St. Louis Park Recognized For Sustainability Efforts

Press release from the City of St. Louis Park:

June 1, 2021

The City of St. Louis Park recently achieved Step 5 of the Minnesota GreenStep program, the highest step in this sustainability challenge.

St. Louis Park has worked hard to implement best practice actions to meet its own sustainability goals with support from the GreenStep program and its peers. Best practice actions include increasing energy efficiency, conserving natural resources, encouraging active transportation, adopting sustainable waste management policies and more. Learn more about St. Louis Park’s efforts.

The city achieved Step 4 in 2020. To maintain Step 4 status and advance to Step 5, the city’s sustainability division reported nearly 100 sustainability related metrics and showcased improvements in several metrics from 2019 to 2020.

“Achieving Steps 4 and 5 is a great milestone for the City of St. Louis Park,” said Emily Ziring, sustainability manager for the city. “Gathering and analyzing our data over time helps us see where we need to push harder to meet our Climate Action Plan goals.”

Minnesota GreenStep is a voluntary challenge, assistance and recognition program to help 143 participating cities and tribal nations achieve sustainability and quality-of-life goals. This free continuous improvement program is based upon 29 best practices that are tailored to Minnesota cities and tribal nations. Visit www.MnGreenStep.org to learn more.

This press release was produced by the City St. Louis Park. The views expressed here are the author’s own.