Looking at the Bay Area landscape, one sees trees, mountains, the bay and ocean, as well as homes, businesses, and schools, but in an instant, the vista can shift with an earthquake, wildfire, or flood. There are steps that can be taken to help prepare for these types of natural disasters. Many have...
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Bay Area’s jobs, the economy and sustainability were the focus of elected officials and civic leaders attending the Association of Bay Area Governments’ (ABAG) General Assembly at the San Jose Hilton. ABAG President and Union City Mayor Mark...
Local governments have the opportunity to receive a comprehensive greenhouse gas emissions inventory of their municipal operations as part of the Green Communities Program. ABAG in partnership with Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI) and Pacific Gas & Electric Company have developed a...
The Institute for Local Government’s California Climate Action Network (CCAN) announced a new recognition program: the Beacon Award: Local Leadership Toward Solving Climate Change. The Beacon Award recognizes and celebrates California cities and counties that:
• Reduce greenhouse gas emissions and...
Climate Corps Bay Area is seeking local governments and community partners to employ AmeriCorps members to help with Bay Area emissions reduction projects. Climate Corps Bay Area, in partnership with Bay Area Community Resources and Strategic Energy Innovations with grant funding from California...
The Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) was approved for $10.7 million from the California Energy Commission to administer a region-wide energy retrofit program for residential home energy retrofits. The program will be offered in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, Santa Clara, San...
The Department of Housing and Community Development has released the 2010 Program Year Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the Housing Related Parks (HRP) Program. The program provides grant funding for parks and recreation projects to cities and counties with documented housing starts for...
Outstanding local government planning and development and environmental projects were celebrated during the fourth annual presentation of the Growing Smarter Together Awards at the Association of Bay Area Governments’ Spring General Assembly on April 22, 2010. Through six award categories, the...
Four Bay Area regional agencies launched a major outreach initiative, "One Bay Area" (http://www.onebayarea.org), at a regional assembly bringing together 350 Bay Area city and county elected officials, regional leaders and community stakeholders. The regional agency partners — the Association of...
"The Bay Area economy will recover slowly, a mirror of the rest of the nation, stabilizing in 2010 with some recovery in 2011,” said Paul Fassinger, ABAG Economist and Director of Research, during the Association of Bay Area Governments’ (ABAG) 22nd Annual Regional Economic Outlook Conference on...
