West Michigan Clean Cities

Supported by a grant from Michigan’s Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth – Bureau of Energy Systems, West Michigan Clean Cities builds on existing sustainability efforts in the region by bringing together fleet managers and needed resources to implement clean transportation projects. West Michigan Clean Cities will expand the region’s recognized leadership in green business and buildings to the transportation sector.

The coalition includes public and private fleet managers, environmental nonprofits, alternative fuel providers and vehicle manufacturers that operate in 11 West Michigan counties:

• Allegan
• Barry
• Berrien
• Ionia
• Kalamazoo
• Kent
• Montcalm
• Muskegon
• Newaygo
• Ottawa
• Van Buren

U.S. DOE Program Overview

Clean Cities strives to advance the nation’s economic, environmental and energy security by supporting local decisions to adopt practices that contribute to the reduction of petroleum consumption. Clean Cities has a network of nearly 100 volunteer coalitions, which develop partnerships in the public and private sectors to promote alternative and renewable fuels, fuel economy measures, idle-reduction technologies and new technologies as they emerge. In the past 15 years, Clean Cities coalitions and stakeholders have displaced more than 2.4 billion gallons of petroleum. In 2008 alone, roughly 412 million gallons of gasoline were displaced as the result of coalition activities. West Michigan Clean Cities is currently seeking official Clean Cities designation from the U.S. Department of Energy.

Recent Events

June 15, 2011
Plug-In Ready West Michigan Clean Cities Meeting

Guest speakers included:

• Matt Sandstrom, Clean Energy Coalition. View his PowerPoint presentation
• Rob Ozar, Michigan Public Service Commission’s Plug-in Electric Vehicle Preparedness Taskforce. View his PowerPoint presentation
• Jeff Chamberlain, City of Kalamazoo Department of Community Planning. View his PowerPoint presentation
• Mike Crawford, Michigan Chapter of the National Electrical Contractors
  Association
• Seth Gerber, Consumers Energy
• Stuart Irwin, ClipperCreek, Inc. View his PowerPoint presentation

February 16, 2011
West Michigan Clean Cities 2011 Kickoff Meeting

Stakeholders

Stakeholders drive the mission of West Michigan Clean Cities forward and are vital to the success of the coalition. Learn how you can get involved and become a stakeholder today.

Stakeholder Survey Report

In devising a communication strategy with this constituent base, Clean Energy Coalition assembled an outreach survey in order to determine the most viable and applicable strategy for this portion of the state. Specifically, Clean Energy Coalition created this survey in order to better determine interest in combining the West Michigan Coalition with another regional DOE designated coalition. Read the complete stakeholder survey report here.

Program Contact Information

Aaron Champion
Project Manager
734.585.5720 x23
aaron@cec-mi.org