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Huntersville's new Environmental Sustainability Committee outlines goals for outreach, energy and wildlife corridors
Summary
Huntersville's Environmental Sustainability Committee presented seven draft goals for 2025 on June 17, ranging from monthly outreach and cleanup days to studies of on-site renewable energy and wildlife corridors.
The Environmental Sustainability Committee, an advisory body created by the Huntersville Board in 2024, presented its 2025 goals to the Board of Commissioners on June 17 and asked for feedback and continued board liaison support.
Committee chair Jeremy Shook said the group organized into three subcommittees this year ' community engagement; energy, water and waste; and environment and infrastructure ' and drafted roughly seven goals for 2025. Those goals include a monthly "sustainability corner" in the town newsletter and a permanent sustainability page on the town website; three town cleanup days in partnership with Riverkeepers; educational materials and outreach on energy and water conservation; identification and study of potential sustainable energy production (solar, landfill gas, wastewater biogas); planning for wildlife corridors and a "treasure tree" program in coordination with Mecklenburg County; and research into sustainable building and demolition practices that could lead to zoning recommendations.
Shook said the committee had paused a full sustainability plan while staff pursued grant funding to hire a consultant. He identified Mayor Pro Tem Jennifer Hunt as the commission liaison and Bobby Williams as the staff liaison, and said the committee had approved the goals internally and sought the board's feedback. Commissioners asked about targeting cleanup days in neighborhoods without homeowners associations and about coordinating with Electric Cities or other utilities for residential solar outreach; Shook said the committee planned to engage local utilities as part of its energy goal.
The board later unanimously appointed Natalie Povola (name spelled several ways in the record) to fill a vacancy on the Environmental Sustainability Committee.
Committee members and commissioners described the goals as early-stage and advisory; any regulatory or zoning recommendations would come to the board following further study and potential staff or consultant work.
