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City of Franklin, TN: Public Visioning Session The City of Franklin, TN, has a vision of being one of the top 25 sustainable cities in the country. It launched a planning process in September 2008 that included a public visioning process, called the Sustainability Navigation Session. The City used the k visioning process to help define its tap sustainability needs and to brainstorm goals and measures for the ' sustainability plan. The visioning workshop, which 16 was promoted on the City's website, took place over two days and involved more than 200 participants. Participants were asked to list their sustainability concerns, which the City and its consultants sum- kb° marized and used those to identify the "Top 10" sustainability goals. This exercise helped to identify high-priority issues, such as a citywide recycling program, green building incentives and policies, water conservation, and sustainability education curriculum in schools. Newark, NJ: Imagining Newark's Green Future The idea behind Newark's Green Future Summit 410 stems from a commitment that Newark, the Apollo Alliance, the Washington-based Center For Ameri- can Progress, Christensen Global tr tegi es, and II \\\\ several more organizations made at the Clinton Global Initiative in September 2007. The idea was i two-fold. First, to bring Newark's diverse talent and 1\ \ experience together with leaders from other commu- ., \ . Armti nities to develop a roadmap for sustainable develop- ment. And second, to support the city in developing " green urban initiatives—integrating green buildings • into energy efficient neighborhoods, developing / It *--443#4,---'' ‘ t -, 'r,';v-a.i new parks, fostering business development in clean 40. energy that produces green-collar jobs. greening the • 5 Newark port—that create jobs, increase community welfare, and expand economic opportunity. „.4,1), I.' Y Newark's Green Future Summit was a two-day event attended by local and national experts, which fedi- tated a process for the people of Newark to define t , , what sustainability means to them, and define the overarching goals to make Newark a more sus- ) i,„ tainable place to live and work. A summary of the summit process and results can be found in the s.; x report, Imagining Newark's Green Future.The City of Newark intends to use this report as a starting point ai for the development of a local sustainability plan.