Greenbelt Committee

Greenbelt Committee

Mandate

The committee will act as a catalyst with community stakeholders and undertake projects that environmentally beautify, educate and develop partnerships on behalf of Chamber of Commerce members. Further, the committee is committed to the development of a greenbelt including tourism signage, vegetation and beautification throughout Lambton County through interface with various community partners.  

 

Committee Members

John DeGroot 

DeGroots Nursery 

Adelle Richards 

Inn of the Good Shepherd 

Susan Doughty 

TD Canada Trust 

Murray Purcell 

MTO

Dan Gutteridge 

Volunteer

Leona Holland 

Volunteer

Ian Smith 

City of Sarnia

Linda Oliver 

Lehder

Scott McKay  

Hazlitt Steeves Harris LLP      

Garry McDonald 

Sarnia Lambton Chamber of Commerce 

Vicky Praill 

Tourism Sarnia Lambton 

Donna Mathewson 

Royal LePage- Key Realty 

 

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Committee Chairs

Scott McKay 

Term of Office

Chair: 2 years 

Committee Members:1 year, renewable annually 

Non-Members are eligible to join this committee?

yes

Date of renewal of committee membership

January

How to join committee  

Individual interest or need defined at the call of the committee, application form

Renewal of terms of office

Unlimited

Reasons to leave committee

Attendance concerns or lack of interest

Meeting Time:

monthly, first Wednesday, 8:30am – 9:30am 

Committee Reports to: 

Board of Directors 

Staff resource person:

Garry McDonald, Shauna Carr

Board of Director Liaison:

Donna Mathewson 

 

 

 

 

Current issues that the committee will work on in the coming year:

 

  1. Continue to work with MTO to determine when larger plans for garden developments at Sarnia 402 highway off-ramps can be commenced subsequent to highway upgrade completion.
  2. Connect with other Chambers to request information on their environmental sustainability initiatives
  3. Recognize and reward members for beautification efforts made in the community.
  4. Communicate with Chamber members to request information regarding what initiatives they are undertaking to address issues of environmental sustainability in their workplace, what issues are they experiencing that they find challenging and what do they believe the Chamber can do to support them.
  5. Connect and collaborate with other environmental committees in the community on environmental initiatives.

 

 

Revised: Jan.2012


Action Items

  • Work with city on showpiece (1)
  • Work with MTO on the 402 plan (2)
  • Develop new benchmarks for Green plan and find out what other Chambers are doing (3)
  • Continue Put a Shine on Contest (4) and push beautification efforts more
  • Determine how we will share information with Chamber members (5)
  • Bring other environmental groups (i.e. Lambton College, Community Roundtable environment committee) to our meeting to provide 10 minute talk on what they are working on (6)

 

Timeline 2012

Work with MTO all year

January

Brainstorming MTO showpiece

February

Meet with MTO re: showpiece

Green plan revisit benchmarks

March

Community roundtable presentation from Alison Mahon

Put a Shine on Contest

Revisit sharing information with Chamber members

April

College presentation

Put a Shine on Contest/Put A Sparkle On (C of L)

Next steps MTO?

May

Invite Lambton College to talk about their environmental initiatives – possibly Maike Luiken

June

Put a Shine on Contest

September

Other environmental group to present?

 

October

November

December

Modified Feb 22, 2012

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