Sustainability

Kennewick’s definition of a sustainable community includes natural, social and economic factors that allow current and future members of the community to lead healthy, productive and satisfying lives.

The City of Kennewick Sustainability Program outlines practices and strategies to proactively make decisions as good stewards of the public and environment, in an effort to meet the city’s present needs without sacrificing the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
  

Focus Areas

  • Arts, Culture, and Lifelong Learning
  • Civic Engagement
  • Community Design and Planning
  • Economic Vitality
  • Health and Wellness
  • Housing
  • Public Safety and Services
  • Transportation and Mobility

Sustainability Lightning Talks

Presentations from the 2018 Kennewick Sustainability Forum

  1. ALSC and Go Green Tri-Cities
  2. Benton Franklin Health District - Place Matters, Where you live affects your health
  3. Benton PUD - Conservation Programs
  4. Benton PUD - Electric Vehicle Infrastructure
  5. Benton PUD - Solar Connections
  6. City of Kennewick - Craft Brewery Wastewater Program
  1. City of Kennewick - Developing Kennewick
  2. Futurewise
  3. Kennewick Arts Commission - Landscaping with Public Art
  4. Mid-Columbia Electric Vehicle Association - Vacation by EV
  5. Port of Kennewick - Kennewick Waterfront and Vista Field Redevelopment
  6. Public Generating Pool - Northwest Low Carbon Scenario Analysis