8ustoinoble Jersey

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is o certikcotion progrom
lor municipolities in New Jersey tbot wont
to go green, sove money, ond toke steps to
sustoin tbeir quolity ol lile over tbe long term.
Certikcotion 8enekts
w|fh over 270 New Jersey reg|sfered fowns, fhe 8usfo|nob|e Jersey scene
|s b|gger fhon ever. Don'f m|ss your chonce fo:
8ove money. Get money.
8us|olnob|e Jersey |owns ond cl|les lmp|emen| proc|lces |ho| |eod
|o cos| sovlngs ln energy, wo|er, ond gorboge bl||s. Ihe progrom
he|ps communl|les lmprove elrclency, cu| wos|e, ond s|lmu|o|e
|helr |oco| economy.
egls|ered |owns ge| speclo| prlorl|y occess ond no|lrco|lon ol
lncen|lves ond gron|s ond ore e|lglb|e lor |he 8us|olnob|e Jersey
8mo|| Oron| Progrom whlch lunds 5220,000 wor|h ol sus|olnob|e
projec|s onnuo||y ocross New Jersey.
Goin occess to troining, tools, ond expert guidonce.
8us|olnob|e Jersey |owns hove occess |o c|eor "how |o" guldonce
ond New Jersey speclrc oc|lons ond resources lor deve|oplng o
comprehenslve sus|olnob|e communl|y progrom.
egu|or |rolnlng workshops, weblnors, ond |eodershlp mee|lngs
provlde your |own wl|h connec|lons |o |he |eodlng exper|s ln mu-
nlclpo| sus|olnobl|l|y lssues.
Get recognized. romote your town.
8us|olnob|e Jersey |owns ore promo|ed on our websl|e, ln
our pub|lco|lons, ln |he press, ond o| promo|lono| even|s.
Iowns |ho| ochleve cer|lrco|lon ore provlded o cus|om-
lted 8us|olnob|e Jersey |ogo |ho| con be used on |he |own's
promo|lono| mo|erlo|s.
Munlclpo|l|les ore honored o| on onnuo| 8us|olnob|e Jersey
|uncheon o| |he New Jersey Leogue ol Munlclpo|l|les
Conlerence. Annuo| 8us|olnob|e Jersey owords ore bes|owed
upon |hose who eorn |he mos| poln|s ond |hose |owns |ho| exce| ln
|eodershlp, lnnovo|lon, ond co||oboro|lon.
Conserve voluoble resources. rotect tbe environment.
eslden|s lncreoslng|y won| |o |lve ln |owns |ho| ore dolng
|helr por| lor |he envlronmen|. Ihe 8us|olnob|e Jersey oc-
|lons cover o wlde ronge ol |oplc oreos locuslng on peop|e,
prosperl|y ond |he p|one|.
y becomlng o 8us|olnob|e Jersey cer|lred |own, you o|lgn your
munlclpo|l|y wl|h your communl|y's vo|ues whl|e sovlng bo|h no|u-
ro| ond munlclpo| resources.
New Jersey munlclpo|l|les opp|y lor cer|lrco|lon
Ihe progrom ls vo|un|ory
Ihere ls no lee lor |he cer|lrco|lon, |he use
ol |he progrom |oo|s, or por|lclpo|lon ln |he
|rolnlng workshops
Ihe cer|lrco|lon ls vo|ld lor |hree yeors
Ihere ore |wo cer|lrco|lon |eve|s:
CSPO[FMFWFM requlres o |o|o| ol 150 poln|s ond
TJMWFSMFWFM requlres o |o|o| ol 350 poln|s
34 New Jersey |owns were cer|lred ln 2009
As ol June 2010, 273 |owns hove regls|ered
ond ore worklng |owords cer|lrco|lon
8ustoinoble Jersey Certilicotion rogrom
At o Glonce
8ustoinoble Jersey provides:
u A se| ol sus|olnob|e oc|lons |ho| munlclpo|l|les lmp|emen| |o become cer|lred. Ac|lons lnc|ude:
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u C|eor "how |o" guldonce ond |oo|s |o enob|e communl|les |o moke progress on eoch oc|lon.
u Access |o gron|s ond updo|es obou| exls|lng ond new lundlng oppor|unl|les |o he|p communl-
|les moke progress.
Io promofe o comprehens|ve ond
resu|fs-or|enfed opprooch fo
susfo|nob|||fy, fhe cerf|cof|on
opp||cof|on |s bosed on o check-
||sf o| 118 ocf|ons |n 16 cofegor|es.
A|fhough some ocf|ons ore requ|red,
fhe cerf|cof|on process |s 1ex|b|e,
o||ow|ng your fown fo choose |rom
o brood ronge o| ocf|ons.
16 ACIlON CAIGOl8
PO8PL|I
Lnergy elrclency
|ood
Loco| economles
Opero|lons ond moln|enonce
PLOPLL
Ar|s, cu||ure ond hls|orlc preservo|lon
Communl|y por|nershlps ond ou|reoch
Ulversl|y ond equl|y
Reo||h ond we||ness
8us|olnobl|l|y p|onnlng
PLANLI
Anlmo|s ln |he communl|y
Oreen deslgn
Oreenhouse gos
|nnovo|lve demons|ro|lon projec|s
Lond use ond |ronspor|o|lon
No|uro| resources
wos|e monogemen|
Certikcotion 8teps
You bove notbing to lose by toking tbe krst step toword certikcotion. Ibe online
certikcotion progrom ollows you to pursue o bolonced sustoinobility progrom
one policy, progrom, or resource oudit ot o time. Your town con stort slowly
ond see bow eocb smoll step yields economic ond community goins.
8tep 1: Poss o reso|u|lon |ho| s|o|es your
munlclpo|l|y's ln|en| |o pursue
8us|olnob|e Jersey' Cer|lrco|lon. A
somp|e reso|u|lon con be down|ood-
ed lrom |he websl|e:
www.susfo|nob|e[ersey.com.
8tep 2: egls|er your munlclpo|l|y on|lne
o| www.susfo|nob|e[ersey.com ond
nome your poln| persons.
8tep 3: |mp|emen| oc|lons (mondo|ory,
prlorl|y, ond op|lono|) |o|o|lng o|
|eos| 150 poln|s, eoch oc|lon hos
o comp|e|e |oo|kl| |ho| lnc|udes
guldonce obou| who shou|d be
lnvo|ved, cos|s, resources, who| |o
do, submlsslon requlremen|s, ond o|h-
er lnlormo|lon re|o|ed |o comp|e|lng
|he oc|lon successlu||y.
8tep 4: up|ood documen|s ossoclo|ed
wl|h comp|e|ed oc|lons on |he secure
websl|e |o mee| submlsslon requlre-
men|s.
8tep 5: 8us|olnob|e Jersey cer|lrco|lon oword-
ed ol|er revlew ond verlrco|lon ol opp|l-
co|lon mo|erlo|s.
We would like to gratefully acknowledge the Mayors Committee for a Green Future, the Municipal Land Use Center at The College of New Jersey, the
New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection for their continued technical and resource support
of the Sustainable Jersey program.
Sustainable Jersey is a certication mark owned by the New Jersey League of Municipalities, Inc.
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