vacancy rate in the nation? Where'd you get statistic from?

Rick

July 2, 2009 - 1:38 pm EDT

Try Forbes magazine.

tonymo

July 4, 2009 - 11:52 am EDT

Hey this is simple. Get rid of all city owned vehicles, including buses, trucks, and autos. Shut down all businesses, particularly restaurants that serve meat. Close the airport. Rip up all roads to make bicycle paths. I think that will about do it!

The_Weasel

July 13, 2009 - 8:31 am EDT

Ah ... no.

The_Weasel

July 13, 2009 - 8:29 am EDT

I second this notion about adding recycling containers to apartment complexes, my apartment complex does not have recycling containers and so a lot of people end throw away recyclables. I drive to the nearest city provided container at the local fire station, which is about 2 miles away, but I know a lot of people are lazy and do not. I think they might be motivated or at least more likely to recycle if there was a bin in the complex. I think making recycling more accessible should be one of the top goals if not number one.

spa30

July 13, 2009 - 10:03 am EDT

Increase priority for creation of bike lanes
Complete sidewalk projects
When and if bus stops are given shelters, invest in those that have solar panels, are made from recyclable materials.

jackhartjj

July 13, 2009 - 10:59 am EDT

Read an article in the Hickory, NC Record about the town of Hudson eliminating their recycling program.
http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2009/jul/12/hudson-cans-its-recycl...
Bottom, line it was costing $3,000,00 a month for the program; they were getting $100,00 back in return.
Hudson is a very small town.
Imagine if someone besides Mike Barber and a couple of others really cared about getting rid of wasteful programs where Greensboro would be?
And I used to live near the White Street Landfill and the sewage plant; once in a while the smell wasn't 'roses'...so what!