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APRIL-JUNE 2022

Quarter 2 Update

Climate Action Plan Update for the City of Stillwater, Green Business Is Good Business, Happy Birthday to Us, Lights Out Stillwater, Service Award Presented to Sustainable Stillwater MN, We're Hiring, Coming Events, SSMN & Green Business Directory Podcasts with Get Out and Try, Recent Articles WRitten by SSMN for the Stillwater Gazette, SSMN's Bird City Team Helps HealthPartners Set Up Bluebird Houses, Tropical Wings Grant for Lily Lake Birds, Our Goals for this Decade

JANUARY - MARCH 2022

Quarter 1 Update

GreenStep Team Welcomes Tim Gladhill, Stillwater Looks Favorably on a Climate Action Plan for the Next City Budget, We Become Minnesota's 33rd Bike-Friendly Town, The State Recognizes SSMn's Green Business Directory to Guide Other Cities, Get Yours This Month! New Citizen's Sustainability Workbook Mailed to Donors, Hey! Wanna Serve on Our Board, Volunteers Thanked for Environmental Work, Earthfest 2022, Thank You Graham Tait!

OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2021

Quarter 4 Update

Stillwater's Green Business Directory Now Has 50+ Members, Join Our Board, Leading Our Community Coffee Talk, Bike Friendly community Racks Up Another Victory, First Bridge the Valley Bike Rally Was Phenomenal Success, GreenStep Cities Team to Focus on Climate Action Plan for Stillwater, How Did Our Legislators Vote On Climate, Stencilers Needed, Rain Garden Update, Businesses, Schools, Nonprofits: $50K Grants - Apply Before November 1, Volunteers/Board Members Honored at Dessert Picnic, Volunteer and Paid Opportunities with SSMN

JULY-SEPTEMBER 2021

Quarter 3 Update

Remembering Matt, Visit Our Booth At Summer Tuesdays, Stillwater City Council Endorses Green Business Directory, Ride on! First Annual Bike Rally, Stillwater Commits to Becoming a Bike-Friendly Community, Another Feather in Our Cap - Stillwater Honored as Audubon Bird City, May 5 Bird Habitat Planting, Houses for Bluebirds, Clean Cars a Go in Minnesota, SSMN Purchases Flags for
Dangerous Crosswalk, What's That Plant? is back

APRIL-JUNE 2021

Quarter 2 Update

We Share Your Values, Stillwater Area Green Business Directory Online, Stillwater Migratory Bird Festival May 15, 2021, 9am-1pm at Pioneer Park, Progress with Carbon-Free, Safer Transportation: Bikes, Bridge the Valley Bike Rally, SSMN Pushing City To Upgrade Solar, Thwarting Urban Sprawl in Stillwater with ADUs, Join an Earth Day Cleanup Crew on April 22, Clean Cars Decision Due May 7-ish, Waterway Protection Underway, What's That Plant Event, Garlic Mustard Pull, & One-Day Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event

JAN-MAR 2021

Quarter 1 Update

Lining Up Our Ducks for 2021, Final Designs for Stonebridge Trail Renovation Posted - Take Your Pick, Stillwater Should Adopt a Complete Streets Policy Now, Complete Streets Resolution, Why is GreenSteps Such a Big Deal, Lily Lake Buckthorn Bust at Lily Lake Park, Bike Agenda Moves Forward for 2021, & GBD Award Winner - Congratulations River Market Co-op

OCT-DEC 2020

Quarter 4 Update

Green Business Directory Soft Launch, Citizen Bike Advocacy Efforts -
City Now Working with Us, SSMN GreenStep Progress Report, Game On for BizRecycling, Don’t Miss These Online Events, Bird City Festival Rescheduled to May 15, 2021, Cigarette Disposal Containers Still Available, Invasive Plants and Lily Lake, Lily Lake Rain Garden Clean-Up, Subscribe to The Gazette, & Give to the Max Day

