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A
Thank
you
all
for
joining
us.
It
is
absolutely
my
pleasure
to
welcome
you
to
the
2021
smart
business
challenge,
recognition
luncheon,
my
name
is
mary
rankin.
I
have
the
honor
of
being
the
city
of
ames
sustainability
coordinator
and
I
also
serve
as
the
sustainability
director
for
iowa
state
university.
A
So
our
event
today
is
one
that
includes
a
number
of
different
items.
You
can
see
the
different
things
that
we
will
be
highlighting
today
and
the
different
individuals
and
initiatives
that
you
will
be
hearing
from,
so
we're
excited
to
again
welcome
you
and
for
us
to
get
moving
with
the
rest
of
today,
and
so
for
those
of
you
just
as
a
reminder.
A
We
gather
today
to
celebrate
this
event
that
actually
was
initiated
by
the
chamber
of
commerce
a
number
of
years
ago,
and
the
chamber
was
really
interested
in
in
new
initiatives
to
both
challenge
their
members,
as
well
as
support
the
sustainability
goals
of
the
ames
community,
and
so
in
2014.
A
The
chamber
and
the
city
actually
launched
the
smart
business
challenge
together,
and
this
was
in
conjunction
with
our
sesquicentennial
and
really
we
were
looking
at
a
couple
of
things.
First
of
all,
we
know
our
business
community
is
doing
a
number
of
things
connected
to
sustainability
and
committed
to
sustainability,
and
we
wanted
to
make
sure
and
have
the
opportunity
to
really
celebrate
that
celebrate
their
commitment
and
their
dedication
as
well.
A
We
do
focus
on
sustainability
in
its
entirety,
because
we
understand
that,
while
environmental
sustainability
is
important
to
truly
have
a
sustainable
future,
it
really
is
a
balance
of
facets,
not
only
environmental
but
also
economic
and
social,
that
bring
together
really
our
vision
for
a
collective,
sustainable
community
and
a
sustainable
future.
And
so
with
that
in
mind,
we
look
at
these
different
areas
of
action
as
we
consider
checklist
opportunities
and
and
noting
those
successes
and
then
there's
an
opportunity
for
businesses
to
be
recognized
at
four
different
levels.
A
According
to
their
commitment
to
sustainability
and
again,
you'll
hear
more
about
that
in
a
little
bit
later
in
today's
event,
but
I
want
to
now
turn
it
over
to
a
wonderful
sustainability
champion
for
our
ames
community,
offering
us
so
much
support
to
formally
welcome
us
to
today's
event.
Mayor
john
hala
welcome
and
thank
you
for
joining
us
today.
Like.
B
B
B
Secondly,
the
community-wide
greenhouse
in
inventory
was
completed
and
was
presented
to
city
council
and
accepted
within
the
past
two
weeks.
The
city
has
released
several
sustainability
related
rfps.
The
first
one
is
soliciting
a
consultant
to
help
us
develop
our
community's
first
climate
action
plan,
which
will
assist
us
in
creating
a
plan
to
further
reduce
our
greenhouse
gas
emission,
and
the
second
is
requesting
a
consultant
to
help
us
evaluate
a
minimum
of
seven
different
scenarios
to
enhance
the
city's
waste
to
energy
operations.
B
B
So
today
I
want
to
recognize
each
one
of
your
businesses,
the
sustainability
measures
you
have
already
implemented,
as
well
as
your
commitment
to
doing
more
in
the
years
ahead.
In
a
special
note,
I
want
to
offer
congratulations
to
both
mcfarland
clinic
and
morning
bill
coffee
roasters
in
completing
their
recertification
as
platinum.
Certified
businesses.
Well
done.
B
A
Now,
when
we
were
considering
a
keynote
speaker
for
this
year's
event,
we
really
considered
as
mayor
halo
as
mentioning
the
times
that
we
have
been
through
the
challenges
on
so
many
different
levels,
particularly
within
our
business
community,
but
yet
that
amazing
creativity
and
resilience
that
has
shown
through
and
obviously
we
continue
to
strive
forward
in
our
visions
and
our
goals.
And
all
of
you
have
made
that
so
very
apparent.
A
So
we
wanted
to
find
a
connection
that
not
only
would
acknowledge
the
challenging
year
that
we've
had
as
a
community,
but
really
connecting
that
this
is
happening
across
our
state
and
as
well
so
much
resilience
so
much
creativity,
and
so
many
incredible
resources
are
available
not
only
to
continue
the
journey
we're
in
now,
but
to
really
catapult
us
into
the
future
that
lies
ahead,
and
so
with
that
we
found
robin
bustroom.
A
Robin
bostrom
serves
as
a
business
specialist
with
the
iowa
economic
development
authority,
working
with
the
downtown
resource
center
and
the
main
street
iowa
team
prior
to
joining
ieda.
She
served
as
a
local
program
director
for
west
union
iowa
a
nationally
accredited
main
street
program
in
northeast
iowa.
A
She
has
also
worked
for
numerous
nonprofit
organizations,
served
as
executive
director
for
fayette
county
economic
development
and
is
a
small
business
owner
herself.
She
earned
a
ba
from
the
university
of
northern
iowa
and
is
a
graduate
of
the
heartland
economic
development
course.
She
enjoys
working
with
iowa
communities
and
small
business
owners
to
help
them
develop
their
for.
Excuse
me
their
full
potential,
while
in
west
union,
robin
assisted
in
the
planning
and
development
of
a
10
million
dollar
streetscape
project
in
the
historic
downtown
district,
which
won
numerous
awards
for
sustainable
design
and
stormwater
management
practices.
C
Great
well,
thank
you
mary.
You
can
go
ahead
and
move
to
the
next
slide.
If
you
would
please
it's
again
my
pleasure
to
be
with
all
of
you
today,
as
mary
said,
I
am
with
the
iowa
economic
development
authority
and
I've
been
on
the
team
there,
for
this
is
the
start
of
my
seventh
year
so
excited
to
share
with
you
a
little
bit
about
what
we're
doing
in
our
agency.
So
next
slide,
please.
C
The
main
street
program
really
is
economic
development
within
the
context
of
historic
preservation.
So
our
focus
is
on
traditional
downtown
historic,
commercial
districts,
but
we
also
do
some
work
in
historic,
commercial
neighborhoods.
So,
for
example,
historic
valley,
junction
in
des
moines
and
the
czech
village
nubo
district
in
cedar
rapids
are
just
a
couple
of
our
main
street
urban
districts
that
we
work
with
and
we
are
a
program
of
the
national
main
street
center.
C
And,
as
I
said,
we
are
affiliated
with
the
national
main
street
center,
which
is
a
non-profit
national
organization.
We
follow
the
main
street
america
four-point
approach,
so
we
look
at
economic
development
and
sustainability
on
on
four
different
points:
economic
vitality,
the
design
of
a
district
and
the
buildings
that
are
within
that
community.
The
organization
where
we
work
to
build
leadership
and
have
a
strong
organizational
capacity
and
really
to
ensure
that
we
have
broad
community
engagement
across
the
community
and
then
promotion,
which
is
the
marketing
districts
defining
assets
and
helping
to
build
on
those.
C
So
my
focus
on
the
team
is
in
that
economic
vitality,
kind
of
blue
point,
so
we
really
helped
to
build
a
diverse
economic
base
within
our
districts,
and
we
do
that
in
a
lot
of
different
ways,
but
again
this
national
approach.
This
four
prone
approach
is
a
nationally
trademarked
approach.
C
C
So
next
slide
please-
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
share
with
you
a
couple
of
the
program
opportunities
that
that
ames
has
ames
has
been
in
the
program
since
2009
and
john
hall.
Is
your
local
director
that
kind
of
directs
the
program
for
you
it's
under
the
umbrella
of
the
ames
chamber
of
commerce,
great
partnership
there
with
that
organization,
and
these
are
just
a
couple
of
the
programs
that
ames
has
participated.
C
In
recently,
we
have
our
challenge
grant
program,
which
is
a
bricks
and
mortar
grant
program
that
allows
up
to
75
thousand
dollars
on
historic
building
renovations,
and
so
you
see
there
a
project,
that's
been
done.
