Adopt and use Minnesota's Minimal Impact Design Standards (MIDS).
Adopt and use Minnesota's Minimal Impact Design Standards (MIDS).
Climate adaptation & resilience
Organize or participate in a community planning/placemaking/design process for the city/a mixed-use district, including specific community engagement practices that engage cultural and income diverse community members.
Organize or participate in a community planning/placemaking/design process for the city/a mixed-use district, including specific community engagement practices that engage cultural and income diverse community members.
Arrange for assistance to commercial, retail and industrial businesses with water use reduction, pollution prevention and pretre
Arrange for assistance to commercial, retail and industrial businesses with water use reduction, pollution prevention and pretreatment prior to discharge to septics.
Facilitate creation of home/community gardens, chicken & bee keeping, and incorporation of food growing areas/access in multifamily and residential developments.
Facilitate creation of home/community gardens, chicken & bee keeping, and incorporation of food growing areas/access in multifamily and residential developments.
Public Education for Action: Conduct or support a broad sustainability education and action campaign, building on existing community relationships, networks & events involving:
Public Education for Action: Conduct or support a broad sustainability education and action campaign
Adopt a tree preservation or native landscaping ordinance.
Adopt a tree preservation or native landscaping ordinance.
Adopt goals to revegetate shoreland and create a local program or outreach effort to help property owners with revegetation.
Adopt goals to revegetate shoreland and create a local program or outreach effort to help property owners with revegetation.
Integrate green building and EV charging best practices information and assistance into the building permit process.
Integrate green building and EV charging best practices information and assistance into the building permit process.
For cities within metropolitan areas, incorporate woodland best management practices addressing protection of wooded areas into
For cities within metropolitan areas, incorporate woodland best management practices addressing protection of wooded areas into zoning or development review.