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Community Sustainability Snapshot: A Community Sustainability Indicators and “Tear Sheet” Project, and Willamette Valley Communities
Citation:
Olszyk, D., A. Brookes, B. Duncan, L. Harwell, M. Mccullough, V. Salazar, L. Smith, Kevin Summers, AND K. Swisher. Community Sustainability Snapshot: A Community Sustainability Indicators and “Tear Sheet” Project, and Willamette Valley Communities. Valley City/County Managers/Administrators, Albany, OR, September 21, 2018.
Impact/Purpose:
Communities want to be more sustainable — to be able to maintain economic vibrancy, health, and community environmental protection in an integrated way. Much of the current sustainability focus targets large metropolitan areas, and various tools have been developed to help them address their goals. The EPA is developing an application named DISC (Decisions Integration for Strong Communities) to assist these communities in meeting their coordinated economic, social, and environmental goals. We are conducting research to help determine the usefulness of this tool for smaller communities. The key to success for this tool is garnering feedback from communities, as DISC is only useful if communities utilize it. This presentation is a brief overview of the research project and the conceptual application being developed, with an example for an Oregon Benton or Linn county Willamette Valley community. This presentation will provide a unique opportunity to present the project and DISC to a group of coast communities.
Description:
The EPA is developing an application named DISC (Decisions Integration for Strong Communities) to assist communities in meeting their coordinated economic, social, and environmental goals. We are conducting research to help determine the usefulness of this tool for smaller communities. The key to success for this tool is garnering feedback from communities, as DISC is only useful if communities utilize it. This presentation is a brief overview of the research project and the conceptual application being developed, with an example of what the output could look like for communities in Linn and Benton Counties in Oregon’s Willamette Valley.