Sustainable CT seeks to help cities and towns

Sustainable CT seeks to help cities and towns across the state become more vibrant, healthy, resilient, and thriving places for all of their residents.

Sustainability actions, policies, and investments deliver multiple benefits and help towns make efficient use of scarce resources and engage a wide cross section of residents and businesses.

February 2016 – November 2016: The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities (CCM) Task Force on Sustainability includes municipal elected leaders and met from February 2016 through October 2016 to define a shared vision and recommend a framework for the certification program and launched that vision at the CCM Annual Convention (November 2016) – view the presentation. The Task Force also developed a toolkit, Sustainable Communities: A Municipal Toolkit.

November 2016 – November 2017: The Advisory Committee, including municipal leaders plus representatives from state agencies, non-profit organizations, businesses, and academia, will oversee program development.  During this period action groups, composed of interested stakeholders, will identify sustainability actions in the following areas: clean and diverse transportation systems and choices; efficient physical infrastructure and operations; strategic and inclusive public services; dynamic and resilient planning; well-stewarded land and natural resources; thriving local economies; healthy, efficient and diverse housing; and vibrant and creative cultural ecosystems.

And then in November this year the first certification cycle of Sustainable CT will launch at the 2017 CCM Annual Convention.

Learn more here about Sustainable CCM and watch short video.