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Community Invited to Eco-Municipality
Kick-Off
The public is invited to share their vision for
a sustainable Stevens Point at the Eco-Municipality Kick Off event on Tuesday, October 30 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
at Ben Franklin Jr. High School, 2000 Polk St. The Stevens Point Eco-Municipality Task Force is organizing the
event.
"An eco-municipality is characterized by a community working together towards economical and ecological sustainability,"
said Mayor Andrew Halverson, who created the special Task Force earlier this year. "We can create a strong
and healthy community that is economically vibrant without sacrificing our environment."
The Eco-Municipality Kick-Off will feature keynote speaker Mary Rehwald. Rehwald sits on the Ashland City Council
and is an integral part Ashland's sustainability movement and their adoption of the eco-municipality resolution.
The public will be invited to provide their vision for a sustainable Stevens Point. Anna Haines, Director for the
Center for Land Use Education, will facilitate an active community input session, which will allow for brainstorming
on a variety of issues. "This is an important exercise to gather ideas for the future of our community,"
said Amy Heart, city alderperson and co-chair of the Task Force. "Citizens will be asked to think 20 and even
50 years into the future to picture what a sustainable community could be."
From the Eco-Municipality Kick-Off, the Task Force will work to develop policy recommendations and community projects.
"Attend this listening session, and help make Stevens Point an economically, ecologically and socially healthy
community," said Halverson.
Get more
information about the Eco-Municipality Task Force.
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