Certify at least one golf course in the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program.
Certify at least one golf course in the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program.
Businesses
Best practices for engaging with green businesses and supporting sustainable economic development in your community.
Protect working landscapes - agriculture and forestry - by adopting an ordinance or incentivizing one or more of the following: a. An agriculture and forest protection district. b. A local food production district. c. Incubator farms, emerging farmers, an
Protect working landscapes - agriculture and forestry - by adopting an ordinance or incentivizing one or more of the following:
Implement the Minnesota Main Street model for commercial revitalization.
Implement the Minnesota Main Street model for commercial revitalization.
Provide incentives for affordable housing, workforce housing, infill projects, or for life-cycle housing at or near job or retail centers, or for achieving an average net residential density of seven units per acre.
Provide incentives for affordable housing, workforce housing, infill projects, or for life-cycle housing at or near job or retail centers, or for achieving an average net residential density of seven units per acre.
Create incentives for vertical mixed-use development in appropriate locations (downtown, commercial districts near colleges or universities, historic commercial districts, commercial districts with minority-owned businesses).
Create incentives for vertical mixed-use development in appropriate locations (downtown, commercial districts near colleges or universities, historic commercial districts, commercial districts with minority-owned businesses).
Participate in regional economic development planning with representatives from surrounding townships, cities, the county and business interests to: a. Estimate commercial/industrial needs among all jurisdictions.
Participate in regional economic development planning with representatives from surrounding townships, cities, the county and business interests to:
For cities with regular transit service, require or provide incentives for the siting of retail services at transit/density node
For cities with regular transit service, require or provide incentives for the siting of retail services at transit/density nodes.
Report to landowners suspected noncompliant or failing septic systems as part of an educational, informational and financial assistance and outreach program designed to trigger voluntary landowner action to improve septic systems.
Report to landowners suspected noncompliant or failing septic systems as part of an educational, informational and financial assistance and outreach program designed to trigger voluntary landowner action to improve septic systems.
Establish purchasing preferences that support local, Minority, Disability, and Women-Owned businesses and, working with a local business association, develop a list of locally-produced products and suppliers for common purchases.
Establish purchasing preferences that support local, Minority, Disability, and Women-Owned businesses and, working with a local business association, develop a list of locally-produced products and suppliers for common purchases.