The
market
studies
and
strategies
program
is
one
that
I
direct
for.
Our
team
and
ames
just
went
through
this
program
in
2017
and
had
the
pleasure
of
working
with
mayor
halla
on
that
project.
C
C
And
so
we
just
wanted
to
offer
a
couple
of
pictures
yep
there
we
go,
so
this
is
the
hala
architecture
building.
This
is
the
challenge
grant
that
was
completed
in
2016.
again.
This
is
an
annual
grant
program
that
we
have
through
main
street
iowa.
We
receive
some
funding.
That
is
every
year
from
the
legislature
that
is
dedicated
to
this
program.
So
it
is
a
great
program
that
helps
us
take
historic
buildings
and
give
them
a
new
life.
C
We
firmly
believe
that
the
the
greenest
building
is
a
building,
that's
already
built
and
if
there's
a
way
that
we
can
help
that
building
have
a
new
life
and
move
on
into
the
next
hundred
years,
that's
always
a
great
asset
for
us.
So
next
slide.
Please,
oh-
and
I
was
just
going
to
also
mention
the
sheldon
mund
building
downtown
is
also
another
building
that
has
taken
advantage
of
that
program
in
your
community.
C
C
Again
we
offer
market
data
and
demographic
information,
so
we
can
pull
that
information
for
your
community
at
any
time.
There
are
many
times
that
we
can
also
focus
that
down.
So,
if
you're
looking
for
some
information,
please
reach
out
to
us,
one
of
the
major
things
we
do
is
provide
that
local
staff
support
for
those
directors
and
volunteers
within
your
community
that
are
working
on
revitalization
efforts.
So
we
offer
lots
of
support
to
those
folks.
C
One
of
our
major
services
is
that
we
do
provide
free
design
services
to
our
districts
that
participate
in
our
program.
So
we
have
two
design
staff
on
staff
right
now
who
can
help
business
owners
kind
of
look
at
and
building
owners,
look
at
new
opportunities
and
help
them
develop
those
from
just
from
a
they
don't
do
construction
drawings,
but
they
do
help.
Just
in
those
designs
of
opportunities
that
might
be
existing,
we
offer
state
conferences
for
people
across
the
state
in
our
network.
C
One
of
the
things
we
always
say
in
main
street
is
that
we
are
really
good
at
r
d,
rip
off
and
duplicate.
There's
a
lot
of
things
that
you
can
learn
from
your
neighbors
and
again,
sometimes
we
don't
have
to
start
at
ground
zero.
So
we
really
do,
and
one
of
the
things
I
really
enjoy
about
being
a
part
of
the
main
street
network
is
there
is
a
good
sharing
of
information
from
all
of
us
all
across
the
state
and
that's
a
real
value
to
the
program
and
to
those
who
participate.
C
Please,
and
so,
as
we
talk
about
sustainability
and
economic
development,
these
are
some
photos
from
my
home
community
west
union,
which
is
where
I
kind
of
cut
my
teeth
on
sustainability
and
how
that
affects
economic
development.
West
union
was
chosen
in
2008
to
serve
as
a
pilot
community
for
the
state
of
iowa.
C
The
state
in
2008
was
again
looking
at
many
of
the
same
things
that
you
and
the
community
of
ames
were
looking
at.
When
you
created
your
smart
business
challenge
and
your
sustainability
efforts
in
your
community,
they
were
looking
for
ways
to
help
our
communities
have
less
impact
on
the
environment,
to
be
more
energy
efficient,
where
their
business
operations
that
were
contributing
negatively
to
those
issues
and
could
they
be
corrected
historic
buildings
many
times
can
be
very
efficient
and
they
can
also
be
very
inefficient.
C
C
There's
six
or
eight
blocks
of
horse
paved
street
paving
in
west
union,
and
we
incorporated
numerous
numerous
bios
whales
to
deal
with
stormwater
runoff
and
if
you
remember
what
was
happening
across
the
state
in
2008,
that's
when
we
were
having
some
pretty
significant
flooding
that
was
affecting
many
communities
in
our
community
in
across
the
state,
and
so
I
we
was
in
washington.
We
were
doing
this
project.
This
project
also
has
geothermal
hookup
a
downtown.
Well,
there
are
132
wells
on
the
courthouse
square
that
feed
a
line
to
all
60
buildings
within
the
downtown.
C
C
Most
of
my
work
has
been
with
the
main
street
organization,
but
you
guys
just
have
such
great
partners
as
I've
learned
more
about
this
smart
business
challenge,
and
so
I
just
want
to
congratulate
all
of
you
and
and
continue
to
encourage
you
to
work
together
on
this
effort
because
the
needle
can
be
moved
and
it
takes
all
of
us
to
do
that,
but
you
guys
are
really
having
some
great
success.
C
So
congratulations
to
all
of
you
that
are
involved
in
that
today
and
and
I
and
continue
to
to
move
forward
in
that
arena
next
slide.
Please.
C
C
Obviously,
renewable
energy
has
been
a
huge
factor
in
what
the
state
has
been
working
on
and
we
are
now
in
the
state
of
iowa
the
number
one
in
wind
energy,
and
so
this
is.
These
are
just
some
screenshots
from
our
website.
In
2020,
with
the
onset
of
covet
there
was
the
state
really
worked
hard
to
update
their
website,
and
so,
if
you
haven't
been
there
yet
please
do
take
some
time
and
take
a
look
at
the
website
to
learn
about
some
of
the
things
that
are
happening.
C
So
wind
energy
is
definitely
one
of
them.
You
can
see
you
can
review
the
action
plans
and
the
reports
on
the
status
of
where
that
is,
but
iowa
is
now
number
one
in
wind
energy.
So
next
slide.
Please.
C
I
first
learned
and
got
a
lot
of
the
information
in
in
our
home
community
in
west
union,
on
sustainability
from
the
iowa
energy
office
and
when
we
first
started
that
was
at
iowa
state
and
it
has
now
moved
to
ieda.
But
you
will
also
find
information
there
from
the
iowa
energy
office
and
and
they're
really
charged
with
growing
sustainability
for
the
state.
C
And
so
one
of
the
things
that
was
also
recently
updated
in
2020
was
the
green
streets
criteria
and,
if
you're
not
familiar
with
that,
it
provides
guidance
for
communities
and
businesses
and
building
owners
on
things
that
they
can
do
to
address
sustainability
within
their
operations.
And
so,
if
you
go
to
the
website,
you
will
see
a
link
there
to
green
streets
and
it
will
take
you
right
to
that
updated
work
that
has
was
just
completed
in
2020.
C
As
you
can
see,
there
are
many
many
projects
that
ieda
has
assisted
with
in
some
shape
or
form
all
across
the
state,
everything
from
watersheds
to
porous,
paving
to
solar
to
win
projects,
all
sorts
of
things.
So
you
can
click
on
that
map
and
you
can
see
a
lot
of
the
work.
That's
been
done
if
you
are
so
inclined
to
learn
more
next
slide,
please.
C
So,
as
I
mentioned,
the
iowa
green
streets
criteria
was
just
updated
in
2020
and
if
you're
not
familiar
with
this,
it
is
a
great
resource
for
all
sorts
of
faucets
of
sustainability.
So
it
touches
on
things
everything
from
public
health
to
energy
efficiency,
a
lot
of
water
conservation
efforts
if
you're
interested
in
porous,
pavers
or
bioswales
all
those
sort
of
things
that
deal
with
water,
runoff
and
water
conservation.
C
There's
information
on
smart
locations
for
buildings,
operational
savings-
if
you
are
an
office
building
or
how
can
you
help
reduce
what
you're
paying
for
operating
your
building
and
just
a
lot
of
really
good
information
on
sustainable
building
practices?
So
I
really
encourage
you,
if
you're
not
familiar
with
this
resource,
to
really
check
it
out.
It's
a
meaty
read,
but
there's
a
lot
of
really
great
information
involved
in
this
resource
and
you
can
access
it
all
right
from
the
website.
C
And
then,
as
as
the
mayor
mentioned
earlier
and
and
all
of
us
are
aware,
coven
19
has
just
kind
of
turned
everything
upside
down
and
it
has
been
a
major
challenge
for
many
businesses
all
across
the
state
and
from
the
very
beginning,
ieda
got
right
on
board.
