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Director McReynolds tells council Thrive Indianapolis met targets, details universal-curbside plan and program pivots after state law
Summary
The city's sustainability director told the Environment & Sustainability Committee that Thrive Indianapolis met multiple targets, will move to a new GHG inventory and must pivot the thriving-buildings benchmarking program to voluntary status after state preemption; staff outlined a plan to transition 279,000 households to universal curbside recycling by 2028.
Director McReynolds of the Office of Sustainability told the committee the office completed 59 Thrive Indianapolis action items and that nine metrics exceeded their 2025 targets. The office will move to an updated, data-driven greenhouse-gas inventory and scientific target-setting process to chart progress toward the city's 2050 net-zero commitment.
McReynolds highlighted built-environment work, including a reported fivefold increase in compliance with the thriving buildings program in 2025. But he told the committee that House Bill 1150 (as spoken) removed the city's authority to make energy benchmarking…
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