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]
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Recognition Steps 1-5

Learn about the benefits of program participation, and then

Step 1 Build community interest; have program staff visit your community; join GreenStep by adopting a city or Tribal resolution
Step 2 Post brief info on this website about what you've already done; be recognized for implementing between 4 & 8 best practices
Step 3 Implement at your own pace an additional 4 – 8 best practices; complete a handful of high-impact best practice actions (ask us for help)
Step 4 Measure and report on between 7 & 15 performance metrics
Step 5 Show improvement in performance metrics

Latest Cities & Tribal Nations to Join

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Long Beach -
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Plymouth -
Spring Lake Park -
Paynesville -
New Prague -
Mora -
Braham -
New Ulm -
Mendota Heights -
Brooklyn Park -
Hackensack -


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GreenStep’s Best Practices

[ Read more: See all 29 Best Practices ]