Environmentally conscious business leaders seeking a green-driven community to call home will find it in Greater Lafayette, where the growth of a new, progressive eco-infrastructure is underway.
At the core is GLC’s new Green Sustainability Committee—a budding, but resolute assembly of business and environmental experts defining and orchestrating Greater Lafayette’s green action plans going forward.
Cycling and Recycling
From the miles and miles of existing and planned bike paths to the state-of-the-art hybrid city buses, from the common soda can to the unused materials left over from an industrial or construction site, Greater Lafayette is geared for conservation.
Getting the LEED Out
Starting with the downtown Redevelopment Department building, all renovation and new construction projects in the cities of Lafayette and West Lafayette will be
LEED certified (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design).
Power Surge
Whether it’s Purdue’s
Technical Assistance Program performing free energy audits for industry or one company holding a complimentary “green” conference for others to attend, Greater Lafayette’s business community as a whole is working together to reduce its consumption, costs and carbon.
Preservation for Two
More than 30 parks accent the Lafayette and West Lafayette communities, where a mutual commitment to preserving nature has included 2,200 acres of prairie and wetland restoration that is now
Prophetstown State Park.
Grass Roots
Greater Lafayette’s environmental movement is not just commercial. It’s cultural—with opportunities to grow on a personal level through a vast number of nonprofit and volunteer organizations, all dedicated to a healthier way of life.
