Grow Berlin Green Hosts Workshop with Chestertown’s Briggs Cunningham

Grow Berlin Green (GBG) is hosting an informal workshop Thursday afternoon, December 10 , featuring guest speaker Briggs Cunningham , the coordinator of the Chestertown Goes Green initiative, at Berlin’s Town Hall from 3-5, open to the public.

GBG, the campaign to establish Berlin as a model community for participatory environmental protection, conservation and smart growth policy and practice, has invited Cunningham -- who is also Chestertown's climate action coordinator,  to share information about the Chestertown initiative in this afternoon work session.

Cunningham will share an overview of projects he manages, including the Chestertown Goes Green effort, how the initiative is taking shape, challenges to the project and the future of the work.

Towns throughout Maryland are wrestling with environmental protection, conservation and smart growth issues. Sharing information is a key to identifying best practices and lessons learned. Priority matters such as stormwater and wastewater management, energy, water and land conservation, and waste reduction and recycling are being discussed across the state. The green initiative in Chestertown, active since 2007, is a useful case study on which the Berlin campaign can model its efforts.

 Cunningham also coordinates the Urban Greening Initiative and Washington College's efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as part of the American College and University Presidents' commitment to climate change.All are encouraged to come. For more information on the work session call Steve Farr at 410-629-1538 or email at growberlingreen@hotmail.com.

 To learn more on what Chestertown is doing check out their website: Chestertown Green