April 2026 Newsletter

SUSTAINABILITY AND HEALTH

• Practice Greenhealth – 2025 Health care sustainability metrics report
• Taking action for the health of people and the planet | UN Climate Action
• MI Healthy Climate Plan 2025 Report | EGLE
• Washtenaw County Resiliency Office July- Dec 2025 Report
• Southeast Michigan’s Healthy Climate Plan – SEMCOG
• U-M Campus Sustainability & Carbon Neutrality Operational Update FY2025

Events

• ICYMI – Washtenaw Solarize Event 3/24 – Presentation Slides and Event Recording
• Implementing the A2ZERO Carbon Neutrality Plan 2026 Session IV: The Value of Implementing
  Sustainability in Healthcare
• A2 Green Rental Housing Ordinance Workshop
• The Michigan Model for Siting Renewable Energy: Policy, Implementation and Impact
• MI Healthy Climate Conference
• A2 Climate Teach-In – Community Resilience
• Michigan Energy Efficiency Conference + Exhibition 2026
• 2026 Michigan Energy Summit Efficiency Powering Progress
• SEU “Expression of Interest”

New Members

• Ridgmaar Square Condos
• Western Washtenaw Area Value Express (WAVE)
• Juicy Kitchen
• MowGreenMow 100% Electric Lawn Care

News

• Dunbar Tower in Ann Arbor receives first electric vehicle under an MDOT $2.5 million grant
• Michigan moves forward on industrial decarbonization with new roadmap and upcoming industry engagement
• Clean energy is winning, actually, in Michigan | Opinion – Bridge Michigan
• Ann Arbor charts course for higher-density future with 11-0 vote on growth plan | MLIVE

Member Resources

• Elective Pay Assistance – Tax Credits For Tax Exempt Entities
• Washtenaw County Resiliency Office – Zero Emissions Handbook
• MI 2030 Districts Case Study Hub
• CLF – New Resource: Existing and Emerging Strategies to Decarbonize Construction Materials
• DTE 2026 Business Program
• Energy Management Grants

The Washtenaw 2030 District is funded by our members, DTE, the City of Ann Arbor and EGLE. We are accelerating our work locally because climate change is a serious and immediate threat. Science, our community, and the global market place will not be deterred in accomplishing the energy transformation that is required for our planet’s and nation’s resilience.

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