JULY-SEPT 2020

Quarter 3 Update

A Big Thanks, be a Climate Voter-Vote Earth, Public Comment on Stonebridge Trail Renovation Ends in 3 Days, Working for a Bike-Friendlier Community, The Coming New Center Square of Stillwater, Bird City Celebration Back On for October 10, Why Are Biodiversity, Climate Change and Human Health Interdependent, He Speaks for the Trees, Cigarette Butt Superhero, What Was That Plant Event, Rain Garden Volunteers, Thank you to new rain garden volunteer Matt Valek, Volunteer Appreciation Corner, & Read Our Editorials in The Gazette

APRIL 2020

Monthly Update

We Are All in it Together What Pandemic Teaches Us, SSMN has had to cancel the majority of our events, Rain Gardening Time, Greater Stillwater Area Green Business Directory and Awards project is underway, Looking For things To Do Outside, Everyone is Now Urged to Wear Masks, Listen To This Song From Dr. Elvic Francois, & Have You Seen Our New T-Shirts

MARCH 2020

Monthly Update

WashCo's BizRecycling Provides Funding for Green Business Directory & Awards, Exhibitors Named for Stillwater EV Car Show April 22 - Earth Day, Volunteers Needed for May 6 Bike to School Day in Stillwater, Help Us Plant an Oak Savanna for Arbor Day, The Time is Now for Your Input on Stillwater's Newest Park, Adopt-A-Drain Near Your Home This Spring, Bike To School - Meeting March 19, & "Living Green at Home" Lecture Tuesday, March 24

FEBRUARY 2020

Monthly Update

Bird is Definitely the Word Stillwater Now an Audubon Bird City, Join Us to Plant Trees on Arbor Day Weekend, EV Car and Carbon-Free Transportation Fair, Did you see 16-year-old Mia Vaughan's editorial in The Gazette, Sustainability Spotlight: First Presbyterian Church of Stillwater, & 2020 T-Shirt Contest Winners

JANUARY 2020

Monthly Update

There is no time left for debate, Welcome to New Board Member Joanna Esther Schneider, Stillwater Area Green Business Directory & Awards Planned, Sustainable Stillwater MN Sponsors Drive Electric Earth Day - April 22, 2020, Bird City Expected to Be On Feb 4 City Council Agenda, & GreenSteps Team Working Closely with City on Many Green Initiatives

DECEMBER 2019

Monthly Update

Transportation Survey Results: Downtown Needs Work, Congratulations to Our New Chair, Bird City Planning Gets Underway Despite City Delay, Will Steger Urges Churches to Lead on Climate, Rep. Shelly Christensen Will Try Again to Pass Landmark Climate Legislation in 2020, GreenStep New Street Sign is Up, Stillwater Agrees to Create Bumblebee Corridor, EV Show, & Green Business Push

NOVEMBER 2019

Monthly Update

SSMN Achieves Main Street Road Diet, Solar Gardens Light Lily Lake Ice Arena and St. Croix Valley Rec Center, SSMN Seeks "Bird City" Certification, Making Stillwater a Better Greenstep City Now SSMN's Focus, SSMN Working for Curbside Composting, SSMN Asks City for Yard Pollinator Grants, Replace Gas-Guzzling Snowblowers/Mowers With Electric - For Free, Environmental Issue-Based Town Hall, & The State of the Climate: Nov. 13

SEPTEMBER 2019

Monthly Update

Washington County Seeks People Who Bike, Lakeview Hospital is Greener Than You Think, 30 Storm Drains Stenciled by Our Intrepid Storm Drain Troopers, Get Your Butts in Here, We Love Warner Nature Center, STRIKE WITH US IN HUDSON, Will Steger Earth's Changing Climate Event, & We are now in the Twitterverse

AUGUST 2019

Monthly Update

Lumberjack Days Parade, GreenStep Plans 2020 Projects, Weigh in on Stillwater's Transportation Future, Single-Use Plastic Bans Banned, Cigarette Butt and Storm Drain Crusade, & Stillwater's Energy Future

MAY 2019

Monthly Update

Stillwater is a GreenStep City, Raingarden Maintenance, Bike To School, Plastic Pollution, Earth Day 2019, & Change Your Lawn and Help Our Pollinators