The city is determined to outrank Bellingham in a national competition for energy effeciency.
As you may have heard, the City of Bellingham (heretofore referred to as 'B-Town') recently held a special event where Mayor Kelly Linville challenged Anacortes to finish in a higher ranking then them at the conclusion of the Georgetown University Energy Prize, a $5,000,000 energy efficiency competition spanning 50 cities across the US.
In response, the City of Anacortes will be holding a special event at the beginning of the City Council meeting February 16th at 6pm, to answer in kind with our very own Town Crier Richard Riddel. We will be accepting B-Town's challenge and will issue a city wide proclamation to declare 2016 the Year of Energy Efficiency!
The prize for this city vs. city challenge is a basket of locally produced delectables to be delivered by the losing city's Mayor to the City Council of the victor. Currently B-Town is ranked #8 and A-Town is ranked #11 out of 50 cities, so we have some work ahead to catch up & surpass our challengers!
We at Anacortes Community Energy would greatly appreciate your attendance and participation in this event. Let's show B-Town and the nation that Anacortes is a world-class energy efficient city!
If you have questions or want to learn more about how you can help, please feel free to call or email me, as well as visit our website @ www.acechallenge.org.