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Welcome to GreenStep Cities & Tribal Nations
Minnesota GreenStep Cities & Tribal Nations is a voluntary challenge, assistance and recognition program to help communities achieve their sustainability and quality-of-life goals. This free continuous improvement program, managed by a public-private partnership, is based upon a menu of 29 optional best practices. Each best practice can be implemented, as decided by elected officials, staff and community members, by completing one or more actions at a 1, 2 or 3-star level, from a list of over 180 actions. These voluntary actions are tailored to Minnesota, focus on cost savings and energy use reduction, and encourage civic innovation. [More]
Recognition Steps 1-5
Learn about the benefits of program participation, and then
|  | Build community interest; have program staff visit your community; join GreenStep by adopting a city or Tribal resolution | 
|  | Post brief info on this website about what you've already done; be recognized for implementing between 4 & 8 best practices | 
|  | Implement at your own pace an additional 4 – 8 best practices; complete a handful of high-impact best practice actions (ask us for help) | 
|  | Measure and report on between 7 & 15 performance metrics | 
|  | Show improvement in performance metrics | 
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- BWSR $ to model, design, and construct water control and water quality improvement projects
- BWSR $ to reduce erosion and flooding and improve water quality
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