Ways to celebrate Sustainability Month in Kent

Tannery Park. Image via Kent Parks and Recreation Department

Ways to celebrate Sustainability Month in Kent

- Wendy DiAlesandro

Proclaiming October as Sustainability Month was one of the late Kent Mayor Jerry Fiala’s last official acts before he passed. The proclamation affirms the city’s commitment to implementing policies and practices designed to preserve and protect the community and underscores council’s April 2023 adoption of a Community Action Plan aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Fiala passed Sept. 30, but post-dated the proclamation Oct. 1.

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