Climate Showcase Communities Replication Workshop

Note: The official registration date has passed. You may still register for the workshop, however we can not guarantee that we will have printed nametags, etc available for late registrants.

Join us to hear from USEPA Climate Showcase Communities Grantees who have been piloting successful greenhouse gas mitigation projects at this free, 1-day workshop. Attendees of the workshop will hear directly from the government staff who designed and implemented these programs, and learn about best practices, tools, and resources that they can use to catalyze similar action in their own community. Attendees will also have the opportunity to talk informally with program representatives during café style discussions.

Note: Priority for registration will be given to staff from local and tribal governments and local/tribal associations.

Tentative Agenda

9:00 AM

Registration

10:00 AM

Introduction, Workshop Overview, and Highlights of Featured Projects

10:45 AM

Networking Break

11:00 AM

Replication Breakout Session 1

A: Engaging the Community and Changing Behavior

B: Innovative Green Business Solutions

12:30 PM

Lunch (On your own)

1:30 PM

Café Style Project Showcase

2:30 PM

Replication Breakout Session 2

A: Big Opportunities for Small Communities

B: Leveraging Partnerships and Opportunities

4:00 PM

Wrap-Up and Next Steps

For more information about the Climate Showcase Communities program, including descriptions of each project and an overview video of past workshops, visit: http://www.epa.gov/statelocalclimate/local/showcase/

Projects featured at the workshop will include:

• Home Energy Affordability Loan Program, Little Rock, AR
• Industrial Packaging Prevention and Reuse Project, Alameda County, CA
• Community Energy Project, Santa Ynez Chumash Tribe, CA
• Green Homes Challenge, Frederick County, MD
• Home Energy Retrofits for All, Greenfield, MA
• Cold Climate Community Solutions, Duluth, MN
• Tri-County Small Business Efficiency Program, Lewis and Clark County, MT
• Fire Chief’s Challenge, Cary, NC
• Reducing GHGs Through Neighborhood Home Efficiency Upgrades, Durham, NC
• Renewable Energy and Sustainable Agriculture, Keene, NH
• Sustainable Energy Efficiency Demo Projects/Sustainable Jersey, Cherry Hill, NJ
• Integrating ME3 and BPS at Landfills, Mid Ohio Regional Planning Commission, OH
• Energize Corvallis, Corvallis, OR
• Regional Circuit Rider for Local Government Energy Efficiency, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, PA
• Intergovernmental Partnership for Energy and Climate Change, City of Warwick, RI
• Development of a Freight Efficiency Outreach Center, North Central TX COG, TX
• Sustainable Transportation for a Sustainable Future, Salt Lake City, UT
• The Seattle 2030 District, Seattle, WA
• MPower Champions, Madison, WI
• US EPA Local Climate and Energy Program Resources
• US EPA Office of Sustainable Communities
• US EPA Office of Water
• The Solar Foundation