Durango Sustainability Plan

Sustainability Plan Update

The City of Durango is in the process of creating a new Sustainability Plan for our community.

In May 2020, a Sustainability Working Group comprised of representatives from local stakeholder organizations and members of existing Boards and Commissions was formed to guide the Sustainability Plan process. A preliminary draft framework for the plan was presented to the public for feedback in the summer of 2021. Materials and media from these meetings can be seen below.

Feedback from public participation and meetings with city staff was incorporated into a final draft Sustainability Plan.

The final draft plan was presented to City Council at the May 17, 2022 Study Session. A recording can be found on the city's YouTube channel.

Pending review from City Council and incorporating final feedback, the plan will be presented to City Council for formal adoption at the June 7, 2022 Council meeting.

Public feedback can be submitted to sustainability@durangogov.org through Wednesday, May 25, 2022.

Vision (draft)

Durango is a community committed to achieving carbon neutrality, preserving our natural environment, conserving resources, maintaining our unique character, and improving quality of life for the benefit of present and future generations of residents, visitors, and neighboring communities.

Overarching Priorities (draft)

1. Reduce municipal and community-wide greenhouse gas emissions and increase renewable electricity generation in line with adopted goals.
2. Prepare Durango’s social, economic, and environmental systems to be more resilient to the impacts of climate change.
3. Secure the health and wellbeing benefits that are gained from reduced pollution and connection to healthy natural systems.
4. Implement actions in a way that equitably distributes the costs and quality of life benefits.

Sectors

• Energy
• Transportation & Development Patterns
• Consumption & Waste
• Water
• Natural Systems & Ecology