SUSTAINABILITY IN HIGHLAND PARK

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September 9, 2013                                                       Andy
Amend, Program Co-Chair

                                                                                          847-433-0159

 Barbara
G. Lippai, President

847-432-8185

League of Women Voters of Highland
Park/Highwood

Sustainability in Our Community:

Our Role in Making It Happen

Sustainability.   Just
a dressed-up version of environmentalism? 
Or something more?  Community
members will be briefed on the multiple sustainability efforts underway in
Highland Park and will hear how they can make their own contributions on
Thursday, September 26 at a meeting organized by the League of Women Voters of
Highland Park/Highwood.  Doors will open
at 6:45 pm and the meeting will begin at 7 pm in the community meeting room of
the Highland Park Police Department, 1677 Old Deerfield Road.

Panelists will include Liza
McElroy, Executive Director, and Rick Stumpf, Director of Planning and
Projects, describing the GreenPrint 2024 planning process for the Park District
of Highland Park; Debbie Bohmbach, an active volunteer with the City of
Highland Park focusing on residential recycling efforts; Bryan Tillman,
Sustainability Director for the City of Highland Park, outlining progress on the
Community Sustainability Strategic Plan; and Tom Koulentes, Assistant Principal
at Highland Park High School, sharing many projects engaging students in making
a more environmentally friendly school.

“The League has a long history of studying and advocating
for policies and actions that preserve our environment,” says Barbara G.
Lippai, local League president.  “Many of
us are keenly interested in what we, as individuals, can do to support these
community-wide efforts.”

This community education program is just one of many
programs, voter education efforts and issue advocacy work slated by the League
for this program year.  For more
information on these activities or on League membership, please visit www.lwvhp.org.

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