2009 Sustainability Summit

Chaffee County Sustainability Summit – October 15, 2009

A Chaffee County Renewable Energy Planning Initiative

South Central Region Sustainability Roundtable Meeting Final Report – download in PDF format.

On October 15, 2009 Chaffee County and Incite Consulting hosted a sustainability summit. There was an excellent turnout with representatives from many the Colorado State Government, local businesses, interested citizens and regional energy providers and environmental organizations attending.

Download the Agenda in PDF format

Download PDF presentations from the Sustainability Summit

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Participants

First Name	Last Name	Organization	Title
Denise	Ackert	Transition Salida	Member
Pat	Alderton	Town of Poncha Springs	Town Administrator
Evelyn	Baker	Buena Vista Planning and Zoning Commission/The Trailhead	Chair/Owner
Keith	Baker	Town of Buena Vista/The Trailhead	Trustee/Owner
Yvonne	Barnes	Mountain Mapping	Cartographer
Bill	Bennett	Sangre De Cristo Electric Association	Energy Use Advisor
Joel	Benson	Town of Buena Vista	Trustee
Ed	Berg	Salida Greenhouse Produce	Owner
Rick	Boucher	Web Works Design and Consultant	Principal Consultant
Michael	Brown	EcoDepot USA	Director of Engineering, Procurement and Construction
Cheryl	Brown-Kovacic	Chaffee County Heritage Area	Board Chair
Susan	Boyd	Town of Buena Vista	Town Administrator
Hap	Channell	Gunnison County	Commissioner
Bob	Christiansen	Chaffee County	County Administrator
Merry	Cox	Transition Salida	Member
Bob	Flint	Town of Buena Vista	Mayor Pro-Tem
Bill	Gardiner	USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service	District Conservationist
Dennis	Giese	Chaffee County	Commissioner
Audrey	Gilpin	The Mountain Mail	Staff Writer
Ann	Graham	Chaffee Citizens for Sustainability	Board of Directors
Judy	Green	Colorado Mountain College, Lake and Chaffee Counties	Community and Corporate Learning Manager
Hew	Hallock	Governor’s Energy Office	Southern Region Representative
Fred	Henderson III	Mount Princeton Geothermal LLC	Chief Scientific Officer
Kurt	Jones	Colorado State University - Chaffee County Extension	Chaffee/Park County extension Director
Larry			Scientific Consultant
Steve	King
Jaime	Keating Kclo	Go Green Events	Owner
Tim	Klco	Peak Solar Designs	Owner
Marilyn	Laverty	Small Business Development Center – Western State College	Director
Jack	Lewis	City of Salida	City Administrator
Albert	Lionelle	U.S. Soil Inc.	Vice-President
Judy	Lohnes	Upper Arkansas Area Council of Governments, Region 13	Executive Director
Julie	Mach	Southwest Conservation Corps - Los Valles	Field Systems Specialist
Jerry	Mallet
Aaron	Mandelkorn	Renewable Energy Outfitters	Owner
Joani	Matranga	Governor’s Energy Office	Western Region Representative
Chris	Menges	High Country Citizens’ Alliance	Climate and Clean Energy Coordinator
Joan	Michaud	Solid Foundations Inc.	President
Kerry	Nelson
Ted	Palpant	Colorado Solar Energy	Owner
Ray	Perkins		Volunteer
Margo	Perschbacher	OAK Construction LLC	Owner
Alison	Ramsey	Greater Arkansas River Nature Association	Executive Director
Kyle	Remley	Headwaters Energy	Associate
Christopher	Reim	BioVantage Resources	President
Irene	Renfro	Cate Street Capital	Project Analyst
Michele	Riggio	Chaffee Citizens for Sustainability	Member
Mike	Rosso	Colorado Central Magazine	Editor
John	Rouse	Salida School District R-32-J	Superintendent
Cara	Russell	Town of Buena Vista /Buena Vista Heritage	Mayor/Director
Matt	Sares	Colorado Geological Survey	Deputy Director
Jack	Saunders	Saunders Company	Owner
Gail	Schwartz	State of Colorado	State senator, District 5
Susan	Soltysik	Saguache County Sustainable Environment and Economic Development	Board Member
Bernice	Strawn	Legacy Women Voters	Member
Kathryn	Wadsworth	Incite Consulting LLC	Principal
Kathy	Worthington	Xcel Energy	Area Manager
Janna	Six	Alliance for Sustainable Colorado	Education and Outreach Director
Kelly	Landau	Alliance for Sustainable Colorado	Education and Outreach Program Assistant
Margaret	Mailander	Alliance for Sustainable Colorado	Office Manager
Carrie	Murphy	Alliance for Sustainable Colorado	Education and Outreach