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[Rosemarie Russo]

 

 

FYI

 

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Let’s Innovate Fort Collins! Funding Available for Climate Action Plan Proposals

 

The City of Fort Collins is now accepting applications for innovative projects that help achieve the community’s aspirational Climate Action Plan goals.

The Innovate Fort Collins Challenge will provide $5,000 to $250,000 in funds for projects capable of achieving greenhouse gas reductions through a variety of approaches. The competition allows participating businesses and organizations to explore new ideas or technologies, leverage funding, and showcase their projects to a broader audience.

Applicants must submit a letter of intent no later than April 28. For other deadlines and application materials, go to www.fcgov.com/innovate.

Successful applications will focus on one or more of the following key areas and demonstrate their impact on residents or businesses:

• Efficiency and renewable energy use;
• Increased use of alternative transportation options; and/or
• Greater reduction, reuse and recycling of waste materials.

The City has set aspirational goals to cut greenhouse gas emissions 20 percent below 2005 levels by 2020 and 80 percent by 2030 with the goal of being carbon neutral by 2050.To learn more about these goals go to www.fcgov.com/climateaction.

 

 

From: John Calderazzo
Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2017 7:57 AM
To: Emily Wilmsen; Michelle Finchum; Travis Paige; Ginny Sawyer; Kelsey Doan; Lucinda Smith; Lindsay Ex; Rebecca Everette; Rosemarie Russo; Tony Raeker; Miles Kailburn; Jane Viste; Sean Carpenter; Susan Schafer; David Suckling; Mary Pat Aardrup; Carrie Frickman; Alyssa Stephens
Cc: Katie Baum
Subject: Re: Road to 2020 Messaging and Engagement team

 

Jane, Emily, and Everybody---Great idea here!  And it is realistic, too.  Some years back, faculty poets and some graduate students in the English Department (my old home) did just this with kids on our buses.  But not with climate change, which is the great new add-on concept.  I have heard that Boston has also done this.  Anyway, there's no reason in the world why such a thing wouldn't work--and thrive--here.  Yep, great idea.--John 

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From: Emily Wilmsen <ewil...@fcgov.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 5, 2017 7:39 AM
To: Michelle Finchum; Travis Paige; Ginny Sawyer; Kelsey Doan; Lucinda Smith; Lindsay Ex; Rebecca Everette; Rosemarie Russo; Tony Raeker; Miles Kailburn; Jane Viste; Calderazzo,John; Sean Carpenter; Susan Schafer; David Suckling; Mary Pat Aardrup; Carrie Frickman; Alyssa Stephens
Cc: Katie Baum
Subject: Road to 2020 Messaging and Engagement team

 

An idea from Jane:

 

 

Hi Emily,

 

Miami has a fabulous festival that is going on right now for poetry month.  It's called "O, Miami."  When I heard about the kids' poetry being featured on city buses, I thought of the "CAP and kids" brainstorming. What about  kids' messages (or even poetry) about climate change being featured on one or several City buses as they do in Miami?  Likely a city/schools/museum partnership.  I've included a link (below) to an article about the poetry bus with a photo featuring one of the buses.  

 

The kids apparently are so proud to have their work featured on the buses.  Words and thoughts or poems related to climate change could be on the outside of the bus body itself (as in Miami) or maybe even inside or on bus posters on the sides.  

 

Just an idea to put into the idea "cap!"

 

http://miami.cbslocal.com/2017/03/31/miami-festival-locals-poetry/

 

Jane

 

 

 

Emily Wilmsen | Public Relations Coordinator

City of Fort Collins | Sustainability Services Area

PO Box 580 | Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580

970-221-6870| 970-980-6120 (cell)| ewil...@fcgov.com