We
dealt
with
lots
of
ways.
Our
entire
agency
has
been
working
on
covid
response
and
now
covid
recovery,
and
so
there
are
dedicated
there's
a
dedicated
places
on
the
website
that
address
all
of
this,
and
so
you
can
check
out
that
tab
on
the
website.
C
D
C
C
And
again,
this
is
just
another
slide
showing
some
of
the
programs
that
were
available
from
a
financial
aspect,
the
utility
disruption
prevention
program.
So
we
really
wanted
to
make
sure
that
small
businesses
didn't
have
their
their
power
shut
off
because
they
couldn't
pay
their
bills
for
whatever
reason,
then
they
also
rolled
out
a
residential
disruption
prevention
program,
and
then
there
were
also
some
programs
for
livestock
producer
relief,
as
we
all
know,
and
then
a
beginning
farmer,
debt
program
and
as
well
as
a
fund
for
the
biofuels.
C
C
And
then
another
major
platform
that
we
worked
on
was
the
shop
iowa.com
platform,
so
this
was
launched
to
help
small
businesses.
One
of
the
things
we
quickly
realized
is
that
many
businesses
across
the
state
of
iowa
did
not
have
an
online
presence
and
it
was
a
pretty
big
hurdle
for
many
of
them.
Retail
businesses,
service
businesses,
all
kinds
of
businesses,
and
so
the
shop
iowa
platform
was
launched
in
august
and
the
state
is
covering
the
cost
for
businesses
to
have
exposure
into
list
products
on
this
site
through
june
of
2021.
C
So
when
we
talk
about
sustainability,
it
is
the
environmental
sustainability
things
that
happen
with
our
environment
and
and
the
the
natural
built
environment,
but
sustainability
also
affects
the
sustainability
of
our
businesses
and
that
they're
strong,
and
that
we
hope
that
they
will
be
here
post
recovery
after
the
pandemic
is
past
us,
so
business
has
changed
and
we
are
doing
our
best
to
continue
to
support
those
businesses
across
the
state.
C
So
I
would
like
to
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
be
here
to
share
with
you
today.
I
again
want
to
offer
our
congratulations
to
all
of
you
that
are
doing
everything
you
can
to
help
the
community
of
ames
and
to
be
sustainable
within
your
community,
so
we
have
a
little
bit
of
time
here
for
questions
and
again,
thank
you
very
much.
I
enjoyed
being
with
all
of
you
today.
A
Robin
thank
you
so
much
so
much
good
information.
I
think
some
some
really
good
reminders
to
us.
I
love
the
r
d
rip
off
and
duplicate
because
I
think
you
know
truly
from
a
sustainability
standpoint
and
a
sustainable
future.
It's
not
important
that
everybody
does
something
completely
unique
and
completely
different.
I
think
we
learn
from
each
other.
We
utilize
the
resources
and
the
you
know,
expertise
and
the
different
techniques
and
processes
that
work
for
our
business
and
and
share
that
with
other
businesses.
That's
been
a
really
wonderful
part
of
the
challenge.
A
I
think,
is
that
being
able
to
share
different
ideas
amongst
businesses,
I
know
has
has
been
something:
that's
been
particularly
exciting
and
exciting
to
see
as
well,
and
then
I,
I
think,
also
all
the
different
things
that
you
have
mentioned.
All
the
different
programs,
all
the
different
initiatives
you've
been
involved
in,
I
think
one
of
the
things.
Although
they
have
environmental
pieces,
they
have
economic
pieces.
A
You
know
really
at
the
you
know
at
the
at
the
end,
at
the
center
of
everything
is
that
it
all
comes
together
to
bring
such
wonderful
quality
of
life
to
our
communities
and
that's
what
we
all
want.
You
know
for
our
current
and
our
future
generations
most.
Definitely
so
with
that
excited
to
look
at
some
of
the
questions
that
have
come.
E
So,
thank
you
very
much
for
the
presentation.
It
was
really
wonderful
to
get
that
overview
and
a
lot
of
new
ideas
and
information
in
there.
I
think
that
you
would
have
potentially
an
interesting
point
of
view
on
ames
and
on
our
efforts
here,
because
you
can
compare
it
well
with
what's
happening
in
other
cities,
so
my
question
would
be:
what
do
you
think
are
it's
like
the
classic
swot
analysis
for
aims,
the
strengths,
the
weaknesses,
the
opportunities,
the
threats?
What
are
we
missing?
C
Well,
I
would
say
you
know,
I
think
you
are
ahead
of
many
communities
across
the
state
and
the
efforts
that
you're
doing
number
one,
because
you've
you've
started
to
talk
about
it
and
in
my
community
we
didn't
talk
about
it
until
something
bad
happened
until
the
flood
hit.
You
know
it
was
kind
of
like
oh
this
is
we
don't
have
to
worry
about
this
and
then
all
of
a
sudden.
C
I
think
sometimes,
though,
when
we
have
efforts,
the
challenge
is
always
making
sure
that
we
share
information
and
that
we
get
that
out
to
as
many
people
as
we
can
so
events
like
this,
though,
are
certainly
starting
that
and
and
continuing
to
do
that.
So
I'm
just,
I
would
say,
just
continue
to
do
the
work
that
you're
doing
continue
to
talk
to
your
neighbors,
your
friends
and
to
all
the
partners
in
your
community,
and
I
think,
you'll
see.
Success
continue
to
come
down
the
pipe
for
you
all.
G
G
The
way
you
have
today
so
that's
been
very
good
and
I'm
I'm
excited
about
a
lot
of
the
different
options
that
are
out
there
and
and
that
you're
working
hard
to
get
this
communication
about
energy
efficiency
and
sustainability
across
the
state
of
iowa,
so
kudos
for
you
and
and
for
all
the
team
for
putting
this
together
today.
Thank
you.
C
A
Well,
that
certainly
sounds
exciting.
Thank
you
robin.
I
did
actually
have
a
question.
You
know
when
I
was
reading
your
bio.
You
mentioned
the
heartland
economic
development
course.
I
think
that
could
be
of
interest
to
some
of
those
joining
us
today.
Can
you
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
that.
C
Yeah,
so
that
is
a
course
that
is
available
through
the
institute
of
decision
making
at
the
university
of
northern
iowa.
It
is
a
now
I'm
not
for
sure
if
it
will
be
happening
this
year
due
to
covid,
but
basically
the
program
you
go
for
a
week
and
it's
a
deep
dive
into
economic
development
learning
just
from
so
many
practitioners
all
across
the
state.
Our
class,
I
believe,
was
held
in
kansas
city,
and
so
it
was
a
great
resource.
C
It
was
wonderful
for
me
to
learn
from
financial
from
bankers
from
developers
from
all
different
sorts
of
folks.
So
again,
if
you
reach
out
to
the
institute
for
decision
making
at
uni,
that's
our
program
that
they
offer.
A
Thank
you
that
sounds
so
interesting.
Maybe
you
can
pop
that
link
to
me.
I
can
include
that
in
the
follow-up
email
that
we'll
be
sending
out
to
participants
yep
I'd
be.
A
So
robin
I
was
curious
as
a
there's,
so
many
resources
that
you
have
provided
you've
talked
about
as
a
business
owner
in
in
our
ames
community
is
one
of
our.
You
know:
smart
business
challenge,
members
or
generally
any
of
our
businesses,
considering
looking
into
you
know
a
particular
grant
opportunity.
A
What
would
you
say
would
be
the
first
first
steps
in
doing
that
because
they're
just
so
many
so
I
mean.
Could
you
sort
of
offer
a
little
bit
of
a
road
map
or-
or
you
know,
outline
guidance
for
for
just
even
toe
dipping
into
these
opportunities.
C
Well,
there
are
so
many
opportunities,
so
first
of
all,
almost
all
of
them
have
some
kind
of
online
capability.
Where
you
can
read
a
little
bit
about
the
program
to
better
understand.
