Major Accomplishments

·  County Recycling and Waste Reduction Committee proposed and established.

·  Department of Ecology grant obtained to establish County Recycling Office.

·  Neighborhood Recycling Stations program designed and established.

·  Curbside recycling promoted.

·  Reusable shopping bags introduced and promoted.

 

·  City Bicycle-Pedestrian Advisory Committee proposed and established.

·  Walkers map of Walla Walla area created and distributed.

·  Walla Walla Trail project organized, federal, state and local funding obtained, new bicycle-pedestrian trail facilities constructed.

·  ISTEA grant promoted and obtained to establish bicycle lanes on city streets.

 

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·  Farmers Market promoted and supported.

·  Annual Architecture Awards competition for historical preservation, compatible new construction, energy efficiency, water efficiency, and landscaping and public art.

·  Trailhead/Heritage park proposed and established.

·  Liberty Theater reuse promoted.

·  Second story mannequin project organized and begun.

·  Downtown Walla Walla Foundation supported through membership, promotion of streetscape improvements and participation in Downtown activities.

·  Historic Building Research & Plaque Project established

 

·  Mill Creek Recreation Trail tree planting and maintenance, Tausick Way to Eastgate Lions Park.

·  Xeriscape demonstration park at Rose and Isaacs established and maintained.

·  Memorial Park/Highway 12 tree planting and maintenance.

·  Eastgate tree planting promoted, including Eastgate Marketplace and K-Mart.

·  Arbor Week activities organized and promoted.

·  Earth Day activities organized and promoted.

·  Walla Walla High School tree nursery proposed and established.

·  Tausick Way landfill habitat and reclamation promoted.

·  Expansion of city street tree program proposed and established.

·  City zoning code enhancements for landscaping of developments and parking lots, proposed and established.

·  City Water Resources Committee proposed and established.

·  Fort Walla Walla recreation path and urban forest proposed and established.

·  City Urban Forestry Commission proposed and established.

·  Live Christmas Tree program promoted.

 

·  White Paper on Economic Development published.

·  Restructuring of Community Economic Development efforts proposed and realized.

·  White Paper on Walla Walla county Growth Management published.

·  Local Growth Management Act implementation promoted and monitored.

·  Subdivision proposals monitored to protect farmlands and open space and to promote efficient development.

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