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September 2016 Newsletter

Now forming Impact Circle-7
 
Members will determine meeting dates that will occur between mid-October and early November.  If you'd like to learn how you can help review and select our fall 2016 grantees, contact Lee.
 
Grant Focus: Pushing the Envelope for A Sustainable Community

You can read the complete RFP here.

Our Collective Impact

 
Brief summaries of the final reports from our 3rd Impact Circle grantees (June, 2015 - June, 2016) are posted on our website.

Sustainable Path supported the RENEW project of Emerald Cities-Seattle to expanded the conservation of energy and water in affordable multi-family housing. The Sustainable Path grant was combined with a line of credit from Impact Capital, resulting in the ability to offer Bellwether Housing a lower-risk, cash-free way to start on their retrofit projects immediately. The response and support from the Affordable Housing community has been overwhelmingly positive and supportive, laying the foundation for future growth.  Emerald Cities-Seattle completed a retrofit at Plymouth Housing’s St. Charles Hotel in March 2016 that included improvements to heating controls, a lighting retrofit and water savings measures. In addition,Emerald Cities-Seattle helped to implement an engagement program to educate tenants about energy and water use throughout the year. The current data (linked here) show promising results.
 
UPCOMING EVENT:
 
Thursday, SEPTEMBER 29

LUNCH & LEARN  (Noon - 1 p.m.)

PLANNING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR REGION

This upcoming session will provide a snapshot of data on recent trends, highlighting challenges for providing the supply of housing and affordability that the region needs. Feel free to bring your lunch.

REGISTRATION REQUIRED (space limited)

Speaker Bio:
Michael Hubner AICP is a Principal Planner with the Puget Sound Regional Council.
Location: 107 Spring St.

Noteworthy



 



WE HAVEN’T BEEN SEEING THE FARM FOR THE TREES

Source: August 12, 2016  Conservation This Week


"Every day, carbon-storing forests are cleared to make way for farms to produce the food our growing planet needs. But finally there is some good news when it comes to the relationship between farming, forests, and carbon. As it turns out, farms have significant amounts of tree cover that have never been included in global carbon accounting. What’s more, tree cover on farms is on the rise..." Read the rest of the article here.

 
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