You
know
what
the
requirements
are,
what
the
guidelines
are,
so
you
can
do
a
little
research
that
way,
but
probably
the
first
thing
is
that
just
really
understand
what
do
you
and
what
does
your
business
need?
What
are
your
you
know?
C
What
are
your
gaps
if
you're
looking
for
something
for
energy
efficiency,
what
sort
of
help
or
assistance
are
you
looking
for,
and
so
because
many
times
we
have
people
that
come
into
grand
programs
and
they
haven't
really
done
their
research?
They
don't
really
understand,
and
so
you
know
you
can
waste
a
lot
of
time.
Looking
for
something
that
you
soon
find
out.
Oh
gosh,
I
don't
even
qualify
for
this.
So
first
step
is
understand
what
assistance
you
need
and
then
number
two
do
a
little
online
research
to
find
out
about
those
programs.
C
If
you're
looking
for
more
information
about
any
of
the
programs
that
I've
mentioned
today,
our
website
does
have
information
on
all
of
those.
If
they
are
main
street
specific
programs,
then
of
course
reach
out
to
john
hall
at
the
chamber,
because
he
has
all
of
that
information
about
any
of
the
programs
that
we
offer
through
main
street
iowa.
A
A
So
I
don't
see
any
other
hands
raised.
Please
please
any
comments
that
you
might
have,
but
I
I
will
just
continue
to
ask
a
couple
of
additional
questions.
I
was
so
interested
in
this
and
also
I
was
so
excited
I
know
recently.
I
stumbled
upon
the
fact
that
io
is
now
number
one
in
wind
energy
actually
developed
capacity,
not
just
in
potential
but
actually
developed
capacity,
which
is
so
exciting
for
for
our
community,
so
that
was
that
was
a
little
rah-rah
for
for
our
for
our
state.
A
I
was
curious
about
the
green
streets
pilot
communities.
Can
you
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
sort
of
the
when
communities
have
decided
to
get
involved?
Sort
of
you
know,
motivations
and
those
sorts
of
things
that
you
have
seen,
maybe
different
different
ways
that
communities
have
wanted
to
get
involved
in
that
program
and
and
then
just
things
for
consideration.
C
Well,
I
think
the
big
thing
is.
First
of
all,
you
know
talk
talk
to
folks,
so
you
know
the
the
way
that
it
happened
for
us
in
west
union.
Is
that,
because
of
our
affiliation
with
the
main
street
program,
they
knew
that
my
community
was
speak.
C
Talking
about
doing
a
streetscape
project
that
that
was
on
our
radar,
we
were
needing
to
improve
some
of
the
infrastructure,
and
so
when
we
had
talked
to
our
partners
and
we
were
trying
to
gain
more
information,
they
approached
us
and
said
you
know:
hey
we're
looking
for
somebody
who
might
want
to
a
community
that
would
be
interested
in
doing
a
pilot
and
thinking
about
doing
some
things
differently.
So
originally
western
union
was
just
thinking
about
doing
a
plain
old
streets.
C
You
know
we
were
just
going
to
do
new,
concrete
and,
and
that's
all
it
was
going
to
be,
and
then
by
having
this
opportunity,
we
learned
about
so
many
more
new
techniques,
and
so,
as
I
said,
you
know,
the
downtown
now
has
six
blocks
of
porous
paving
and
we
have
hundreds
of
bioswales
and
bioretention
cells.
C
The
geothermal
is
one
of
the
first
in
this
country
that
is,
for
a
downtown
district,
so
again
a
lot
of
cutting
edge,
while
all
of
that
is
great,
it
also
presents
some
challenges
in
again
that
learning
curve,
because
many
people
didn't
understand
you
know
what
does
this
all
mean?
How
does
this
work?
C
How
does
a
lot
of
people
didn't
even
know
how
geothermal
worked,
and
so,
while
there
are
stubs
to
all
60
buildings,
there's
only
about
15
buildings,
currently
utilizing
the
system,
so
there's
just
a
lot
of
learning
that
needs
to
happen,
but
again
so
this
when
the
state
knows
that
certain
communities
are
looking
at
things
when
they
see
opportunities
come
up,
they
many
times
reach
out
to
those
communities
and
just
to
see
if
there's
any
interest,
so
that's
kind
of
how
it
worked
for
us
and
then
we
learned
to
be
grant
writers.
C
I
had
never
written
a
grant
prior
to
that
project
and
we
submitted
about
45
grants
for
that
project
alone,
so
the
learning
curve
can
be
pretty
steep,
but
because
of
the
affiliation
that
we
had
with
the
main
street
program
and
with
the
economic
development
authority,
there
was
a
lot
of
assistance,
or
at
least
they
could
send
us
in
the
right
direction,
and
that
was
very
much
appreciated.
H
C
Well,
I'm
not
directly
involved
in
a
lot
of
that
work,
but
I
can
tell
you
there
is
work
going
on
in
that
arena
and
we
in
west
union
put
in
a
car
charging
station
10
or
12
years
ago,
so
it
was
still
pretty
cutting
edge.
At
that
point,
I
know
they
have
been
doing
some
work.
There
is
an
online
resource
that
shows
maps
and
again
just
letting
people
know.
C
Stephanie
weisenbach,
with
the
energy
team,
is
doing
a
lot
of
work
on
the
electric
vehicle.
I
know
they're
working
with
they've
been
working
with
the
bus
lines
in
some
of
the
major
cities
des
moines
metro
is
rolling
out
some
all-electric
vehicles
from
a
public
transportation
standpoint.
So
I
don't
know
a
lot
of
individual
specifics
about
that
program,
but
I
can
give
you
stephanie's
contact
information,
and
I
know
that
it
is
something
that
is
on
the
forefront
and
something
that
they're
working
on.
I
I
A
Well,
robin
thank
you
so
much
again,
so
much
great
information
you
have
shared
and
I
think
that
for
a
number
of
people
joining
us,
I
know
I
am
absolutely
guilty
of
this.
When
I
go
to
a
presentation,
I
just
need
some
digestion
time,
so
we
will
for
everyone
joining
us.
We
will
be
making
robin's
presentation
available,
so
you'll
have
that
information
as
well.
A
I
should
have
had
this
up
as
we
were
talking,
but
this
will
come
to
you
following
and
our
follow-up
email
as
well,
but
here's
robin's
contact
information
and
so
robin
I.
I
think
that
I
can
easily
say
that
you
are
open
to
being
contacted
with
any
questions
or
to
help
people
redirect
themselves
to
the
the
resources
that
would
be
available.
Is
that
correct.
C
Certainly,
yes,
if
certainly
reach
out
to
me,
if
I
can't
answer
your
questions,
I'll
do
my
best
to
direct
you
to
the
correct
person
that
can
so
and
again
being
across
the
state.
So
don't
forget
that
we
are
a
partner
here
to
assist
you.
A
Yes,
indeed,
I
think
that's
a
really
important
point,
so
many
different
programs
really
covering
the
entirety
of
our
state.
So
thank
you
for
sharing
all
these
great
resources
for
being
with
us
today
and
for
managing
through
all
of
our
virtual
excitement
on
our
journey
here
today.
I.
B
Just
wanted
to
mention,
and
thank
you
that
the
iowa
I
would
have
economic
development
authority
is
an
incredible
partner
with
ames
and
debbie.
Durham
and
her
team
have
been
unbelievable
in
terms
of
advocates
for
the
ames
community
and
it's
a
little
embarrassing
to
have
you
showcase
my
former
businesses
office
building,
but
it
did
help
us
a
lot.
It
allowed
us
to
do
some
more
things
in
terms
of
sustainability.
B
They
wouldn't
have
been
all
done
otherwise,
but
but
interesting
was
that
when
debbie
was
here
one
day,
we
were
talking
about
just
the
the
program
and
she
said
that
they
they
have
an
al.
They
don't
necessarily
have
an
altruistic
motivation.
She's
actually
found
that
when
they
invest
in
downtowns,
the
blocks
around
the
downtown
area
actually
are
get
more
redevelopment
also,
and
so
it's
just
very
encouraging
to
see
that
there's
a
bigger
view
than
just
you
know.
B
One
individual
business
and
the
other
thing
just
want
to
mention
too,
is
that
the
city
of
ames
is
trying
to
do
and
don
cotton
can
attest
to
that.
