This Playbook brings together the key themes, best practices, and leading trends that emerged at the June 21-22 GOVERNING Sustainability Summit in New York City.

Could the sustainability plan for the nation’s largest city start with something so prosaic as road salt? Daniel Doctoroff, New York City’s former deputy mayor, who led the effort that has become known as PlaNYC (see sidebar), was half-joking when he told The New York Times in 2009 that what started as a discussion around where to place the city’s road salt piles morphed into a vision for the city’s environmental sustainability. Download GOVERNING's Sustainability Playbook to read more.

Inside:

• PLAYS on green jobs and job creation
• PLAYS on renewable and clean energy, smart grids and energy efficiencies
• PLAYS on infrastructure investments and transportation
• PLAYS on green buildings and performance
• PLAYS on leadership, policy and rural communities
• Sidebar from the City of New York’s PlaNYC and the City University of New York

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