Lafayette Sustainability Plan

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Year Published: 2021

Published by: Lafayette Sustainability Working Group

Summary

The City is developing its first Sustainability Plan. The Sustainability Plan will serve as a guide for City of Lafayette leadership, residents and businesses on sustainability practices, to improve the quality of life, promote good stewardship of the environment, and promote sound long-term financial management. The City recently confirmed its commitment to sustainability by hiring its first Sustainability Coordinator in 2019. This staff resource helps align, coordinate, and unify sustainability efforts across the city organization and the greater Lafayette community. The Sustainability Plan will contain goals, strategies, specific actions, and measurable targets on energy efficiency and renewable energy, waste reduction, and green and healthy buildings. Common themes across these topics are outreach and education and equity and inclusion. While sustainability encompasses a broad range of topics, the city has chosen to focus its efforts and investment on a select few rather than dilute its resources on many. Additional topic areas may be added to subsequent versions of this plan as progress is made on the initial topic areas.