We
have
proposals
out
to
try
and
do
a
geothermal,
well
field
for
some
housing
in
our
old
middle
old
middle
school.
So
it's
very
interesting
to
hear
you
talk
about
at
west
union
how
you
have
a
a
a
shared
geothermal
system
in
a
downtown
area
to
serve
60
businesses.
That's
pretty
fascinating,
but
anyway,
thank
you
for
your
presentation.
B
It
was
really
very
good,
great
good
stimulus
and
thank
you
again
for
your
partnership
and
believing
in
ames
and
all
the
support
you've
done.
It's
been
phenomenal
and
we
look
forward
to
that.
Continuing.
A
Much
many
thanks
for
those
additional
comments,
may
hala
very
well
spoken
and
and
very
relevant
all
right
robin
well
again.
Thank
you.
B
We
are
focused
and
committed
to
becoming
a
more
sustainable
organization
and
ensuring
a
sustainable
future
for
many
generations
that
will
follow
as
an
organization.
The
city
of
ames
is
committed
to
environmentally
sound
choices
in
how
we
operate
and
the
equipment
we
purchase
the
services
we
provide
and
the
policies
that
guide
our
organization's
decision
making.
I
I
God,
the
city
of
ames
is
offering
a
food
waste
diversion
program
to
help
keep
food
waste
out
of
the
landfill
participants,
may
use
their
own
container
or
buy
a
starter
kit.
A
bucket
lid
and
instruction
brochure,
when
your
bucket
is
full,
take
it
to
the
resource
recovery.
Plant
orange
containers
on
the
north
side
of
the
plant
are
available.
24
7.,
the
food
waste
diversion
program
is
a
great
alternative
to
putting
organic
waste
in
the
trash
to
purchase.
Your
ten
dollar
kit
visit
resource
recovery,
plant
or
city
hall
community
center
to
learn
more
visit,
cityofames.org.
I
I
B
The
smart
business
challenge
is
designed
to
offer
any
size
business
offering
any
product
or
service
the
opportunities
to
celebrate
their
sustainability
achievements,
as
well
as
make
connections
to
relevant
information
and
resources
towards
effectively
serving
their
customers
and
fulfilling
their
and
the
city's
commitment
to
conservation.
I.
J
Had
been
doing
energy
conservation
at
mcfarland
clinic
for
a
long
time
and
it
was
in
little
steps
at
first
and
as
I
continued
to
do-
energy
rebates
through
the
city
of
ames,
I
was
introduced
to
the
smart
business
challenge
and
I
thought
you
know.
I
really
want
to
be
a
part
of
that.
I'm
doing
this
already,
I'm
sure
there's
information.
I
can
learn
from
others,
but
on
top
of
that
I
bet
you
there's
some
information.
I
could
share
so.
E
My
name
is
najav
mayer
and
our
organization
is
morning
bell
coffee,
roasters,
so
we're
a
specialty
coffee
roasting
shop.
Also,
we
sell
bags
of
coffee
both
in
a
wholesale
and
a
retail
level,
and
we're
really
part
of
the
specialty
coffee,
third
wave
coffee
movement
nationwide,
where
we
focus
on
buying
directly
from
farmers
and
working
on
the
showcasing,
the
quality
of
the
beans
that
we
buy
and
working
hard
to
select
coffees.
We
really
try
to
do
a
lot
of
sustainable
things
for
our
lives
and
that
always
bleeds
over
into
our
business.
J
I've
worked
with
city
of
ames
on
multiple
projects.
We
built
our
facility
in
ames
at
121,
12th
street,
it's
right
across
from
mcfarland
clinic,
it's
a
business
support
office
and
we
utilized
city
of
ames
for
all
the
lighting
rebates,
all
the
electric
motors
we
even
went
as
far
as
with
the
geothermal
systems
and
all
the
geothermal
pumps
we
have
about
100
and
so
wells
at
that
location,
geothermal
wells
that
helped
us
really
achieve
a
significant
energy
rebate
out
in
west
ames.
J
We
installed
a
big
solar
array
panel,
one
of
the
largest
in
the
city
at
this
point,
and
it's
really
kind
of
a
silent
sleeper.
It's
990
panels
and
it's
on
our
west
ames
clinic
at
3600
west,
lincoln
way
that
system
there.
We
received
a
little
over
130,
some
thousand
dollar
rebate
from
the
city
of
ames
and
we're
offsetting
about
almost
45
percent
of
the
utility
load
for
that
whole
facility.
So
it's
been
a
tremendous
success.
I've
utilized
other
programs
through
the
city
of
ames
for
lighting
rebates
and
also
a
big
chiller.
J
We
had
to
replace
the
air
conditioners
at
the
main
facility
and
that
required
us
to
update
those
electric
chillers
and
the
city
of
ames
helped
out
with
that
process
as
well.
So
I've
been
they've
been
very
supportive
and
willing
to
work
with
us
on
our
projects.
So
I
just
say:
people
give
them
a
call
what
I
realized
once
I
joined
it's,
not
what
I
really
could
benefit,
but
what
I
could
share
and
then
learn
from
the
others.
There
are
so
many
different
things.
J
Different
industries
are
going
on
in
the
city
of
ames
that
you
can
really
go
hey,
that's
something
that
I
can
use
where
I'm
at
to
achieve
that
next
goal.
Energy
conservation
is
not
a
race,
it's
a
marathon.
You
just
keep
going
and
you
just
keep
going
and
there's
other
things
that
you'll
learn
from
all
the
other
participants.
So
it's
very
valuable
to
attend
the
smart
business
challenge
team
and
become
a
part
of
that.
E
I
think
the
most
surprising
thing
to
us
actually
at
the
end
was
how
many
of
our
processes
here
already
had
sustainability
in
mind
and
how
that
was
really
part
of
some
of
our
core
competencies
as
an
organization,
it's
kind
of
built
into
our
dna
thinking
about
keeping
our
energy
footprint
as
low
as
possible.
I
think
the
low-hanging
fruit
to
join
the
business
challenge
is
to
get
that
free
energy
audit
and
to
have
that
much
thought
and
love
to
have
folks
come
into
your
business.
E
J
Think
it's
been
beneficial
because
it's
brought
awareness
to
energy
conservation
and
energy
conservation.
Isn't
just
electricity,
it's
natural
gas!
It's
it's
recycling
that
we
do
it's
the
products
that
we
use
in
our
business.
It's
the
vehicles
that
we
drive.
We
have
courier
service
that
runs
every
night,
so
we're
looking
for
the
highest
economy,
vehicles
that
we
can
for
moving
the
medical
stuff
around
in
the
evenings.
J
But
it's
it's
a
constant
evolution
when
you,
when
you
look
at
energy
with
led
lighting,
compact,
fluorescence
conversion
up
to
leds
and
how
you
use
those
in
the
facilities,
the.
E
Process
that
was
really
very
beneficial
was
going
through
the
process
of
getting
our
place
inspected
by
the
energy
consultants
and
really
looking
at
our
past
energy
usage
and
looking
at
any
places
in
our
physical
infrastructure
that
we're
lacking
that
could
make
our
business
more
energy
efficient.
So
that
was
an
extreme
benefit
to
us.
You
know
something
that
we
would
have
had
to
pay
for
out
of
pocket
to
do
that.
E
The
city
and
this
program
was
willing
to
do
the
other
thing
that
was
very
helpful,
was
to
go
through
the
checklist
with
them
of
kind
of
all
the
business
processes
that
we
do
in
terms
of
you
know
composting
our
organic
material
using
all
compostable
packaging.
E
You
know
kind
of
delving
into
what
we
do
already
and
what
maybe
we
could
do
better
in
the
future
like
we
are
a
consumer
of
paper
cups.
We
do
a
lot
of
takeaway
to
go
coffee
here,
and
I
know
that's
for
the
future,
something
that
I
really
want
to
work
on,
but
it's
not
clear
right
now
what
the
replacement
is,
but
even
though
I
feel
like
we
have
this
platinum
level,
designation
with
the
city,
we
still
have
some
room
to
to
do
better.
