Downtown Green Bay Values Your Feedback!

The Downtown Green Bay Business Development Committee invites you to share your feedback on multiple issues surrounding downtown development and culture through a brief online survey. The survey is open to area residents, employees or visitors who would like to share their views about the present and future of downtown Green Bay.

The survey is open from July 29th through August 18th with results shared in early September. The committee believes the survey will help downtown planners and developers make sound decisions about the Green Bay market. It will also help cultural leaders strategize areas of opportunities with events and family activities. Please note your individual responses will be kept confidential but the overall results will be publicized.

To take the survey, please link to: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=a7Y5WTyITDR5a1Jkvy2d9Q_3d_3d

Thank you for your participation!

July 23 - WLCV Celebration in Green Bay!

YOU ARE INVITED to join fellow conservationists in Green Bay to celebrate the conservation successes of the 2007-08 legislative session, AND to personally thank area legislators that made the Conservation Honor Roll.

The Conservation Scorecard 2007-2008 will be released Wednesday, July 16th in Madison. The Conservation Scorecard is the guide to how Wisconsin state legislators voted on key conservation issues during the 2007-2008 legislative session.

The goal of the Scorecard is to provide objective, factual information about the voting records of Wisconsin's state Senators and Representatives. The Scorecard is designed to provide voters with the information necessary to distinguish true stewards of Wisconsin's environment from those who just talk about it (read more here). We don't want to give anything away before the 16th, but we can say this: There is much to celebrate this year!

Mark your calendars NOW for Wednesday, July 23, 2008, and join us at Titletown Brewing Company, 200 Dousman St, Green Bay.

The short program begins at 6:30 pm and includes recognizing key area legislators for their work. Be there to receive your copy of the Scorecard and to personally thank:

• Conservation Champions--Conservation Champions are those legislators that scored a perfect 100% on the Scorecard.
  
  
• Conservation Honor Roll--The Conservation Honor Roll recognizes those legislators that went the extra mile to conserve Wisconsin's natural resources.

Join us for appetizers upstairs at Titletown--on the corner of Dousman and Broadway--on Wednesday, July 23, from 6-8 pm.

To make planning easier, please RSVP to Kim Biedermann at kim@conservationvoters.org or at (920) 429-9008.

See you on the 23rd!

Help our friends at WLCV by volunteering!

With the roaring boom of fireworks, we’re reminded that July is here and summer is underway. Even though June has passed, there are still plenty of ways that you can still get involved and help WLCV!

Below is a preview of events where I am looking for people like YOU to get involved:

Gather Public Support & Help Protect Public Health

· Oshkosh Farmers’ Market, July 12th, between 8am and noon
· Appleton Farmers’ Market, July 26th, between 8am and noon
· Rhinelander Farmers’ Market, August 2nd, between 8am and 4pm
· WLCV Booth at Krazy Days in downtown Minocqua, August 12th, between 8am and 4pm

Help Call other Conservationists to Get Feedback about which Conservation Issues Matter Most.

Come to the WLCV office in Green Bay for a 2-3 hour shift between 4pm and 8pm on any of the dates below:

· Wednesday, July 9th
· Monday, July 14th
· Wednesday, July 16th
· Monday, July 21st
· Monday, July 28st

Not a day goes by when we couldn't use YOUR HELP! The more people who actively work on conservation issues, the more successful conservation efforts will be in Wisconsin. If you are interested in any of the above opportunities, please let Kim know at kim@conservationvoters.org or at (920) 429.9008.

To sign-up for other upcoming volunteer activities, simply click here. To read more about our work, visit the WLCV website.

THANK YOU for all your conservation efforts!

PS--check us out on Facebook by becoming a member of the Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters group & be-friending the WLCV Organizer!

scoop!

I just want to be known that the "White Pelican" scooped all other Green Bay news sources in terms of how fast we had our story about the green bikes press conference out there. It looks like if you really want to stay on top of what goes on around here you have to read the "White Pelican." By the way, fortunately, the seagulls were napping during the press conference.

Green Bikes!

Today 20 green bikes were released to the streets of Green Bay with hopes to encourage environmentally friendly travel for quick meetings in and around downtown Green Bay, as well as recreation and health. Mayor Schmitt held a press conference in front of the historic Bellin Building just outside of the Daily Buzz to kick the program off right. Jeff Mirkes, Executive Director for Downtown Green Bay, Inc. & Olde Main Street, Inc. spoke on the benefits to the downtown business community and downtown residents. Kevin King, from the Neighborhood Division at City Hall highlighted the partnerships that were created with various bike shops in the community who donated time to get the bikes ready for the streets. All in all, this is a great step for Green Bay and it goes to show just how progressive and cool this community really is.

So, as of today, you can pick up a bike at any of the six locations (Daily Buzz, City Hall, Brown Co. Library, Neville Public Museum, Green Bay Metro and the Admiral Flatley Park - see map) for a spin around the city.

So drop your keys and take a ride - a bike ride!!

For more info about Mayor Schmitt's Sustainable Greater Green Bay Task Force check out the website.

bus ridership and Green Bay green burials

There are two interesting articles in today's Press-Gazette. (Sometimes, I will read this rag, so that you don't have to.)

Skyrocketing gas prices fuel bus ridership
-Kudos to Holly for giving up her car and for trying not to be in such a hurry!!

Green caskets, burials a growing business
Local Green Bay funeral homes are offering green burials! Even though anything that involves embalming, cremation, or concrete grave liners is not truly green, these burials are greenER and are a step in the right direction. There is a group out of Madison that is organizing an effort to offer green burials that really are environmentally correct. Basically, they want to purchase land, conservancy style, and just plop your body into a hole in the ground. THAT is the way it should be. Check out Trust for Natural Legacies and give them your support!

Foth Sustainability Conference

Check out the Foth website for information on all of the presentations that were given. Very intersting stuff.

http://www.foth.com/fothweb/infrastructure++environment/sustainability+conference/default.asp