Press Releases - Department of Transportation
Volunteers Sought for Montgomery County’s Climate Planning Process Workgroups
For Immediate Release: Thursday, June 6, 2019
Applications due by June 30, 2019 for consideration
Montgomery County is launching a planning process to develop prioritized actions and strategies to meet its greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction goals of 80 percent by 2027 and 100 percent by 2035. The County is seeking volunteers to serve on “technical workgroups” that will help in this effort.
Interested individuals should have demonstrable expertise in climate and energy issues, including identifying economic and equity challenges and opportunities that might arise in meeting these goals. The deadline to submit letters of interest is June 30.
The workgroups will:
- Review past County climate reports and plans, and best practices from other jurisdictions.
- Recommend actions and innovative strategies that have high potential to meet the County’s GHG reduction goals in an equitable manner.
- Identify metrics that can be tracked, as well as data and knowledge gaps that could benefit from, additional technical analysis.
Each workgroup will consist of community members as well as County Government staff. Each workgroup will be co-facilitated by a County Government staff member and by a member of the community. Workgroups will convene approximately once a month from Summer to Fall 2019. Meetings will be held on a weekday or weeknight, primarily in the Rockville area. Workgroup members are expected to attend each meeting in person. Following the technical workgroup process, the public will be invited to review the workgroup findings and provide input.
The three technical workgroups will address buildings, transportation and clean energy, respectively.
Qualified community members interested in volunteering with one or more workgroups can submit an expression of interest, cover letter and resume to climate@montgomerycountymd.gov by June 30.
Media Contact: Maureen McNulty 240-777-7199
