Green Initiatives

Sustainability Initiatives in LHENA

LHENA is pleased to announce sustainability initiatives coming to the neighborhood! LHENA received the Community POWER (Partners on Waste Education and Reduction) grant through Hennepin County for 2011-2012 for neighborhood initiatives. Community POWER grants have had a significant impact in the Twin Cities, and they have helped over 100 groups in the metro area work to reduce waste and toxicity since 2001.

Green Initiatives were originally identified as a focus area through the 2008 Phase II Neighborhood Revitalization Program planning process and as a 2010 LHENA Board directive. This continues to be an active focus in the neighborhood, as shown through stakeholder feedback at the April 2011 brainstorming session.

Over the next eight months, LHENA is hosting a series of six free workshops for residents. Seminars include:

  • Worm composting
  • Food storage container workshops
  • Recycling
  • Composting for buildings
  • Community materials exchange

Other solutions will be addressed at the Uptown Market, and a neighborhood "Green Sweep" will be organized in the spring to ensure proper move-out, based on last year's "Clean Sweep".

For more information contact Rebecca Harnik at:
rebecca.lhena@gmail.com
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