Committee Recommendations

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• Committee Recommendations
• And
• The Next Steps
• Woodrow Clark II, MA3 Ph.D.
• Senior Executive Advisor, GIVE
• Ontario Convention Center, October 22, 2007

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Globalization Gone GreenTom Friedman (NYT, 15
April 07)
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Green Valley Sustainable Development

• Balance between population growth, employment and
  the environment
• Green Technology, Job Creation and New Ventures
• Preserve, Protect Nature and Land Use

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Coastal Communities Impact the Green
ValleyClean Air can NOT Wait

• By age 18, lungs of many children growing up in
  smoggy areas are underdeveloped and will likely
  never recover
• Low lung function is second only to smoking as a
  risk factor for all-cause mortality
• Pollutants of harm derive from vehicle-related
  emissions and combustion of fossil fuels
• When we began the study 10 years ago, we had no
  idea we would find effects on the lung this
  serious. John Peters, M.D., studys senior
  author

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Green Jobs in the USASource Prof. Daniel
Kammen, UC Berkeley, Testimony, U S Senate, Sep
25, 2007
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Sustainable DevelopmentGreen Technologies

• New Jobs and Careers
• New Entrepreneurial Ventures
• Development of Business and Industry
• Finance and Capital Investment

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Green Valley InitiativeOrganization of the
Committees
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San Bernardino and Riverside Counties

• Parks and Recreation
• Healthy Cities Program
• Innovative water Recycling and Reuse
• Green Renewable Fuel Vehicle Policy

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Green Valley Committee Overview Transition to
The Next Steps

• Voluntary recommendations GV Jurisdictions for
  cities and counties through an Organizing
  Committee
• Economic Develop models and standards that create
  a green market
• Regional collaborations and alliances
• Educational Environmental Clusters
• Use State and Federal resources

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Green Valley Recommended Policy/Programs

• Green Building Programs
• Buy Green/Buy Local Procurement
• Green Business Programs
• Conservation and Recycling
• Solar and Alternative Energy
• Encourage Green EconomicDevelopment
• Green Valley Land Use

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Green Building Practices

• California Green Builder
• Residential Program
• Leadership Environment and
• Energy Design (LEED)
• buildings and communities
• Green Technologies
• Solar PV
• Natural Air Circulation
• Roof top Garden
• Recycling
• Water / Waste

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Southwest USA Energy Infrastructure Regions
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Distributed Energy SystemsAdvanced Green
Technologies in the Community
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Economic Development Recommendations

• Establish Green Valley Economic Development
  Organization
• Identify common goals
• Conduct Green Tech Workforce and Industry
  Assessment
• Develop strategic plan
• Develop marketing campaign

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Identified Capital Funds and Resources

• Start-up Companies
• Small Business Innovation Research Grant
• Established Growth Companies
• Venture Capitalists
• SBA loans
• State and Federal Grants/Funds
• Venture, Seed and Angel Capital
• Public and Private Foundation Funding

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Southern California Regional Comparison of
Capital FormationSource USC Economic
Development (2007)
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Marketing and Branding Recommendations

• Projects
• Develop attributes for the Green Valley Brand
• Pool marketing dollars, develop campaign
• Effort must be regional
• Survey C-level Executives
• Survey Site Locators
• What were their decision factors?
• Are we promoting the right stuff?
• Do we need to improve attributes?
• Collect testimonials from CEOs and spouses

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Education CommitteeRecommendations

• Intellectual Capital of the Region with National
  and International Resources in
• Public and Private Education formation of
  environmental consortium
• Curriculum Reform K-12 environmental focus
• Technical and Business Management Support and
  Materials Development
• Job and Career Training
• Entrepreneurship and New Ventures including Green
  Jobs with Science Park Clusters

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Green Valley Intellectual CapitalSource 2006
American Community Survey
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University of California, Riverside Technology
Park
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The Next Steps for 6 Months

• Organizing Committee for GVI
• Take Each Reports into Action Program
• Implementation Plan from Reports
• Form Education Consortium
• Create Strategic Business Relationships
• leading green technologies and businesses
• Harness Sustainable Leveraged Infrastructures
• California Healthy Cities
• Building Healthy Communities
• Joining the Climate Registry
• LEED standards applied to communities

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Recommendations To Report Back by April 2008 (The
Next 6 Months)

• Three Committees Continue To
• Finance Resources for Job Creation with local,
  state and federal resources
• Establish strategic relationships with public and
  private foundations for moving GVI forward.
• Identify and create models and standards in
  demand for green markets for purchasing products
• Implement the Green Valley Jurisdiction program
  with all cities.

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