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Largo earns LEAD for Cities Gold certification; staff eyes platinum for 2030 recertification
Summary
City staff reported that Largo earned Gold certification under the LEAD for Cities rating system (USGBC framework), scoring 69 of 110 points across categories such as transportation, energy and innovation; staff plans to pursue recertification by 2030 and target Platinum-level improvements.
City staff announced on March 11 that Largo achieved Gold certification under the LEAD for Cities rating system, a community-scale sustainability framework administered by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).
Staff said the certification scored the city across nine categories — integrative process; natural systems and ecology; transportation and land use; water efficiency; energy and greenhouse gas emissions; materials and resources; quality of life; innovation; and regional priorities. Largo earned 69 out of 110 possible…
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