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Congratulations to St Paul, MN for earning the GreenStep City of the Month! Your efforts have been noticed and are greatly appreciated.
Who is Minnesota GreenStep Cities & Tribal Nations?
“We are a voluntary challenge, assistance and recognition program to help communities achieve their sustainability and quality-of-life goals.”
What is GreenStep City of the Month?
Each month, we nominate a city whose community has shown exceptional progress in working towards becoming sustainable both now and in the future.
How can I get involved?
Want to see your city nominated? Click the link in our bio for more information on how your community could be the next GreenStep City of the Month!
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GSC Summary/Overview Draft 2
Introducing an exciting new initiative from Minnesota GreenStep Cities: Greenstep City of the Month! The work our affiliate cities do to make their communities more sustainable is invaluable, and we want to recognize their commitment to protecting the future of their residents and cities. Each month, one GreenStep city or tribal nation will be featured in a post highlighting their best practices, improvements across performance metrics, or graduation from one step of the program to the next.
Minnesota GreenStep cities will recognize one city or tribal nation to be featured each month. If you’re particularly proud of the work your city has done, fill out the “GreenStep Cities of the Month” form to nominate yourself. GreenStep City of the Month posts will be featured on all GreenStep social media platforms and in a running list on our website. Cities and tribal nations are eligible to be GreenStep City of the Month once per year. We can’t wait to see your application!
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Benefits/Process
GSC OTM
Benefits:
Publicity: Opportunity to share progress on social media
Tourism
Recognition:
Encourages: more participation from other cities
Motivation: to continue and improve green practices continuously
Process:
Apply to be that month’s winner through GSC website or be selected by GSC
List the steps taken that month by your city towards a greener city
(smaller steps > larger steps) Large steps are for Golden leaf/GS level 5
(trash pick up) something the community could get immediate benefit from
GSC will choose a city
That city and GSC will create a social media post to recognize steps taken by the city for recognition of hard work and representation of population
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GreenStep Summary/Overview
Introducing an exciting new initiative from Minnesota GreenStep Cities: Greenstep City of the Month!
The work our affiliate cities do to make their communities more sustainable is invaluable, and we want to recognize their commitment to improving the health and well-being of their citizens and our planet. So each month, one GreenStep city or tribal nation will be featured in a unique post highlighting their exceptional achievements in the GreenStep cities program. These achievements could include newly implemented best practices, broad improvements across performance metrics, or graduation from one step of the program to the next.
In order to be featured as a GreenStep City of the Month, just fill out the “GreenStep Cities of the Month” form on our contact page and linked on our homepage. Posts featuring GreenStep Cities of the Month will be featured on all GreenStep social media platforms, as well as in a running list on our website.
We can’t wait to see your application!
[I think we should create a contact form template where people can apply for GreenStep City of the Month, with fields for the name of the city, population, GreenStep level, text box for them to detail their recent achievements, and spot to upload a photo]
[Alternatively, to prevent issues with not getting many applicants, GreenStep could pick the cities themselves? Just reach out to the city for a photo and metrics they’re most proud of, and the city can opt-out if they don’t want to be featured]
