As many of you likely know, Minnesota GreenStep Cities is a voluntary challenge, assistance and recognition program to help cities achieve their sustainability goals through implementation of 28 best practices. Each best practice can be implemented by completing one or more specific actions from a list of four to eight actions. These actions are tailored to all Minnesota cities, focus on cost savings and energy use reduction, and encourage innovation.
There are now cities across the state documenting their current efforts on the GreenStep Cities website. This is because many cities are already doing many of the items listed as best practices for the program, using this as a baseline from which to move forward. We have so many active and innovative cities here in Minnesota—there is much to be proud of!
Check out the website at http://www.mngreenstep.org to learn more! When you get there, just click on the linked city names to the right of the map to find out more about what individual cities are doing. Cities with recent updates include Eagan, Elk River, Hopkins, Mahtomedi, Mankato, Milan, Northfield, Pine River, Royalton, Saint Cloud.
