The Routt County Climate Action Plan Collaborative is accepting applications for two 3-year Community Member Board seats through Friday, November 29, 2024.
The Routt County Climate Action Plan Collaborative was formed in 2021 to create an intergovernmental, organizational structure to help facilitate regional decision making, track implementation of the Routt County Climate Action Plan (CAP), and help secure funding to advance the CAP. The latter effort recently resulted in a $264,100 award to the CAP Collaborative by the Colorado Energy Office to develop and implement a building electrification and decarbonization plan.
In 2023, the Board oversaw five Working Groups (Energy, Transportation, Waste, Land Use and Economy) tasked with identifying and prioritizing key actions to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Routt County. 40 Board-approved recommendations were finalized the summer of 2023 and the Collaborative is now in the implementation phase of the CAP process.
“Addressing climate change is vital now more than ever as we are already seeing climate impacts here in the Yampa Valley. What we do locally matters,” commented CAP Board Chair Gail Garey. “Board membership is an important opportunity to offer substantive expertise and to support and keep Routt County accountable to its carbon emission goals.”
The Collaborative Board meets monthly and consists of 9 members, including 4 community members and a representative from each of the local government partners — Routt County, City of Steamboat Springs, and the Towns of Hayden, Oak Creek and Yampa.
Community representatives shall reflect diverse geographic and sector representation from across the county, and climate plan interest and experience.
There are currently two 3-year community seats available. The application can be found here and also on the City and County websites. The deadline for submitting community applications is Friday, November 29, 2024. Appointment will start January 1, 2025.
