December 2009 
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Roswell Certified as a Green Community
Friday, December 11th, 2009 at 8:41am. 134 Views, 0 Comments.
The Atlanta Regional Commission's Green Communities Program, a voluntary program for municipalities in the ten county metropolitan Atlanta area, assists cities with lessening their environmental impact. Points towards certification may earned in several categories:
* Green Building
* Energy Efficiency
* Green Power
* Water Use Reduction and Efficiency
* Trees and Greenspace
* Transportation
* Recycling and Waste Reduction
* Land Use
* Education
* Innovation
A given policy or practice is worth 5 or 10 points, depending on their difficulty of implementation and overall magnitude of environmental impact. Three levels of certification are awarded:
- Level 1 - Bronze: 175 – 224 points
- Level 2 - Silver: 225 – 274 points…