Final open houses held for City of Omaha’s Climate Action Plan - WOWT
Final open houses held for City of Omaha’s Climate Action Plan
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The City of Omaha hosted the final two open houses for its Climate Action and Resilience Plan on Saturday.
Community members showed up to learn more about the draft plan and ask questions. Over the past year, the city planning department has been analyzing data to identify vulnerabilities and potential areas of improvement when it comes to dealing with the climate crisis.
Part of the plan’s goal is to be carbon-neutral by 2050.
“To put it very broadly, I think that there’s a lot of interest from Omaha residents in the green and growing things. Composting has come up frequently in our sessions. So has the installation and use of native prairies and native species across the city in as many different ways in applications as they can find. Tree canopy is another thing people are very concerned about,” said Omaha City Planner Robert Laroco.
The city will now take a look at the feedback they’ve received and organize it into a document that will go directly to the planning team. This will help them determine the correct priorities for the city’s plan, and how that plan is going to fit in at the regional and state levels.
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