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Cities Transforming Towards Sustainability (CiTTS)

Villes En Route vers un DéVELOPPEMENT Durable (VERDD)

 INTRODUCING THE ‘GREEN CITTS’ PROGRAM

The Green CiTTS (Cities Transforming Towards Sustainability) program showcases the actions of Great Lakes and St. Lawrence cities in moving the entire region towards a sustainable future, and provides support to cities to go even further down the path towards sustainability. 

The objectives of the Green CiTTS program are to:

1. Protect Water Resources and Coastal Areas
2. Promote Low-Carbon Energy Generation and Consumption
3. Adopt Green Land Use and Building Design
4. Encourage Green Economic Development
   

Through the Green CiTTS program, the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative provides support to member cities to switch to more sustainable practices in twenty areas across a broad set of municipal operations and responsibilities (click on four areas, below).

In its inaugural year, the Green CiTTS program will be centered on the reduction of storm water runoff. With support from the Joyce Foundation, the Green CiTTS program will provide support to cities by sharing best practices, offering training, entering into partnerships with techinical experts, raising funding for municipal projects, presenting special awards and reporting annually on progress.

FIRST FOCUS AREA - Please visit the STORMWATER PROGRAM Webpage

Current Cities Signed On to this year's Stormwater Program
Best Practices:

Ajax Bayfield Chicago Cobourg Duluth Durham Region Grand Rapids Goderich Milwaukee

Montmagny Montréal Racine Rochester Salaberry-de-Valleyfield Sault Ste. Marie Sorel-Tracy St. Catharines Toronto Trois-Rivières

PROTECT WATER RESOURCES AND COASTAL AREAS

PROMOTE LOW-CARBON ENERGY GENERATION AND CONSUMPTION

ADOPT GREEN LAND USE AND BUILDING DESIGN

ENCOURAGE GREEN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

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CITIES TRANSFORMING TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY