County Planning To Partner in Bid for Climate Smart Certification
By DAN SULLIVANOTSEGO COUNTY
New York State’s Department of Environmental Conservation sponsors the Climate Smart Communities program, which encourages local governments to focus on making themselves more efficient, adaptive and resilient in the face of climate change.
Communities get involved first by pledging to become Climate Smart through a local government resolution. Then a task force is formed to tackle the challenging process of obtaining Climate Smart Communities Certification.
Of New York’s more than 1,600 municipalities, 460 have pledged thus far, while 166 have achieved either Bronze or Silver certification. Otsego County leads the Mohawk Valley region in both pledged communities, 13, and those that have been certified, four. Now, Otsego County—through its Planning Department—will partner with the Mohawk Valley Economic Development District to complete certification, which will make it the 18th of New York State’s 62 counties to do so.
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