Collaborations for Community Resiliency

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Collaborations for Community Resiliency
Dan RothDirector, Campus Sustainability
Dont Go It Alone
Marian BrownSpecial Assistant for Campus and
Community Sustainability
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2,000 square miles 36,420 households
Population 100,583 4.2 increase
from 2000 Students 27,000 47.5 with
Bachelors degree or higher 10.5
Foreign-born 2000 Census data 2010
Census data
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5 sustainability-related collaborations

• Ithaca Carshare

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Ithaca-Tompkins CountyTransportation Council

• Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for
  Tompkins County, charged with facilitating
  county-wide transportation planning. ITCTC
• works jointly and cooperatively with all
  transportation related agencies in Tompkins
  County, to promote comprehensive
  inter-modal transportation planning.
• provides transportation-related information and
  analyses.

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City of Ithaca
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Cornell University
14,158 undergraduates 6,964 graduates 1,564
faculty 8,081 staff
30,767 total community
Source http//www.cornell.edu/about/facts/stats.c
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Ithaca College
6,442 undergraduates 507 graduates 724
faculty 973 staff 8,646 campus
community 4,272 resident students
Source http//www.ithaca.edu/ir/docs/factsinbrief
/fib1011.pdf
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Intentional community 160 residents 60
residential units 2 Neighborhoods2 Common
HousesFocus on sustainable living Informal
carsharing program
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Curb Your Car Coalition
Support for cycling, pedestrian access, transit
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New York Energy Research and Development
Authority

• public benefit corporation
• programs primarily funded by state rate
  payers through the System Benefits Charge
• funds development and use of innovative
  technologies to improve the States energy,
  economic, and environmental wellbeing
• flow-through of funds for ARRA, DOE, and
  DOT programs
• Energy efficiency
  projects
• Alternative transportation

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Ithaca Carshare
Mini-grant carshare feasibility study
Carshare steering committee
Carshare summit
Ithaca Carshare Board of Directors
Application to NYSERDA/NYSDOT for pilot project
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Members 1,000 Fleet gt20 Vehicles (Nissan
Versa, Honda Fit, Toyota Yaris, Toyota Prius,
Toyota Tacoma, Dodge Grand Caravan, and Scion
xB) Locations City of Ithaca Cornell
University Ithaca College EcoVillage at Ithaca
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5 sustainability-related collaborations

• Ithaca Carshare

• Zimride Tompkins Rideshare Coalition

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Cornell University
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Ithaca College
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2,874 full-time students 825 part-time
students 431 faculty/staff 3,130 total
campus 800 resident students 584 Cortland
County 1,169 Tompkins County 1,354 Other NY
counties 50 Out of state
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Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County

• Way2Go helps people consider the many different
  ways to get around, overcome transportation
  barriers, and make transportation choices that
• Save money
• Support health and well-being
• Lessen pollution and climate change
• Promote a strong, equitable community

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Tompkins County Department of Social Services
Food Stamps Medicaid
Employment Services Daycare
Family Services Adult Services
Working Families Transportation Assistance
Estimated 7,000 clients in Tompkins County need
transportation for jobs, medical appointments,
shopping, youth programs, wellness, senior
activities, access to food pantries, etc.
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Community Rideshare Steering Committee
Zimride Tompkins Community Rideshare Program
Joint application to NYSERDA for funding for
3-year pilot of community-wide rideshare program
Application funded program started Winter 2010
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• Ride matching for
• commuters into Tompkins County
• commuters OUT of county
• student rides home for weekends or holiday
  breaks
• student recreation and shopping in evening
  or on weekends
• student commutes to internships or
  off-campus work
• underserved populations needing rides for
  shopping or to go to medical and
• human service agency appointments
• coordinating travel to conferences in/around
  Ithaca
• K-12 enrichment activity school-pools

Community Rideshare Program
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Cumulative RideShare Use Statistics
Community Cornell Ithaca College TC3 Total
Total Cumulative Users 693 9,679 1,356 226 11,954
Rides posted 1,514 11,897 1,716 254 15,381
Commute postings 480 1,068 123 159 1,830
Commute Ave. Distance (miles) 8 13 18 14 13
One Time Ride Ave Distance (miles) 1,034 10,829 1,593 95 13,551
One-Time Ride Ave. Distance (miles) 179 203 203 85 168
Average Number of Matches per Post 6 3 3 4 -
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5 sustainability-related collaborations

• Ithaca Carshare

• Zimride Tompkins Rideshare Coalition

• Tompkins County Climate Protection
  Initiative (TCCPI)

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Climate Action Plan
100 neutrality by 2050
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Climate Action Plan
100 neutrality by 2050
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Climate Action Plan
Commuting goals 100 reduction in Air Travel
Emissions by 2012 relative to baseline emissions
in 2010 50 reduction in Commuting Emissions by
2026 relative to baseline emissions in 2010
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Climate Action Plans

