City of Kent Climate Action Plan Kick-Off Highlights

KERAMIDA’s Team (From Left): Nick McCreary, Emilee Brown, Amber Greaney, Maddy Williams

Congratulations to our Sustainability Team on a great on-site week in Kent, Ohio! KERAMIDA is currently assisting the City of Kent, Ohio with developing a Climate Action Plan (CAP), and to kick off the project, four of our professionals spent the week in Kent:

  • Nick McCreary, MS, LEED AP, Senior Sustainability Manager

  • Emilee Brown, GRI Certified Professional, Sustainability Analyst

  • Amber Greaney, MPA, LEED GA, Sustainability Analyst

  • Maddy Williams, Project Engineer, Climate Services

Some key highlights included facilitating over 14 community SME interviews, a city council presentation, a public engagement session, and over 100 preliminary mitigation initiatives identified for the Kent community.

Below, are two articles published about the public engagement session:

Kent moves to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and save on energy bills with climate plan – The Portager

Kent residents give input to firm hired to craft climate action plan (record-courier.com)

KERAMIDA’s team with the Mayor of Kent, Jerry Fiala:

From Left: Maddy Williams (KERAMIDA); Nick McCreary (KERAMIDA); Jerry Fiala, Mayor of Kent, ohio; Emilee Brown (KERAMIDA); Amber Greaney (KERAMIDA)

KERAMIDA & City of Kent team members with community participants at the CAP Public Engagement Session:

The City of Kent & KERAMIDA: Climate Action Plan Public Engagement Session team - members & participants