ECO-Network Beta Organization

Submission Deadline: Tuesday, June 21st

In May 2011, the Urban Sustainability Directors Network awarded the City of Omaha an Innovation Opportunity Grant to pursue the development of a web-based tool to support implementation of municipal sustainability plans. Working in partnership with the City of New Haven, CT, the City of Omaha will contract with a web development firm to design and launch the tool by mid-September 2011. The Cities of Omaha and New Haven propose developing a member-sustaining web-based tool for creating an inventory of local activities and helping users navigate the information with a guided search function. This grant will fund the development of a general template site with a basic package of tools and the customization and deployment of the web-tool in the two communities. The resulting web-based tool will be customizable for replication in other communities across the United States.

The City of Omaha is seeking approximately ten organizations to help Beta Test a new web-based tool for enhancing connectivity and networking toward implementation of community-wide sustainability plans. If your group is interested in being a Beta-organization to test ECO-Network, please send a brief description of your organization (250 words or less) and a bulleted list of your typical activities by June 21 to Kristi Wamstad-Evans at Kristina.wamstad-evans@ci.omaha.ne.us.

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