Environmental Stewardship

"Lacey isn't just leading the way in economic development. Our community is -- and has long been -- at the forefront of environmental stewardship", posts Lacey City Mayor Graeme Sackrison. "We were one of the first communities in the state to establish a residential recycling program ... one of the first cities to receive the "Tree City USA" designation from the National Arbor Day Foundation ... and was also one of the first cities in Washington to adopt an Environmental Protection Plan."

In 2009, Lacey's Alternative Energy Fair was honored with the Award of Excellence for Events, Fairs, and Festivals by the Washington Recreation and Parks Association, and beginning this year nearly all new city vehicles will be capable of being powered by either electricity or biofuel.

Take a look around Lacey. Every street light, traffic signal, water tower and park facility, not to mention every municipal building (including City Hall, the library, Lacey Community Center, museum, and Public Works Operations Center) are running on clean and renewable green energy -- most of it wind power produced right here in the Pacific Northwest.

We're proud the City of Lacey was recently the 12th city designated as an official Green Power Community by the United States Environmental Protection Agency -- making us one of only a handful of such cities in the nation.

You can join us in supporting development of local renewable energy solutions. If every home and business in Lacey purchased just $4 of green power each month, it would be equivalent to preventing 36,000 tons of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere every year. Puget Sound Energy's Green Power Program supports development and use of electricity from clean, renewable sources including wind, sun and biomass. Visit www.pse.com or call a PSE Energy Advisor at 1.800.562.1482. It's that easy. It's economical. An the wind won't mind a bit.