• Members of ICLEI (Local Governments for
  Sustainability)
• Tompkins County
• Town of Ithaca
• City of Ithaca
• Town of Dryden
• Tompkins County
• Climate Smart Community
• Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions element
  addendum to Comprehensive Plan
• 2020 Energy Strategy
• Town of Ithaca
• Resilient Communities for America signatory
• City of Ithaca
• Local Action Plan to reduce greenhouse gas
  emissions

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Abbott Lund-Hansen, LLC Alternatives Federal
Credit Union ASI Renovations/ASI Energy,
LLCBlack Oak Wind Farm, LLC Cayuga Medical
Center City of Ithaca Cornell Cooperative
Extension, Tompkins County      Cornell
University Downtown Ithaca AllianceEcoVillage
at IthacaFinger Lakes Climate Fund Finger Lakes
Land Trust Franziska Racker CentersGet Your
Greenback TompkinsHOLT Architects Ithaca
Carshare Ithaca College Ithaca Neighborhood
Housing ServicesIthaca-Tompkins County
Transportation Council Ithaca Tompkins Regional
AirportLandlords Association of Tompkins County
Local First IthacaMunicipal Gas Electric
Alliance New Earth LivingPark Foundation
Performance Systems Development, LLCPRI/Museum
of the EarthRenovus EnergyResponsible
Endowments Coalition SciencenterSeneca Strategic
Consulting, LLCSnug Planet, LLC Sustainability
Center Sustainable TompkinsTaitem Engineering 
Tompkins Community ActionTompkins Cortland
Community CollegeTompkins County Area
DevelopmentTompkins County Chamber of
CommerceTompkins County Council of Governments
Tompkins County Environmental Management
CouncilTompkins County LegislatureTompkins
County Planning Department Tompkins County Solid
WasteTown of CarolineTown of DrydenTown of
IthacaTravis Hyde PropertiesWeaver Wind Energy
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5 sustainability-related collaborations

• Ithaca Carshare

• Zimride Tompkins Rideshare Coalition

• Tompkins County Climate Protection
  Initiative (TCCPI)

• Climate Smart Climate Ready conference

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NYS Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton 125th district
-Tompkins and Cortland Counties
Sustainable TompkinsTompkins County Climate
Protection InitiativeTompkins County Planning
DepartmentIthaca CollegeSouthern Tier Regional
Economic Development CouncilCenter for
Agricultural Development and
EntrepreneurshipCornell UniversityAtkinson
Center for a Sustainable FutureCornell Humphrey
Fellows ProgramCity of IthacaTown of
CarolineCommunique DesignTompkins County
Chamber of CommerceCornell Sustainability
HubCity of Cortland Environmental Advisory
CommitteeSUNY CortlandTaitem EngineeringTompkin
s County Cornell Cooperative ExtensionGreen
UmbrellaTaitem EngineeringSustainable Cortland
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• Cornell Researchers presenting
• Shorna Broussard Allred, Associate Director,
  Human Dimensions Research Unit, Dept of
  Natural Resources
• Rev. Dr. Kenneth Clarke, Sr., Director, Cornell
  United Religious Work
• Jonathan Comstock, Research Support Specialist
  in Horticulture
• Art DeGaetano, Assoc. Chair, Department of
  Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
• Frank DiSalvo, Director, David. R. Atkinson
  Center for a Sustainable Future.
• Rod Howe, Executive Director, Community and
  Regional Development Institute
• David Kay, Senior Extension Associate. Community
  Regional Development Institute
• David Wolfe, Professor, Plant and Soil Ecology,
  Department of Horticulture

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Youth Power Summit
Youth sector programming stream for the
conference Organized by coalition of students
from Cornell, Ithaca College, New Roots School,
Ithaca High School. Co-sponsored by Ithaca
College, Tompkins County Climate Protection
Initiative, The Green Umbrella, and The New
Economy Summit
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5 sustainability-related collaborations

• Ithaca Carshare

• Zimride Tompkins Rideshare Coalition

• Tompkins County Climate Protection
  Initiative (TCCPI)

• Climate Smart Climate Ready conference

• Sustainability Center

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• Interpretative Center for regional sustainability
  efforts
• Exhibits on Energy, Waste, Transportation, Food
• Events
• Sustainability Bookshelf Series
• Intergenerational Dialogues on Sustainability
• Special events (Green Building Open House
  kick-off)
• Poster displays organizations, businesses,
  governments
• Internship program placements of Cornell and
  Ithaca College students with local
  sustainability-related organizations and
  businesses

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Cornell University Ithaca College Sustainable
Tompkins Tompkins County Planning Department City
of Ithaca Economic Development Downtown Ithaca
Alliance Taitem Engineering Cornell Cooperative
Extension of Tompkins County Tompkins Cortland
Commmunity College GreenBiz program Tompkins
Financial Services
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Thank you!
Dan RothDirector, Campus Sustainability Email
dnr6_at_cornell.edu
Marian BrownSpecial Assistant for Campus and
Community Sustainability Email mbrown_at_ithaca.edu