/ We are supporting teams of City Staff and Commission Volunteers in 50 metro communities to work together to integrate energy, resilience, health/equity goals in their
Comprehensive Plans in 2017!
Learn more at
Or callSean Gosiewski, Executive Director, 612-250-0389
Next Steps your city Can Take
- Invite us out to speak to your Planning and/or Environment Commission about great resources for your city can use to include energy & resilience goals in your city’s comprehensive plan update.
- Include energy/ resilience/ sustainability/ health deliverables in your City’s RFP to hire planning assistance for your City’s Comp Plan update – Eden Prairie Example -
- Plan to attend our next Planning for Resilient Cities – gathering for Dakota Co. Cities in May 2017 – date and location TBA – to see sample city energy goals and strategies from the LOGOPEP Cities – details to be posted at
- Integrate high level goals and strategies in your comp plan in 2017 for energy, resilience, health using the LOGOPEP tool kit and other resources local-government-energy-planning-templatewkbk
- Follow up with detailed energy/ resilience/ health action plans, policies, programs in 2018, 2019
Services available from the Alliance and our partners
Contact Sean Gosiewski, Executive Director 612-250-0389
- Peer learning workshops to share experiences with your peers – for city staff and commission volunteers
- Support for community wide energy assessment and action planning with experienced consultants
- Community engagement and meeting facilitation using the Technology of Participation
- In-house sustainability trainings for inter-departmental work teams
- Support for launching Environment & Sustainability Commissions
- Support for implementing MNGreenStep Cities best practices
- Engaging residents and businesses for Energy Conservation, Water Quality, Recycling, Composting
/ Oct 24, 2016 Planning for Resilient Cities – Metro Wide Workshop with MN Compass, GPI and the EQB – with staff, commission and citizen volunteers from 38 metro cities. The presentations are posted at
/ June 2016 - Planning for Resilient Cities Dakota County Workshop– Thurs June 2, 2016 Apple Valley Senior Center (12 cities) staff, commission or citizen volunteers from Apple Valley, Burnsville, Eagan, Inver Grove Heights, Hastings, Mendota Heights, Rosemount, South St. Paul, Savage, Sunfish Lake,West St. Paul and Faribault
Planning for Resilient Cities
Spring Networking Gatherings for City Staff & Commissions
You are invited to join us!
Learn more and sign up to participate at /
or contact Sean Gosiewski, Executive Director, Alliance for Sustainability, 612-250-0389
ENERGY ADAPTATION HEALTH ACTIVE LIVING FOOD ACCESS WATER QUALITY ECONOMY EQUITY
April/May 2017 - Networking Gatherings – we are supporting city staff and commission volunteers to share their draft comprehensive language in groups of 8 to 10 cities in Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and Washington Counties. The Alliance for Sustainability will work closely with our county and nonprofit resource partners, watershed districts and utilities to convene interested city staffcommission volunteersin each county to meet together two times in 2017 as they write the resilience sections of their comp plans (including energy, adaptation/water & health/equity/economic vitality) to
- Share and compare draft comprehensive plan language, goals and strategies
- Connect with resources to map existing conditions, energy usage, climate vulnerabilities, health, etc.
- Learn from cities that have already developed draft energy action plans & implementation strategies through Xcel’s Partners in Energy, or the LoGoPep Project with the Great Plains Institute, LHB, U of MN
- Develop implementation strategies for their comprehensive plans including identifying new funding sources, technical advisors, community and business engagement strategies and tracking results
- Contribute examples andcase studies that other cities can benefit fromto the local planning handbook
Energy and Resilience Planning Resources for your City
- Alliance for Sustainability – Resilient Cities Clusters & Consulting Services,
- MN GreenStep Cities voluntary recognition program - make annual progress
- GPI, MN CEE – LOGOPEP - Developing templates/ sample energy plans
- Dakota Electric -
- City Energy Reports
- Partners in Energy – Xcel, CEE–
- I-Matters – youth talking with their city councils
Oct 24, 2016 Planning for Resilient Cities – Metro Wide Workshop with MN Compass, GPI and EQB – ENERGY PRESENTATIONS and RESOURCES
- Energy Planning Workbooklocal-government-energy-planning-templatewkbk
- Comprehensive Planning for Solar Energy Systems Presented by Eric Wojchik and Brian Ross
Resource Organizations
Sean Gosiewski, Executive Director, Alliance for Sustainability 612-250-0389
Energy - Ross Hammond,Alliance for Sustainability, Electrical
Energy – Ted Tedmond, Alliance for Sustainability/ Pale Blue Dot,
Youth - School for Environmental Studies, Billy Koenig, 952-431-8750
Youth - Larry Kraft,iMatter 952-715-7535
Faith, ChrisEricksonInterfaith Creation Care
Community, Eagan volunteer team facilitators – Pastor Harry Mueller, 651 245-5011
Sue, Greg & Chelea Skog 651
Local Planning Handbook and Planning Grants
Patrick Boylan, Sector Representative, Met Council, 651.602.1438
Energy, Resilience, Adaptation
Brian Ross, Great Plains Institute, 612- 501-1531
Michael Orange, Orange Consulting952 905 1448
Tim Doherty, Dakota Electric 651 651 206-5264
Laura Millberg, Climate Resilience Principal Planner, MPCA 651/757-2568,
Leslie Yetka, Fresh Water Society 651
MN Greenstep Cities
Phil Muessig, MN Greenstep Cities, MPCA 651
Active Living –
Kurt Chatfield, Planning Supervisor, Dakota County 952-891-7022
Communities for a Lifetime
Jess Luce, Dakota County 651-554-6104
Equity and Healthy Food Access
Mary Montagne, Dakota County Public Health (651) 554-6119
NadjaBerneche, Healthy Comprehensive Planner - 651-231-6751
Casey Silver, The Open Door Food Access & Equity Manager952
Farmland and Natural Areas Program
Al Singer, Dakota County (952) 891-7001
Scott W. Carlson FLAG - Farmland Preservation, 651 223-5400
Solid Waste Planning –
Renee Burman, Dakota County, 952-891-7042
Caroline McFadden, Dakota County, 952-891-7132