Tuesday, July 30, 2024
BIRMINGHAM - SUSTAINABILITY & HISTORIC PRESERVATION - Sign up for one or both!
Nick Dupuis, Planning Director for the City of Birmingham will update us and seek input on two important plans which will impact Birmingham residents.
Sustainability & Climate Action Plan: July 30 1:00 pm
The City of Birmingham’s resident-led Ad Hoc Environmental Sustainability Committee ("ESC") has begun/made progress on drafting the City's first Sustainability and Climate Action Plan. The Committee members feel it is crucial to get feedback from the entire community on the set of goals that the City should aspire to over the next 10 years. These goals are being drafted based on a combination of feedback received from earlier public engagement, a formal climate risk and vulnerability analysis, results of a greenhouse gas inventory, and significant research about what other communities across Michigan and the U.S. are doing.
Historic Preservation Master Plan: August 27 1:00 pm
As a part of the City of Birmingham’s Historic District Commission’s (“HDC”) larger preservation goals, the HDC will be embarking on a process to create an organized, holistic, and long-range approach to historic preservation and develop a Historic Preservation Master Plan. According to the National Parks Service, preservation planning is "the rational, systematic process by which a community develops a vision, goals, and priorities for the preservation of its historic and cultural resources. The community seeks to achieve its vision through its own actions and through influencing the actions of others. Goals and priorities are based on analyses of resource data and community values." The City will be presenting a vision and its overall goals of the plan and is seeking feedback on historic preservation and the challenges of preserving and aging in place.
Location:
Birmingham Next