June 23, 2010, registration for the October 13, 2010 Green City Business training session is now open. Want to learn how to Become a Green City Business or to Register?

June 8, 2010, the Green City Business program won its second award, Green Innovation Award from the Northeast Indiana Green Build Coalition (NEIGBC). Two other entities won, including one of our certified Green City Businesses, Fort Wayne Metals! Congratulations to all the nominees and fellow winners!

As of June 2, 2010, the Green City Business Program has trained 103 businesses and organizations. This growing program recognizes organizations that have completed all the necessary requirements to become certified as a Green City Business of the City of Fort Wayne.

The Green City Business Program is designed for businesses with existing facilities that work toward reducing waste and inefficiencies in four areas: Pollution Prevention, Solid Waste Reduction, Energy Conservation, and Water Conservation. The program is not geared for home office businesses.

As of June 24, 2010 there are 30 certified Green City Businesses in Fort Wayne. Want to know which businesses are certified? See the list here: Certified Green City Businesses of Fort Wayne

Want to learn more to Become a Green City Business?

What are the certified Green City Businesses saying about the program?

“Some environmental certification programs demand huge amounts of time and money to complete.  The Green City Business program is a reasonable way to start down the road to more sustainable operations.”

~ Lincoln Financial Group, certified May 2009

"Surprised at what we were naturally doing, even with the age of the building!" 

            ~ Central YMCA, certified September 2009

"The training we received was valuable because we made connections not only to government agencies but with local non-profit organizations that recycle items we would normally throw away. These organizations are helping the community and we get to help the environment at the same time. Additionally, we were pleased to discover that our cleaning company was not only willing, but enthusiastic about our request to use earth friendly cleaning products."

            ~ Weigand Construction, certified December 2009

"Many of the checklist items were practical steps, most of which we were already doing. We spent very little money to complete our checklist by purchasing no-idle signs for our preschool area and aerators for our faucets."  

~ Beacon Heights Church of the Brethren, certified January 2010

"This program provided real-life practices to better define our goals with sustainable design, not only for our business practice and operations, but also our work for the clients we serve." 

            ~ Morrison Kattman Menze, Inc., certified June 2009

"Through the process of obtaining our certification we were amazed at how many things we were already doing."  

~ A. Hattersley & Sons, Inc., certified September 2009

"The training was nice because it brought all the departments together. The information was in one place, I did not have to go search for it."  

~ Primary Engineering, Inc. certified September 2009

“We had already introduced many green operational practices, but some of them were informal, and not well documented.  The Green City Business Checklist gave us the incentive to formalize our green operations in writing.  It also helped us capture all of our efforts in one document.  We knew we were a fairly green organization, but recording our activities in the checklist really helped drive home how much we were already doing.”

~ Lincoln Financial Group, certified May 2009 

 "Many of the checklist items were practical steps, most of which we were already doing. We spent very little money to complete our checklist by purchasing no-idle signs for our preschool area and aerators for our faucets."

~ Beacon Heights Church of the Brethren, Certified January 2010

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Check out the Energy & Environmental Services Department Accomplishments including the PTI Award for the Green City Business Program.

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