Green Streets Event
February 11, 2008

Streets of Green Planning Meeting Minutes
NEXT MEETING: March 24th, 6pm @ Neighborhood Center


Present: Megan Leggit (City Sprouts), Daniel Lawse (Neighborhood Center), Trilety Wade (GNC), Tim Hemsath (Flatwater), Clayton Miller (Flatwater Chapter), Teresa Gleason (Omaha by Design), Cynthia Shuck (Gifford Park NA/ReTree Ambassador), Cammy Watkins (Sierra Club)

Agenda:

Opening Round (5minutes)

Brainstorming Session (25minutes)

Green Home Tours
4 homes. open from 1-5pm on a Saturday. Ticket fee $5

GNC organized mission with, Food – Water – Energy – Materials & Resources

• FOOD - Glen Polluck – Edible garden tour.

Add community garden tour. United Methodist Church.

• ENERGY – Daniel Lawse

Green walking tour – neighborhood green, bike shop, community garden, walkscore.com.

• WATER – Trilety Wade

• Mat&Resources – PATH home or others?

• Each house has self-guided tours, homeowners and volunteers will labeling themed items. Have severalstations in homes with volunteers to aid in self guided tours.

• Flatwater sponsor tags for homes.

• Have checklist for green items within each house and receive discounts from ACE as sponsor.

Neighborhood Walking Tour
Cynthia Shuck - Walking neighborhood on the hour every hour. tours 2-4pm, guided tours starting at specific times and within the Gifford Park. Jack Phillips give tree tour, native grass tour. Daniel walk down cass street past community garden (by City Spouts) to Bike house. Signage for tour. Omaha by Design, place game facilitators at intersection at 33rd and California.

Yard Signs

Map / Tickets for each house

Giveaways at each house – Sierra Club sponsor
Ace – Sponsor
NSA – giveaway plant materials
Rain Barrel

Teresa Gleason help with - Media Sponsor – tv or radio or newspaper promotion for event. Omaha World Herald, Channel 7 and Fox.


Green Lifestyle – cleaning, recycling
Be in specific area to focus in area.
Emphasize greening is Not expensive and hard.
Inside and outside the home.
Cool and aha with green homes. Aerators for faucets. Wrapped water heater. Signs up for description of items with cost savings over a year. Rain Gardens and Rain Barrels. Demonstrating the economics of green and improving comfort.
- Neighborhood nature tours –
Street of Greens Boulevard Omaha by Design
All inclusive of the community
Start small and take one thing bring in more collaborators and m make this much larger, multi-day event.
Bike tour of neighborhood boulevards
- Green Roofs – Saddlebrook following year.
Green Neighborhood Award Events – Neighborhood Association Awards.
Green Scorecard is rating system for event.
Giveaway Award for people – Green Homes makeover – materials and makeover.
Community Garden Tour – City Sprouts
Ten Best Public Spaces – What makes good public space, get involved and do something.
Bike Fleet – Transportation Component as part of event (Community Bicycle Shop Omaha) www.omahabike.org.

September Date – busy month in Omaha
Street of Dreams mid-July – partnership possiblities
Alternative dates: Oct. 10-12th or 17-18th - AIA Nebraska Conference in omaha around this time maybe?

Name decision (10minutes)
Green Streets or
Streets of Green?
Green Neighborhood Celebration
Omaha Green Streets
Other suggestions – branding event. Send ideas to me.

Here you go...

Green It, Omaha! The 2008 Home and Garden Tour

Get Green, Omaha! The 2008 Home and Garden Tour

Green Up, Omaha! The 2008 Home and Garden Tour

It’s Easy Being Green: The 2008 Home and Garden Tour

The Green City Home and Garden Tour

Smart House & Garden

The Good for You, Good for the Environment Home and Garden Tour

Good for You, Good for the Environment: The Green Neighborhood Council (or Green Omaha Coalition) Home and Garden Tour

Planning Committee (10minutes)
Duties and responsibilities
Flatwater Program Committee

Partner Organizations
Neighborhood Associations
Nebraska Statewide Arboretum
Omaha by Design
Destination Midtown
Flatwater Chapter, U.S. Green Business Council
Green Omaha Coalition