E
It
was
really
good
to
go
through
that
process
with
the
group
and
look
at
all
our
different
business
practices
and
to
think
through
with
this
group.
What
do
we
do?
Well,
what
do
we
do?
Okay,
and
what
can
we
really
do
better?
Where
are
the
lagging
points,
and
there
were
things
that
for
us
that
came
out
of
it
that
we
didn't
know
about?
We
didn't
know
that
our
roof
is
insulated
to
like
r40
value
or
something
crazy.
We
didn't
know
that
at
all.
E
You
know
we
thought
we
just
didn't
know
that
we
were
that
well
insulated,
so
stuff
like
that,
that'll
come
out
which
is
nice
to
for
you
to
know
and
to
also
learn
about
the
best
practices
of
other
businesses
that
are
in
ames.
I
think
that
was
a
tremendous
value
to
see
how
we
lined
up
with.
J
Them
it
is
really
amazing
how
how
different
industries
it
doesn't
have
to
be
just
mcfarland
clinic,
there's
lots
of
other
participants
in
the
smart
business
challenge,
but
any
business
can
actually
benefit
from
energy
conservation
and
you
don't
have
to
break
the
bank
to
do
that.
It's
small
steps,
it's
like
it's
small
lighting,
updates
to
your
entrances
that
burn
all
night
long
reduces
energy,
it's
the
lavatory
faucets,
or
maybe
it's
that
old
toilet
that
takes
five
gallons
of
flush.
Its
small
steps
will
get
you
in
the
right
direction
for
energy
conservation.
Thank.
E
A
So
it
was
especially
exciting
for
us
to
be
able
to
highlight
their
commitment
to
share
their
journey
with
everyone
and
to
offer
them.
Congratulations
as
as
much
as
we
can
virtu
in
spite
of
not
being
able
to
be
together
gathered
as
we
normally
are.
So
now,
I'm
going
to
go
back
to
our
presentation.
A
Ready
so
now
it
is
my
pleasure
to
move
into
getting
some
community
or
excuse
me
some
updates
from
our
electric
services
department,
and
I
would
mention
that
you
know
really.
When
we
started
this
program.
It
was
a
discussion
amongst
electric
services.
We
were
really
looking
at
energy
consumption.
We
were
looking
at
energy
reduction
opportunities
for
our
businesses
and
and
how
to
ensure
that
all
of
those
pieces
were
well
informed
and
well
connected
and
it's
just
grown
from
there.
A
But
always
this
has
come
from
the
heart
and
soul
of
electric
services,
and
so
it's
my
pleasure
to
introduce
don
com
city
of
ames,
electric
services
director
and
joining
him
also
is
kayleigh
barrios
lane,
city
of
ames
energy
services
coordinator
and
don.
I
am
turning
the
floor
over
to
you.
Welcome.
H
All
right
well,
thank
you
very
much
mary
and
thank
you
for
everybody
that
had
a
part
in
in
the
video
that
was
just
run.
I
appreciate
hearing
those
testimonials
with
some
of
our
customers,
so
thank
you
very
much.
I
noticed
in
there.
First
of
all,
I
have
to
say
I'm
glad
that
bill
did
not
run
our
christmas
commercial
on
solar,
because
I
would
have
been
a
little
embarrassed
for
those
who
don't
know
what.
D
H
Is
you're
going
to
have
to
talk
to
susan
or
bill,
or
somebody
will
share
that
with
you?
That's
something
to
do
with
a
bunny
suit.
That's
all
I'm
going
to
say.
The
other
thing
I
want
to
bring
up
was
early
on
in
those
slides
it
or
the
the
video.
It
talked
a
little
bit
about
our
electric
vehicle
charging
infrastructure
and
I
think
there
was
a
quote
in
there
from
me
saying
that
if
these
two
sites
work
well,
we
should
look
at
putting
in
some
others.
H
So
unless
kaylee
is
going
to
talk
about
it,
which
I
don't
think
she
is,
I
should
mention
to
you
that
we
did
get
some
state
grants.
Actually
it's
the
vw
grant
money
so
we'll
be
putting
in
a
level
three
dc
fast
charger
here
at
the
city,
that's
going
to
go
in
off
of
highway
30
down
at
the
come
and
go
just
off
of
highway
30!
H
That's
the
extremely
fast
electric
vehicle
charging
infrastructure,
we're
also
planning
on
putting
one
at
the
intermodal
facility
near
campus
and
we're
also
looking
at
the
site
out
by
there's
mcfarland
west
there's
a
high
v
out
there
and
then
there's
also
the
fairway.
So
I
want
to
recognize
all
those
three
major
tenants.
So
if
any
of
your
customers
come
to
that
site
feel
free
to
use
a
charger,
we
believe
they'll
be
in
service
sometime
this
spring
kaylee,
all
right,
she's
nodding
good
good
good.
H
What
I
wanted
to
do,
kaylee's
going
to
talk
a
lot
about
our
sustainability
programs
and
the
things
that
we're
working
on.
I
thought
I'd
go
a
slightly
different
direction
with
my
two
slides
and
then
I'll
give
the
rest
of
the
time
to
kaylee.
So
if
you
could
advance
the
next
five,
please
I
think
it's
mary
or
bill.
Thank
you!
H
So,
for
those
who
don't
know,
city
of
ames
electric,
we
are
part
of
the
city
we're
currently
right
now
going
through
our
budget
proposals
before
city
council
we've
gone
before
the
council
earlier
in
the
week,
with
our
capital
improvements
plan
and
early
part
of
february,
we'll
be
bringing
our
operation
and
maintenance.
H
So
why
am
I
talking
to
you
about
that?
Because
I
think
that
what
we
do
as
an
electric
utility,
in
addition
to
looking
at
sustainable
and
sustainability,
we
also
want
to
look
at
reliability,
and
we
also
want
to
look
at
the
costs.
So
I'm
going
to
spend
just
a
couple
of
moments
talking
about
what
we
have
and
what
we
are
proposing
up
at
the
state
level
or
the
state
level
at
the
city.
D
Level
mayor,
you
could
be
governor
someday.
H
So
that's
why
I
said
state
law.
So
let
me
walk
through
my
bullet
points
here,
real
quick,
so
basically
our
capital
improvement
plan,
our
o
m
plan,
too
we're
going
to
be
focusing
on
the
capital
resources.
H
We
want
our
power
plant
and
the
power
plant
improvements
to
basically
increase
the
reliability
of
our
units
in
burning,
refuse
derived
fuel
it
wears
and
tears
on
our
units,
but
we're
going
to
put
additional
money
towards
that
to
make
them
not
only
more
reliable
but
be
able
to
burn,
refuse
derive
waste
because
we
don't
believe
in
putting
that
into
the
ground
where
we
can
avoid
that
either
recycle
it
or
use
it
and
turn
it
into
fuel.
We're
also
looking
at
replacing
a
lot
of
old,
outdated
equipment.
H
As
everybody
knows,
on
on
august
10th
we
went
through
the
trade
show,
so
we've
got
plans
in
our
midst.
That's
going
to
look
at
beefing
up,
strengthening
our
transmission
and
higher
voltage
distribution
system.
H
I
can't
say
that
we're
looking
at
down
to
the
individual
households.
It
won't
really
affect
some
of
the
smaller
distribution
lines
at
this
point,
but
we
are
looking
at
strengthening
the
transmission
system
and
the
major
grid
within
the
area
that
will
be
coming
out
in
the
next
year
or
two
we're
also
improving
the
power
plant
boiler
tubes.
Again,
as
we
burn
refuse
derive
waste,
we
have
to
look
at
new
technologies
in
terms
of
strengthening
our
tubes,
where
I'm
all
leading
with
this
is
that
last
bullet
right
there.
H
What
staff
is
proposing
in
the
next
five
years
is
we're
not
planning,
on
any
rate
increases
over
the
next
five
years,
so
as
you're
looking
at
your
bottom
line
when
it
comes
to
energy
and
electricity.
Specifically,
we
are
not
at
this
point
planning
any
rate
increases
next
slide,
please
just
real
quick,
so
the
areas
that
we
are
looking
at
spending
money.
