{"id":1555,"global_id":"www.greenneedham.org\/blog?id=1555","global_id_lineage":["www.greenneedham.org\/blog?id=1555"],"author":"1","status":"publish","date":"2011-09-08 15:50:38","date_utc":"2011-09-08 19:50:38","modified":"2011-09-08 15:50:38","modified_utc":"2011-09-08 19:50:38","url":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/event\/public-hearing-on-the-stretch-code-and-other-green-communities-qualifications\/","rest_url":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/events\/1555","title":"Public Hearing on the Stretch Code and other Green Communities Qualifications","description":"<p>The Board of Selectmen will hold a Public Hearing  at <b>7:30 pm<\/b> on <strong>Tuesday,  September 27, 2011<\/strong> in the Charles River Conference Room of the Public Services Administration Building at 500 Dedham Avenue.<\/p>\n<p><b>The Green Communities  Study Committee has recommended to the Board of Selectmen that the Town adopt  the Stretch Code as part of its endeavor to become a Green Community.<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0 The Stretch code is an energy saving modification\u00a0to the  building code.\u00a0 The Board of Selectmen invites all residents and  interested parties to provide input at this meeting.<\/p>\n<p><b>The Public Hearing is an important opportunity for Needham residents to express their support for becoming a Green Community<\/b>.  The Selectmen will weigh this input when they discuss becoming a Green Community at one of their upcoming meetings.<\/p>\n<p>Following the Selectmen&#8217;sr discussions, the final steps to becoming a Green Community are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An affirmative vote by the Board of Selectmen to put the Stretch Code on the warrant for the November Town Meeting.  (This would likely be followed by a vote on recommending adoption of the Stretch Code to Town Meeting.)<\/li>\n<li>An vote by Town Meeting to adopt the Stretch Energy Code.<\/li>\n<li>An affirmative vote by the Selectmen to apply for Green Community status (this could be done before or after the Town Meeting vote).<\/li>\n<li>Submission of the Green Community application by the Town Manager to the Commonwealth&#8217;s Green Communities Division.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nUpon being designated a Green Community, Needham will be eligible for a grant from the Green Communities program.  More importantly, the Town will have set itself on the path to reducing energy use, saving money and becoming a more sustainable community.  Needham would join <b>74<\/b> other Massachusetts cities and towns encompassing over 50% of the state&#8217;s population.  <\/p>\n<p>Information on the Stretch Code and other  Green Communities qualifications can be found on the Town\u2019s website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.needhamma.gov\/gcsc\">www.needhamma.gov\/gcsc<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Public comments may also be directed to  the Board of Selectmen, c\/o Public Services Administration Building, 500 Dedham  Avenue, Needham, MA or <a href=\"mailto:scincotta@needhamma.gov\">scincotta@needhamma.gov<\/a>.<\/p>","excerpt":"","slug":"public-hearing-on-the-stretch-code-and-other-green-communities-qualifications","image":false,"all_day":false,"start_date":"2011-09-27 19:30:00","start_date_details":{"year":"2011","month":"09","day":"27","hour":"19","minutes":"30","seconds":"00"},"end_date":"2011-09-27 21:00:00","end_date_details":{"year":"2011","month":"09","day":"27","hour":"21","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"utc_start_date":"2011-09-27 23:30:00","utc_start_date_details":{"year":"2011","month":"09","day":"27","hour":"23","minutes":"30","seconds":"00"},"utc_end_date":"2011-09-28 01:00:00","utc_end_date_details":{"year":"2011","month":"09","day":"28","hour":"01","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"timezone":"America\/New_York","timezone_abbr":"EDT","cost":"","cost_details":{"currency_symbol":"","currency_code":"","currency_position":"","values":[]},"website":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/event\/public-hearing-on-the-stretch-code-and-other-green-communities-qualifications\/","show_map":false,"show_map_link":true,"hide_from_listings":false,"sticky":false,"featured":false,"categories":[{"name":"Green Communities","slug":"green-communities","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":112,"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","description":"","parent":0,"count":9,"filter":"raw","id":165,"urls":{"self":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories\/165","collection":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories"}}],"tags":[],"venue":{"id":2016,"author":"1","status":"publish","date":"2012-02-25 16:02:14","date_utc":"2012-02-25 21:02:14","modified":"2012-02-25 16:02:15","modified_utc":"2012-02-25 21:02:15","url":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/venue\/public-services-administration-building\/","venue":"Public Services Administration Building","slug":"public-services-administration-building","address":"500 Dedham Ave.","city":"Needham","country":"United States","zip":"02492","stateprovince":"MA","json_ld":{"@type":"Place","name":"Public Services Administration Building","description":"","url":"","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","streetAddress":"500 Dedham Ave.","addressLocality":"Needham","addressRegion":"MA","postalCode":"02492","addressCountry":"United States"},"telephone":"","sameAs":""},"show_map":true,"show_map_link":true,"global_id":"www.greenneedham.org\/blog?id=2016","global_id_lineage":["www.greenneedham.org\/blog?id=2016"]},"organizer":[],"custom_fields":[],"json_ld":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Event","name":"Public Hearing on the Stretch Code and other Green Communities Qualifications","description":"&lt;p&gt;The Board of Selectmen will hold a Public Hearing at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, September 27, 2011 in the Charles River Conference Room of the Public Services Administration Building at 500 Dedham Avenue. 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