The holiday letter we sent earlier this week summarizing Bethesda Green's 2014 highlights inspired a number of positive comments. For that, we are grateful. In particular I want to share part of a note we received from John O'Beirne with the Bethesda Farm Women's Market.
Touching on one of the primary reasons Bethesda Green exists -- motivating businesses and residents to adopt sustainable practices with measurable impact -- John reported that, "As a result of Bethesda Green's example, we installed LED lighting in all our fixtures and we are replanting our back hillside to mitigate soil runoff into local drainage/sewer systems. Additionally, we have encouraged our vendors to improve their recycling efforts."
Our goal is to have that kind of measurable impact throughout our community, and we look forward to 2015 with optimism for the future.
We kick off 2015 with our annual Fields of Green Internship Fair Saturday, January 31. This is an excellent opportunity for organizations looking for highly qualified candidates. Please contact Sharon D'Emidio at [email protected] for information about participating and advertising available positions.
We're also working with the county in collaboration with other local green organizations to create the first Montgomery County GreenFest March 28, likely the largest countywide sustainability event ever produced. In addition, among many other new programmatic activities, we anticipate launching a significant storm water management project.
The Bethesda Green Business Incubator is poised to reinvigorate programming for our incubator companies in 2015, including revamped modern office space, blazing high speed internet, a second year of the successful Mentor Capital Network program (see details below), continued distinguished speaker program and a new set of legal, accounting and marketing services.
We hope you will consider being part of these efforts in the coming year. Your support is critical to our efforts toward inspiring an environmental ethic that results in measurable impact throughout our community. Please take a minute now to make a donation online.
Thank you and enjoy the holiday season. Please note that Bethesda Green will have limited staffing during the weeks of Christmas and New Years.
-- Veronique Marier