The Planning Board WANTS YOU!

You are invited to participate in an exciting environmental planning project – jointly sponsored by the Montgomery County Planning Board and the County Executive. Called the Healthy and Sustainable Communities initiative, county staff will be crafting environmental policy goals and indicators that measure our progress – with your help! While county environmental programs do a great deal toward improving quality of life in Montgomery County, County Executive Ike Leggett and Planning Board Chairman Royce Hanson have identified a missing link: a set of goals and corresponding measures of progress to guide decision making.

Join us at our kick-off workshop June 25-26 at the Universities at Shady Grove. At the workshop, we want participants like you to help us chart our progress toward meeting sustainability goals. RSVPView draft schedule of events

We've kicked off our project as a virtual document. Give us your feedback on how we should measure our environmental progress, even if you can't join us at the workshop. Log on to contribute your thoughts to any of the following indicator reports. Simply click on a goal and enter your comments. Visit often to view what others say. And please spread the word!

1. Climate protection

a. Energy use
b. Carbon emissions
c. Waste management

2. Clean air

Air quality index b. Travel indicators

3. Clean water

4. Wildlife habitat and open space

5. Smart communities

6. Healthy people

7. Green economy

a. Jobs
b. Agriculture

8. Environmental justice