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Acknowledgements <br />This report is the culmination of a large collaborative effort of many individuals and organizations dedicating their time <br />and skills to develop this program proposal. In particular, the Advisory Committee (see Appendix B for a list of members) <br />was very helpful in providing overall direction for the program. Four technical committees (see Appendix C) also met <br />numerous times to develop a draft of the core program requirements. Finally, the Workgroup Committee members, listed <br />in alphabetical order below along with their respective organizations, met over 15 times to craft the proposed program. <br />WORKGROUP COMMITTEE MEMBERS: <br />Name <br />Judy Thommes, Carl Nelson <br />Melissa Pawlisch, Joel Haskard <br />Lola Schoenrich <br />Hue Nguyen, Craig Johnson <br />Chris Gilchrist <br />Philipp Muessig <br />Diana McKeown, Agatha Vaaler <br />Dan Thiede, Luke Ekelund <br />Joanna Vossen, Brendon Slotterback <br />Organization <br />Center for Energy and Environment <br />CERTs/University of Minnesota Regional <br />Sustainable Development Partnerships <br />Great Plains Institute <br />League of Minnesota Cities <br />Minnesota Department of Commerce, <br />Office of Energy Security <br />Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, <br />Prevention and Assistance Division <br />The Green Institute <br />The Minnesota Project <br />Urban Land Institute MN <br />Brian Ross (CR Planning) also participated in the development of the program, and was enormously helpful in leading <br />the Land Use Planning Technical Committee and drafting the best practices, along with John Bailey of 1000 Friends of <br />Minnesota. Nancy Miller (independent consultant) assisted with the program name selection process. Both the Office of <br />Energy Security and the MPCA were helpful in dedicating staff to complete this project. The League of Minnesota Cities <br />and The Green Institute provided meeting space for the dozens of meetings that were held. Thanks to Jennifer Harmening <br />for assisting with copy editing. Funding for this work was provided by the MPCA, The Green Institute through a U.S. <br />Department of Energy Cooperative Agreement, and RE -AM$ a collaboration of over 70 nonprofits and 14 foundations <br />working to create a clean, modern, efficient energy system in the upper -Midwest. <br />Chief author: Carl Nelson, Center for Energy and Environment, 612-355-5871, cnelson@mncee.org <br />Full report, appendices and further information available at: www.cleanenergyresourceteams.org/greensteps <br />