On August 29th, the newly formed (or perhaps I should say "forming") McHenry County Environmental Alliance met for the third time.
The group includes representatives from 23 environmental organizations that are working in McHenry County on a wide diversity of issues.
The Mission Statement is:
Within 10 years, McHenry County will be recognized nationally among counties its size for implementing successfully a sustinable environmental strategy for enhancing quality of life.
The initial projects that the group chose to focus on are:
1. Develop a Communication Strategy for getting more and better environmental news into the local media and develop a website for the public.
2. Develop and implement a "Scorecard"rating program for local municipalities to help publicize those who are doing things well (from a green standpoint), and those who are not.
3. Compile ordinance examples and have them available on the website for local officials and citizens to access for ideas for updating local ordinances to be stronger from an environmental standpoint.
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