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Stephanie Ciccarello,Sustainability Coordinator
April 17, 2014
is to seek grants and opportunities to meet the Town of Amherst’s goals of greater energy independence and sustainability
while at the same time fostering working relationships with Amherst citizens, businesses and institutions of higher education in championing and moving a sustainable community agenda forward.
Section 2. C. - Key Directions for the Community
“Promote an Ethic of Sustainable Environmental Energy Practices in All Town Activities”
Objective LU 4. – Protect farmland/farming
Objective LU 10. - …make it easier for residents to walk/bicycle
Objective H4. - Encourage the production of housing in an environmentally sound manner…
Objective E2. – Support re-localization
Objective NC3.- Conservation of land
Objective NC4. – Apply principles of environmental sustainability town-wide
Objective S6. – Leadership role in promoting environmentally sound practices in services and facilities
Objective T2. - Actively promote alternative modes of transportation
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory 2001
Climate Action Plan – October 2005
Set a CO2reduction target of 35% below 1997 baseline CO2 emissions
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory Update 2007
Green Communities Program
Applied for Green Communities Designation May 2012
Received Green Community Designation in August of 2012
Applied for Green Communities Grant in September 2012
Awarded $302,000 for LED streetlight retro-fit in November 2012
Energy Reduction Plan (ERP) -20% reduction in energy use below FY’11 levels
- Greenhouse Gas Inventory- Climate Action Plan- Green Communities Application
The Town of Amherst
Climate Action Plan
NURide – partnership withMASSRides
Fort River Farm Conservation Area
Affordable housing
Support of the town’s Master Plan
Collaboration/Shared Resources – ArcGIS
Shared vision/collaboration re:infra-structure
Participation in the same programs
Collaboration on new initiatives
Access to interns
Future collaborations – solid waste reduction
Regional Bikeshare Program
Stephanie Ciccarello
Sustainability Coordinator
4 Boltwood Avenue
Amherst, MA 01002
(413) 259-3149
‘Sustaining Amherst’ is
in our hands