City of Fayetteville Receives First Place in Mayors' Climate Protection Award

07/16/2007

First Place in Mayors' Climate Protection Award

On Monday June 25 at the 75th Annual United States Conference of Mayors, the City of Fayetteville was awarded first place in the small cities category for the very first Mayors’ Climate Protection Award sponsored by the USCM and Wal-Mart. Hundreds of cities competed for the award which Fayetteville won for the City’s alternative trails and transportation master plan also known as the FATT plan. View the on-line video of the awards presentation. Other videos from the conference are also available for viewing on that site, including a presentation given by Mayor Coody on local funding for water and wastewater infrastructure projects. Mayor Coody has written an entry on his blog discussing the award and providing a link to a PDF file that outlines the history of the City’s trails program back to 1978.