Greenest City Action Team Progress Report

"In February, Mayor Gregor Robertson launched the Greenest City Action Team (GCAT), composed of 14 experts on environment and economy, with a mission to gather best ideas and practices and make recommendations to City Council." A couple of months later the GCAT Team released some quick start recommendations. (pdf 5.6 MB)

Mid-way through September, City Manager Penny Ballem and other city staff presented an update on these quick start initiatives to Mayor Robertson and City Council.

The GCAT is working on greening all sectors in the city, but there are some very exciting food related initiatives included in the plan. Dr. Ballem reported that a number of recommendations were underway, including planting a City Hall garden, landscaping with native plants, allocating additional land for community gardens and orchards, and support farmers markets.

Creating an edible landscaping policy has been identified as a priority for the next two years.

Check out the entire interim report attached below. (pdf 1 MB)

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Overview of GCAT quick starts focus areas for Council - 09 09 16.pdf	1.09 MB