We
have
a
proposed
budget
at
city
council
now
about
25
million
dollars.
H
These
are
for
capital
projects
only
and
we're
looking
at
spending
that
over
the
next
five
years
and
we're
going
to
deal
with
transmission.
That
can
go
in
to
much
greater
detail
on
that.
But
if
you
really
want
to
hear
about
all
of
our
projects,
you
can
listen
in
on
the
council
meeting
that
we
had
last
tuesday
and
it's
online
and
can
be
accessed
through
channel
12.
H
distribution,
plenty
of
projects
in
distribution,
and
then
I'm
really
trying
not
to
take
up
too
much
of
cayley's
time,
because
that's
where
the
meat
of
the
topic
is
and
then
we're
gonna
spend
a
lot
of
money
looking
at
different
infrastructure
within
the
power
plant,
a
to
make
them
black
start
capable,
so
that
we
have
more
control
over
our
destiny
during
extreme
weather.
Emergencies
like
we
have
within
the
radio
and
make
them
prepared
to
run
for
a
very
long
time
into
the
future.
H
D
F
Thank
you
don.
You
left
me
all
of
the
most
fun
things.
I'm
excited
to
announce
that
our
sunsmart
ames
community,
solar
project
is
now
up
and
running,
so
it
went
into
commercial
operation
on
december
23rd.
So
far,
we've
seen
85
000
kilowatt
hours
delivered
to
the
grid,
so
participants
in
that
program
will
start
seeing
those
credits
for
energy
that
came
off
of
the
farm
in
december.
They'll
see
that
on
their
february
bill
with
their
january
usage.
F
So
if
you
are
participating
in
the
program,
take
a
look
on
your
bill
to
see
that
the
effect
of
that
participation,
if
you're
not
participating
in
the
community
solar
project,
there's
still
time
to
sign
up.
You
might
miss
that
very
first
bill
credit,
but
you
can
go
online
to
cityofames.org
solar,
to
get
your
business
or
your
home
or
send
a
power
pack
to
a
non-profit
organization
that
you
care
about
here
in
ames
and
be
part
of
that
community
solar
project
next
slide,
please
another
fun
project.
F
We're
working
on
is
a
collaboration
between
iowa
state
university's,
eprc,
the
iowa
army,
national
guard,
ieda,
sun,
crate
and
power
film,
so
they've
put
together
this.
What
they're
calling
a
solar
crate,
so
it's
a
crate
of
powerwall
batteries
with
solar
panels
on
top
and
a
diesel
generator
as
a
backup
also
built
into
the
crate.
So
the
purpose
of
this
is
to
serve
mostly
emergency
operations
in
outage
situations,
and
we
are
helping
them
by
hosting
it
right
now
near
the
power
plant
and
bandshell
park,
so
that
they
can
do
some
testing
on
it.
F
While
it's
here
on
and
off
it
is
offering
free
car
charging.
So
there's
an
ev
charger
attached
to
the
crate.
If
you
have
an
ev
and
if
you
charge
over
at
bandshell
park,
normally
it's
worthwhile
to
stop
in
at
the
crate
first
and
see
if
there's
energy
to
charge
and
that
will
be
available
for
the
next,
probably
six
to
nine
months
or
until
there's
an
emergency,
and
they
need
to
dispatch
the
crate
next
slide.
F
Please
also,
I
wanted
to
mention-
and
mayor
hala
also
mentioned
this
previously-
that
we're
excited
about
our
greenhouse
gas
inventory
that
we've
completed
recently
and
an
upcoming
climate
action
plan.
So
as
we're
working
on
all
of
these
fun
little
projects
here
and
there.
This
is
the
the
project,
the
greenhouse
gas
inventory
and
the
climate
action
plan
that
really
allows
us
to
give
a
vision
and
a
trajectory
to
this
overall
project
so
that
they
all
fit
together.
So
we're
excited
to
have
that
kind
of
larger
strategy.
F
That's
guiding
all
of
these
projects
that
we're
spending
our
time
on
next
slide.
Please-
and
I
also
wanted
to
remind
you
that
we
do
have
some
new
rebates
that
we
introduced
last
july.
Two
of
the
most
notable
ones
are
electric
vehicle
chargers.
At
the
commercial
level,
those
the
rebates
are
500
per
port.
So,
if
you're
looking
at
providing
ev
charging
at
your
business,
that's
the
rebate
that
you'd
be
looking
at
there
and
heat
pump
water
heaters,
which
are
electric
and
they're
a
whole
different
kind
of
technology
than
your
traditional
electric
resistance
water
heaters.
F
They
can
save
you
a
lot
of
money,
especially
if
you
have
high
water,
hot
water
usage,
so
the
rebate
is
400
on
those
there's
also
a
tax
incentive
that
most
people
would
be
able
to
apply
for
on
that
purchase
and
they'll
save
you.
They
can
save
hundreds
of
dollars
per
month.
So,
depending
on
your
water
usage-
and
I
know
that
that
mcfarland
clinics
has
also
looked
into
different
water,
heater
water,
heating
options,
they're
looking
at
some
solar
options
and
if
you
are
interested
in
those
give
me
a
call,
we
can
talk
about
those
as
well.
F
Depending
on
your
situation.
We
might
have
rebates
available
for
those
and,
as
don
mentioned,
we
are
also
installing
new
electric
vehicle
chargers.
We'll
have
a
level
2
ev
charger
at
the
ames
intermodal
facility,
a
level
2
ev
charger
out
at
the
west
campus
near
the
fairway
meat
market
and
hyvee
and
mcfarland
west,
and
the
fast
charger
near
the
intersection
of
highway,
30
and
35.
A
Hey
thank
you
kaylee
and
thank
you
don,
so
many
good
things
coming
up
and
that
we
have
to
look
forward
to
and
that
have
happened
in
the
last
year,
my
goodness,
what
a
what
a
year
for
electric
services.
So
I
am
excited
now
to
introduce
our
smart
business
challenge
intern,
the
individual,
who
is
coordinating
our
smart
business
challenge
for
the
2021
academic
year
and
I'm
going
to
turn
the
floor
over
to
edgar
gehen
edgar.
D
D
D
We
currently
have
three
businesses
certified
in
bronze
level,
10
and
silver,
five
in
gold,
11
and
platinum,
our
largest
group
and
seven
uncertified
businesses
are
still
in
the
process
of
acquiring
a
certification
level.
Since
last
year's
luncheon,
the
challenge
has
seen
four
new
businesses
join.
They
are
dan
foss,
hastings,
garten
and
bowtiger
llp.
D
The
solana,
names
and
lockwood
cafe
welcome
all
to
the
challenge.
Next
live,
please.
We
also
had
one
business
leave
the
challenge.
Unfortunately,
random
goods
after
many
years
in
ames,
made
the
decision
to
retire
and
close
their
business.
We
wish
them
all
the
best
luck
and
thank
them
for
all
their
sustainability
efforts
and
commitment
slide.
Please.
D
D
In
addition,
dan
foss
achieved
gold
level
and
plus
39
italian
restaurant
received
silver
level.
Unfortunately,
shortly
after
completing
their
certification
plus
39
announced,
they
were
closing
for
the
smart
business
challenge
team.
It
was
still
important
to
celebrate
and
acknowledge
their
commitment
commitment
to
sustainability.
At
today's
event,
congratulations
to
both
when
completing
your
certifications.
D
Next
slide,
the
recertification
process
was
introduced
during
last
year's
luncheon
and
officially
kicked
off
after
that
three
years
after
a
business
receives
their
initial
certification.
Our
team
sits
down
with
you
for
a
timely,
efficient
discussion
to
ensure
your
current
checklist
still
represents
your
business's
sustainability
commitment.
D
Through
this
process
we
also
highlight
new
opportunities
and
updated
information
to
provide
you
with
the
most
current,
accurate
resources
to
assist
in
furthering
your
businesses,
sustainability
goals
once
recertification
is
complete.
We
are
excited
to
celebrate
you
through
recognizing
your
achievement
in
city
side,
as
well
as
other
city
of
ames
social
media
platforms.
D
D
D
Congratulations
on
your
recertification
completion
and
special
thanks
to
ron
franson,
smart
business
challenge
liaison
on
behalf
of
mcfarland
clinic
next
slide.
