The Green Impact Zone Plan – Year One
The Green Impact Zone is an innovative, national model for transforming an urban neighborhood into a sustainable community. This approach brings together intense neighborhood outreach, comprehensive coordination of programs and initiatives, and broad, deep partnerships. The initiative takes advantage of the "federal moment" presented by the stimulus legislation to jump start the initiative, but then will have to develop a long-term sustainability strategy.
It is imperative that the Zone take advantage of this federal moment by having a detailed game plan for what is to take place the first year of the Zone initiative. The game plan will have to ensure the strategic use of stimulus funds as they are made available and at the same time create a long-term sustainability strategy to carry the zone beyond the stimulus.
The game plan contains the following elements:
