The Lexington-Fayette Environmental Commission
41st Annual Awards Presentation and Green Breakfast
The 41st Lexington-Fayette Environmental Commission Awards were presented during the Kentucky Proud Green Breakfast on October 19. The event was co-sponsored by the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture’s Environmental and Natural Resources Initiative (ENRI) and the Tracy Farmer Institute for Sustainability and the Environment (TFISE).
The Environmental Commission, created in 1969, is composed of a group of up to forty citizens of Fayette County from different council districts appointed by the Mayor and approved by the Council for four-year terms. The commission seeks to maintain and enhance the distinctive, picturesque environment of Lexington and Fayette County. It advises and works with the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council, the Planning Commission, the Board of Adjustment, Building Inspection, Code Enforcement, Department of Environmental Quality and all other appropriate bodies and officials.
2011 ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION
AWARD RECIPIENTS
· The Arboretum for the Children’s Garden for environmental education
· Big Ass Fans for development of a LEED Gold Building and Recycling
· CDP Engineers for the Gainesway Pond Restoration and Educational Trail
· Fairway Neighborhood Association for Neighborhood Beautification
· Good Food Market & Café for on site Water Quality Practices
· Ingersoll Rand Trane for Recycling and Community Responsibility
· Lexington Public Library for Green Team Development
· Locust Trace AgriScience Farm for the first Fayette County “Net-Zero” school
· Town Branch Trail, Inc. for the “Town Branch: Lexington’s Historic Watershed” film
CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION
· Blackford Oaks Place Owners Association for Historic Tree Preservation
· Donut Days Bakery for Food Waste Pilot Program
· Eagle Distributors for LEED Building & Recycling
· G&J Pepsi-Cola South Division for LEED Building and Recycling
· LFUCG Division of Water Quality for Green Infrastructure Practices
· Lexington Police Technical Services Unit for Recycling
· Lexington Police Computer Information Services for Recycling
· Lexington Police Fleet Liaison for Recycling
· Council Member Peggy Henson for Wolf Run Watershed Awareness Projects
· Providence Montessori School for Recycling and Green Awareness
· Harold Duckworth, Task Inc. for Riparian Greenspace Areas
