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.Illinois Central College Gymnasium, CougarPlex - Check - in and enjoy coffee/bagels. Learn about the extensive
green roof on Illinois Central College’s newly expanded Cougarplex and the recent installation of their porous asplalt parking lot from Anthony Corso
ICC’s Director of Green Building Programs and Sustainability Coordinator..Heartland Community College - In 2007 the Board of Trustees for Heartland adopted a policy to integrate principle
of sustainability into its programs, policies, and practices. The Workforce Development center was the first state funded LEED certifie
building in Illinois and is home to the Heartland Green Institute, the Illinois Green Economy Network, and the Pegracke Center. The
center also houses the Technology Department and has constructed a solar training shed used in the Renewable Energy credit program..Uptown Normal - Uptown Normal has achieved LEED certification for Neighborhood Development - LEED-ND. The
neighborhood has many sustainable features including a roundabout for environmentally friendly storm water management, the LEED
certified Children’s Discovery Museum, a multimodal transportation center, and street tree plantings using the unique SilvaCell struc-
tures. Through the EVTown initiative, they have several electric car charging stations and 2 Mitsubishi EVs at city hall. The Ecology
Action Center is a central resource for environmental education, information, and outreach for McLean County.
.Explore Twin Groves Wind Farm - The Twin Groves Wind Farm is located east of Bloomington on two prominent
moraines in eastern McLean County. The wind farm consists of 120 Vestas V82 1.65 MW turbines and has an installed capacity of 198
MW - enough to power approximately 54,000 average Illinois homes with clean energy each year. Our tour will give perspectives from
both the visitor’s center as well as one of the landowners..Illinois State University Farm Tour - Through a public-private partnership Illinois State University Farm has impl
mented a compost program that incorporates landscape waste from the Town of Normal, animal waste from the farm and food waste
from non-residential entities. In conjunction with this effort, the animal science program also researches areas such as managing odor
from animal waste.
** Professionals will receive a certificate for 4 Professional Development Hours (PDH) for participation in this event.
Attendees will check-in at 7:45 am at the CougarPlex building entrance at ICC located at 1 College Drive, East Peoria, IL 6163
The program will begin promptly at 8:00 am. Transportation will be provided on a fully equipped charter bus.
Anticipated return to ICC is 5:00 pm. Advanced registration is required.
Sustainability Tour Bloomington - NormalFriday, September 30, 2011
Save Your Seat - email “Nick Hayward” [email protected] by phone at 309-673-9330(We have a great line-up this year... trip includes transportation, lunch, great learning experience)
Presented by Natural Resources and Your Development Task ForceWe invite you to attend a day long tour of green initiatives and green technologyapplications in and around the Bloomington - Normal area. The tour should be of specialinterest to engineers, land use planners, public works professionals, architects, localgovernment officials, conservationists and citizens interested in sustainable communitiesand practices. Each stop will have a personal guide familiar with the site to answer questions. Last year, the Task Force hosted a tour of sites in and around Peoria.This year we hope you will join us in visiting the following stops in our sister cities.
Reservation deadline isFriday, Sept 16th.
Complete and mail this formalong with $40 payment to:
Nick HaywardTri-County Regional Planning
211 Fulton St, #207Peoria, IL 61602-1332
ck payable to: Prairie Rivers RC&D
Name _______________________________ Phone _____________
Address ________________________________________________
City/State/ Zip ___________________________________________
Email ________________________________
check box for vegetarian meal. other special dietary ___________
Total # of Reservations ______@ $40. Enclosed amount $ _______
“ The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