Please
next
I'll
present
morning
bell
coffee
roasters,
who
holds
platinum
level
and
finished
their
recertification
in
october
2020
as
well.
Congratulations
on
your
re-certification
completion
and
also
a
special
thanks
to
nadav
mayor
business,
owner
and
smart
business
challenge
to
liaison
on
the
behalf
of
morningbell
coffee
roasters.
D
Next
slide.
Please
again,
congratulations
to
all
our
new
businesses,
our
newly
certified
businesses
and
our
two
platinum
re-certified
businesses.
I
look
forward
to
working
with
all
of
you
through
the
remainder
of
the
2021
academic
year.
Please
do
not
hesitate
to
reach
out
to
me
or
marry
with
any
questions
or
resource
requests,
we're
all.
We
are
happy
to
offer
any
assistance.
We
can
also
please
consider
inviting
any
business
to
join
the
challenge.
A
Careful
thank
you
so
much
edgar
for
that
update
and,
as
edgar
mentioned,
we're
always
excited
to
invite
new
businesses
answer.
Any
questions
connect
you
to
resources.
That
may
be
beneficial
for
you.
Our
aims
business
community
members,
so
we
have
just
maybe
a
couple
of
minutes
if
there
are
questions
that
anyone
has
related
to
the
update
from
city
staff
or
the
smart
business
challenge
update
and
what
I
might
do
as
people
are
maybe
pondering
this,
and
certainly
you
can
always
email
us
with
other
questions.
A
You
have
after
you've
digested
our
presentation
today
and
our
event
today
and
we're
happy
to
connect
you
to
the
resources
to
have
those
answered.
But
I
do
want
to
ask
bill
schmidt
if
he
could
join
us
bill
is
our
superintendent
for
the
resource
recovery
center
and
we
had
a
little
update
about
the
wonderful
food
waste
diversion
program
that
we
have
within
our
community.
But
it's
been
so
successful
and
just
had
a
recent
change
that
I
think
would
be
of
interest
to
those
joining
us
bill.
Can
you
talk
on
that
for
just
a
moment.
K
Sure
I'd
be
glad
to
mary.
We
just,
as
you
said,
have
had
such
tremendous
response
on
the
food
waste
diversion
program.
We've
transitioned
to
a
new,
larger
container,
we've
located
this
on
the
northeast
corner
of
our
property.
It's
just
to
the
north
side
of
the
building
at
the
corner
of
bourne
and
second
street
we've
got
a
larger
three
yard
container
out
there
that
people
can
put
their
food
waste
diversion
into
it's
much
easier
to
drive
up
to
the
container.
You
can
bring
your
car
right
closer
to
it.
K
It's
safer,
it's
easier
and
we've
also
moved
the
glass
bin
over
there
because
we've
seen
such
a
tremendous
outpouring
on
glass
recycling
too.
So
we
have
both
those
down
there
now
at
street
level.
So
it's
very
easier
people
to
drop
off
24
7
no
charge
they
can
take
advantage
of
that
and
with
that
we
had
tremendous
support
of
our
great
pumpkin
disposal.
This
year
too,
we
got
rid
of
over
17
000
pounds
of
pumpkins
people
dropped
off
our
facility,
rather
than
putting
them
in
the
trash
we're
able
to
take
those
and
get
them
composted.
A
Thank
you
bill.
Yes,
this
has
been
such
an
impactful
program
and
just
to
remind
businesses
that
this
is
something
that,
even
in
your
break
rooms,
making
that
awareness
about
disposal
options
beyond
the
land
filling
for
these
resources,
I
think,
is
really
beneficial
for
your
employees
as
well
as,
possibly
you
know,
visitors
that
might
might
also
see
this
connection
and
this
commitment
to
sustainability
ron
franson,
I
do
see
you
have
your
hand
raised.
Please
go
ahead.
G
K
Sure
ron,
I'm
glad
to
answer
that
question.
Currently
we're
working
with
an
industrial
composter
in
southeast
iowa.
They
come
and
pick
up
the
material
and
haul
it
down
there
and
run
it
through
their
commercial
compost.
K
What
we
are
looking
at,
actually
in
an
hour
and
a
half,
we've
got
a
meeting
with
water
and
push
control
people
to
take
a
look
at
the
anaerobic
digestion
that
they
have
at
their
facility
to
see.
If
there's
a
way
that
we
can
introduce
that
our
material
into
their
process
that
they
can
then
recover
the
methane
off
of
it,
use
that
to
either
generate
electricity
and
offset
the
electrical
needs
at
the
facility
or
use
it
to
heat
off,
to
keep
the
anaerobic
process
working.
A
Yes-
and
I
think
that
is
such
a
great
program
to
be
talking
about
a
new
initiative
to
be
talking
about,
and
we
will
look
forward
to
some
updates
next
year
bill.
So
thank
you
so
much
and
thank
you
for
everyone
attending
again.
We
are
at
that
time,
so
I
am
going
to
quickly
turn
it
back
over
to
mayor
hala
for
some
closing
remarks.
B
Thank
you
mary.
First
of
all,
you
know
great
job
and
being
nimble,
and
I
think
we
all
understand
that
technological
things
come
up
and
I'm
the
chief
offender
usually
on
that
so
good
job,
and
I
just
want
to
acknowledge
all
the
staff.
Thank
you
all
of
you
for
your
passion,
electric
plant.
You
know
bill
at
the
resource
recovery
plant
as
well
as
all
our
other
staff
members.
B
This
doesn't
happen
without
people
being
really
committed
to
it,
and
I
was
just
thinking
as
bill's
talking
about
the
17
000
pounds
of
pumpkins
and
the
food
waste
diversion
and
all
the
christmas
trees
they
get
collected
and
they
that
gets
all
ground
up
and
that's
put
on
our
park
pathways.
B
So
I
don't
think
that
our
community
is
working
extremely
hard
to
be
sustainable
and
and
reuse
the
the
products.
I
just
think
this
is
really
a
great
presentation,
good
job
very
diverse.
I
was
just.
I
was
struck
by
the
fact,
as
ron
was
talking
about
mcfarland
clinic,
probably
one
of
the
larger
facilities
in
human
ames,
and
then
he
got
nadav
and
he's
got.
You
know
the
morning
bell,
which
is
probably
one
of
the
more
smaller
ones
and
all
the
different
sizes.
B
B
This
past
year
has
demonstrated
how
we
can
work
together
from
iowa
state,
to
the
medical
community,
to
the
chamber
of
commerce
to
city
and
county
businesses,
residents,
nonprofits
and
you're
all
to
be
commended
and
we're
getting
through
what
we're
dealing
with
because
of
being
working
together,
and
it's
not
just
sustainability,
but
it's
also
caring
for
one
another,
and
so
it's
a
great
community,
great
city,
a
great
county
to
live
in,
and
we
got
a
very
promising
and
great
future.
B
Again,
thanks
mary
for
your
efforts,
council
is
thrilled
with
your
your
being
our
sustainability
coordinator
and
the
partnership.
There's
a
partnership
too
for
those
men
to
be
aware,
as
mary
is
a
a
quarter
time
her
time
is
paid
for
by
the
city,
but
then
also
she
works
for
iowa
state.
So
there's
a
partnership
there
also
so
we're
all
stronger
because
we're
relying
on
one
of
our
strengths.
So
thank
you
very
much
for
coming
and
congratulations
again.
B
Mcfarland
clinic
and
morning
bell,
you
know
coffee
and
we
know
we're
gonna
see
more
coming
to
to
the
forefront
in
the
in
the
years
ahead.
A
Thank
you,
mary
hayla,
for
those
wonderful
kind
words.
I
think
perfect
way
to
end
our
time
together.
Thank
you
all
again
for
joining
us.
We
look
forward
to
gathering
together
at
ryman
gardens
next
year,
but
in
the
interim,
all
the
very
best
and
look
for
our
follow-up
email
with
all
the
information
that
we
have
talked
about
to
share
with
you
and
please
don't
hesitate
to
contact
us
at
any
time
have
a
wonderful
day.
Everyone.