Sustainable Fernandina Hosts Town Hall Meeting at Peck Center Tonight

City of Fernandina Beach

Peck Center - Location of Sustainability Meeting

Press Release

Submitted by Kelly Gibson

City Planner

Sustainable Fernandina will host its second town hall meeting on Monday, June 18, 2012 at 6:00pm in the Peck Center Auditorium. The meeting, entitled “Sustainability… What does it mean to you?” is part of a public outreach effort to engage the community and discover how the City can become a more sustainable place for its residents to live, work,

and play.

At its first Town Hall meeting, in April, several ideas and issues

were discussed including: better outreach and education on the value of trees

within our community, use of photovoltaic energy, forming partnerships with

local business owners to encourage sustainable practices, and investigating

ways to enhance our current garbage and recycling efforts at our beach areas.

The Sustainable Fernandina committee is already working on ways to addresses

the identified issues and is still looking for more input from the community

on what the City sustainable initiatives should be tackled next.

Sustainable Fernandina is a group of City employees and citizens that is

committed to discovering and promoting ways to conserve resources, reduce

energy costs, decrease waste, protect and strengthen the local economy and

save money throughout the City of Fernandina Beach’s governmental operations.

From major planning projects, to how we perform daily tasks and manage

facilities, Sustainable Fernandina and the City of Fernandina Beach are

working to integrate sustainable practices into how we function and serve the

community.

For more information or to ask questions, please call the City of Fernandina

Beach Community Development Department at 904-277-7325 or email Kelly Gibson

at kgibson@fbfl.org.

June 18, 2012 10:32 a.m.