Clean Commute Day August 20th

Clean Commute Day is Friday, August 20, 2010 and Smart Trips, the regional organization that promotes alternatives to driving alone, is trying to encourage 10,000 people to use an alternative form of commuting on that one day- either carpooling, taking the bus, walking, bicycling or working from home. It's easy to join in.

Participants can either sign up for Smart Trips at www.knoxsmarttrips.org and log their commute for that one day or complete a really short survey (3 questions) in Survey Monkey, http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CleanCommuteDay as an alternative.

However, if they join Smart Trips that will allow searches for carpool partners and allow me to generate reports on participation. If this goal is reached more than 200,00 pounds of pollution can be reduced from the region's air in one day!

Energy & Sustainability Work Group Meeting Schedules Update

1.) Community Involvement Work Group (every second Thursday until Oct. 15)

• Wednesday, March 24, 9:00 AM, KCDC Conference Room (1st Floor)
• Tuesday, June 8th, 9 AM at CAC Central Office, Room 2
• Tuesday, July 6th, 10 AM at KCDC Conference Room (2nd Floor)
• Thursday, July 29, 10 AM at KCDC conference room (2nd floor)
• Thursday, August 12, 10 AM at KCDC, conference room (1st floor)
• Next Meeting: Thursday, September 9, 10 AM at KCDC, conference room (2nd floor)
Final meeting: Oct. 14 at KCDC

2.) Energy Work Group:

• Wednesday, April 21, 11:00 AM, Room 549 of the City County Building
• Thursday, May 20, 3:00 PM, Room 584 of the City County Building
• Thursday, June 24, 3:00 PM, Room 584 of the City County Building
• Next Meeting: Thursday, August 19, 9:00 AM, Room 584 of the City County Building

3.) Goods & Services Work Group Main:

• Monday, March 15, 2010, 2:00 PM, Room 662 of the City County Building (Finance Conference Room)
• Monday, April 19, 2010, 2:00 PM, Room 662 of the City County Building (Finance Conference Room)
• Final Meeting: To Be Scheduled with whole group in October

3a.) Purchasing Subgroup:

• Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 11 AM, Room 549 of the City County Building.
• Monday, May 17th at 1:30-2:30 PM at the City County Building, Room 584
• June 22nd at 10 AM - 11 AM Room 549 of the City County Building
• Tuesday, August 3, 2010 from 9-10 AM, Room 549, City County Building
• Final Meeting: To be scheduled with group in September

3b.) Sustainable & Edible Landscapes Subgroup:

• Thursday, April 8, 2010, 2:00 PM in Rm. 309 of the City County Building
• Wednesday, April 28th, 2:00 PM in Rm. 309 of the City County Building
• Wednesday, May 12th, 2:00 PM Rm. 309 of the City County Building
• Next Meeting: To be scheduled with group in September

3c.) Waste Reduction & Recycling Subgroup:

• Monday, April 12, 2010, 1:30 PM at the CAC Offices, Conference Room B
• Wednesday, May 12th at 2:30 PM at the CAC Office, Conference Room B
• Thursday, June 17th at 2:30 PM at the CAC Office, Conference Room B
• Thursday, July 8, at 11:00 AM in room 549 of the City County Building
• Monday, July 12th, 2:30 PM at CAC offices, conference room B
• Final Meeting: August 16th at 9:00 AM, CAC offices, conference room B

4.) Infrastructure Work Group:

• Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 11 AM, Room 584 of the City County Building
• Wednesday, May 5th at 3:00 PM in Room 584 of the City County Building
• Wednesday, June 16th at 1:30 PM, Rm. 584 of the City County Building
• Friday, July 9th at 11 AM in room 584 of the City County Building
• Monday, July 19, at 1:30 PM in room 584 of the City County Building
• Next Meeting: Thursday, September 2nd, Room 549 of the City County Building


5.) Completed - Sustainable Growth (1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month unless otherwise noted):

• Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 12:00 -1:30 PM, Room 584 of the City County Building
• Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 12:00 PM in room 549 of the City County Building
• Tuesday, April 20, 2010, 12:00 PM in room 584 of the City County Building.
• Tuesday, May 4th, 12:00 - 1:30 PM in Room 549 of the City County Building
• Tuesday, May 18th, 12:00 - 1:30 PM in Room 584 of the City County Building
• Tuesday, June 1st, 12:00 - 1:30 PM in Room 549 of the City County Building
• Tuesday, July 6th, 12:00 - 1:30 PM, Room 549, City County Building
• Final Meeting: Tuesday, August 3rd, 12:00 - 1:30 PM, Room 549, City County Building


6.) Completed - Transportation Work Group:

• Friday, April 9, 2010, 10:00 AM, MPC conference room, 4th floor, City County Building
• Tuesday, May 11, 2010 3:00 PM, MPC conference room, 4th floor, City County Building
• Monday, June 14th, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Room 662 of the City County Building
• Final Meeting: Tuesday, July 27th at 11:00 AM, Room 662 of the City County Building