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Boise staff unveil "Keep Boise Cool" program with January website and personalized action plans
Summary
City staff presented a new community-facing program called Keep Boise Cool to centralize climate resources, offer personalized action plans, pilot incentive challenges and partner with neighborhoods and businesses; staff will launch a website and marketing campaign in January and track participation by program challenges.
City of Boise staff on Tuesday presented a new community climate program called Keep Boise Cool that will centralize local resources, provide personalized climate-action plans and roll out quarterly challenges starting with waste-reduction pilots this winter.
Brie Brush of the mayor’s office framed the effort as community-driven: "Work with the community to create a climate action guide that reflects what residents care about and how they choose to engage," she said. Staff described the program as an umbrella for existing city and partner efforts and as a way to reduce barriers to resident participation.
Lindsey Mosier, public engagement senior manager, said the city recruited a 23-member resident committee from about 194 applicants and collected more than 1,900 survey responses. The committee and survey recommended…
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