Make Rye Sustainable: Thursday, 7pm

Rye Mayor Doug French wants you to come over.

To the Rye Sustainability Forum this Thursday, March 31 at 7:00pm at the Rye Free Reading Room. RSVP here.

Rye City formed its Sustainability Committee only last October and it has been fast at work, presenting to city council and figuring out how to make Rye a greener city.

Thursday will include numerous presentations including ones by Rye Mayor Douglas French and other local notables:

Sign-In & Refreshments

7:45 pm Welcome Suzanna Keith (city council), Sara Goddard, Mayor French

7:55 pm What is a Sustainability Plan? Noam Bramson, Mayor of New Rochelle, will provide
a background on sustainability and sustainability plans.

8:15 pm A Sustainability Plan for Rye Rye Sustainability committee (Mimi Bateman, Paul
Berte, Suzanne Clary, Gretchen Kaye-Crowley, Sara Goddard, Melissa Brown-Grieco, Marci Raab, Annalise Stack, Birgit Townley)

8:30 pm Sustainable Hudson Valley Melissa Everett on sustainability initiatives throughout the Hudson valley, success stories and the Hudson Valley Resource Center for Sustainable Communities.

8:50 pm Sustainability on the Local Level – Jay Heritage Suzanne Clary, president of Jay Heritage (and MyRye.com history correspondent), about sustainability efforts at Jay Heritage.

Wine and light refreshments will be served.