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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April
24, 2008
Contact:
Jennifer Boudrie
Director, Sustainable Business Leader Program
T. 617-271-1954
Jen@SustainableBusinessLeader.org
Innovative
Sustainable Business Leader Program
assists
small- and mid-sized businesses in
Boston
- Applications now
being accepted -
DEP
awards two-year grant to Sustainable Business Network and City of
Boston Redevelopment Authority
for new program
Boston
, April 24, 2008 – On
April 23, Boston Mayor Tom M. Menino hosted the official launch
of the new Sustainable Business Leader Program (SBLP), a
partnership between the Sustainable
Business Network of Greater Boston (SBN) and the Boston
Redevelopment Authority (BRA). SBLP is funded in part by
two-year grant from the Massachusetts
Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).
Shown
posing with an enlargement of the $50,000 DEP check are, left to
right: Galen Nelson of the BRA; Mayor Tom M. Menino; Peggy Harlow of
the DEP; SBN Board Member Susan Labandibar of Tech Networks of Boston;
and SBLP Director Jennifer Boudrie.
“SBLP
is leading the way to help small and mid-sized businesses to become
more economically and environmentally sustainable,” Jennifer Boudrie
says. “SBLP offers technical assistance to help businesses evaluate
current practices in energy and water conservation, pollution
prevention, transportation, waste reduction, and sustainability
management. Based on recommendations, each business can adopt an
action plan and have access to resources to become more sustainable.
SBLP will monitor the implementation of the plan during the year
and at the end of the program will prepare a report with best
practices to help many more businesses."
Businesses
seeking technical assistance are encouraged to fill out the
application on the SBLP website,
www.SustainableBusinessLeader.org
, or call
617-271-1954.
SBLP
is part of the Sustainable
Business Network of Greater Boston, a 501(c)3 organization,
which is also the umbrella for “Local First” campaigns that
support local businesses in our communities.
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