Green Recovery Community Commitment

The Community Commitment is a useful tool for building support for your local recovery efforts. Showing public officials that you have five, ten, or twenty organizations signed on to these recovery principles will strengthen your ability to lobby for improvements to your city's Recovery implementation plans.

Step 1: Gather Signatures.
Download the Community Commitment. Approach organizations and companies about signing on to your Community Commitment. Be prepared with a plan for how they can be engaged in your efforts.

Step 2: Approach a Public Official.
When you have a few organizations signed on (5-10), bring the Community Commitment to your Mayor or other public officials along with a copy of the Green Recovery Local Government Commitment. Invite your allies into the meeting and ask your public official to sign on. Share the list of your community partners and the results of your meeting with Green For All so we can help you and tell others (email [email protected]). If you have difficulty, go back and get more sign-ons to your Community Commitment and/or try approaching a different public official to become a champion for your cause.

Step 3: Influence your City's Recovery Plan.
Use the momentum and relationships that you have just built to ask for specific changes in your city's local Recovery implementation plan. Pick a specific program to influence (like the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants) or find a way to influence the overall stimulus plan.

Step 4: Celebrate, Publicize, and Leverage Your Success.
Celebrate and publicize the changes that you have won and take the next step toward bringing green-collar jobs and opportunity to your community.

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