Press Release: Mayor Wharton Unveils Sustainable Shelby Plan

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(The following press release is published as it was received by the Main Street Journal.)

For Immediate Release

September 9, 2009

MEDIA ADVISORY

Mayor Wharton Set to Unveil Sustainable Shelby Implementation Plan

Shelby County’s first blueprint for sustainability to be released

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - On Thursday, September 10, Mayor Wharton will present
the official implementation plan for Sustainable Shelby: A Future of
Choice, Not Chance during a public unveiling event at Bridges, 477 N.
5th Street, beginning at 5:30 p.m. The plan builds on the Wharton
administration’s emphasis on a brand of smart growth that is sustainable
from a financial, environmental, and neighborhood perspective. It is
the first time local government in Shelby County has created an agenda
for sustainability.

“Whether people call it sustainability, smart growth, green strategies,
or resiliency, Sustainable Shelby is a new way to re-imagine the
future,” said Mayor Wharton. It is about making wiser choices and to
have a blueprint that we can follow toward a sustainable community.”

To develop the call to action, Mayor Wharton assembled a broad array of
citizens, organized in seven committees - transportation and traffic;
public buildings and public policies; neighborhood rebirth; public
incentives; environment and natural resources; building codes; and land
use and development. These individuals drafted a battery of
recommendations for improving our community and reshaping our future.
Mayor Wharton reassigned planning staff from within county government to
research best practices, cutting edge technologies and ideas from across
the country in order to create hands on, actionable strategies designed
to frame a sustainability conversation and agenda for the future of our
community.

The complete implementation plan will be distributed at the event. The
document look and layout, prepared and presented on a DVD and made from
the most environmentally sensitive materials available, was designed by
students from the Memphis College of Art.

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