Boulder County
Sustainability Initiative
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Boulder County is committed to
implementing practices and policies that will promote a
sustainable community, both now and for the future.
What
is sustainability?
Sustainability has many definitions, but the basic principles
and concepts remain constant: balancing a strong economy,
protection of the environment, and social equity in
order to achieve an improved quality of life for ourselves
and future generations. More
Boulder
County Initiatives
The Boulder County Commissioners adopted two resolutions in
2005 committing the County to energy and resource
conservation, waste reduction, pollution prevention and other
sustainable practices.
Since that time, Boulder County has launched, completed or
begun planning programs and policies
that support the mission of the sustainability initiative.
Examples
of these efforts include:
Many of these programs and updates are being supported via
funds made possible when voters approved ballot issue 1A in
2005. The reform removed certain TABOR requirements, allowing
Boulder County to retain and spend property tax revenues that
otherwise would have been refunded. Boulder County has earmarked
6.67 percent of those additional funds for environmental sustainability efforts.
More about the County's
Sustainability Initiative.
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