The City of Glendale’s Greener Glendale Plan was awarded the “Excellence in
Green Region Initiative” by the Southern California
Association of Governments (SCAG). SCAG is the nation's largest metropolitan planning organization.
It undertakes a variety of planning and policy initiatives to encourage a more
sustainable Southern California now and in the future.
The Greener
Glendale Plan was recognized for three key achievements:
- Comprehensively addressing sustainability in Glendale,
- Developing the plan with input and high participation from the community and all City Departments, and
- For being actively implemented through other City policy documents including the North Glendale Community Plan, Housing Element, and the South Glendale Community Plan.
Development of the Greener
Glendale Plan was funded by the Glendale Water and Power Department (via
the Federal Energy Efficiency and Conservation Grant) and staff work was
conducted by the Community Development Department. The City used the international
Urban Environmental Accords as a framework to outline how sustainability would
be addressed in Glendale, and it received technical support from Local
Governments for Sustainability, a non-profit, to develop the document.
- Energy and water conservation,
- Land use and urban design,
- Transportation,
- Waste Reduction, and
- Nature & environmental health
The community of Glendale actively participated in the
development of the Greener Glendale Plan.
Participation included community groups like Coalition for a Green Glendale and
Walk Bike Glendale, numerous businesses and schools, and community representation via the GWP
Commission, Planning Commission, and City Council, who all approved the Greener Glendale Plan unanimously.
Senator Carol Liu strongly supported the Greener
Glendale Plan.
The Greener Glendale
Plan is a great example of cooperation between the community and multiple
City departments, agencies, and institutions to promote sustainability within
our region.
