Welcome to our Green Santa Clarita site!

We are very happy to have you visit us today and hope that you find the information on this new website useful. The meaning of "green" can't be easily captured because it encompasses a wide range of experience. It's an approach to life - home, family, community and business - that centers on an awareness of our impact on the planet and its people. Think of it as the natural next step from traditional environmentalism to a holistic approach to business, community and lifestyle.

Protecting the environment is a high priority for the City of Santa Clarita. Our efforts began shortly after cityhood and have yielded tremendous results. Here are a few of the actionsyour City has taken over the last two decades to support and protect the environment in and around our community:

• Began a City-wide curbside recycling and greenwaste collection program for residents and businesses
• Created the region’s first Open Space and Preservation District for the purchase of land that will be forever preserved
• Helped prevent a landfill in beautiful Elsmere Canyon and are working to ensure its continued protection
• Built the LEED-certified Transit Maintenance Facility using many “green building” features
• The City has nearly tripled the number of trees planted since cityhood.
• Named as the “Environmental Project of the Year” for the Arundo Removal Program from the American Public Works Association northern desert region
• Won two Clean Air “Model Community” awards from the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) in 1999 and 2008.
• Designated as a national Tree City USA for 18 years
• Received two Water Quality Awards from the Regional Water Quality Control Board
• The City received Rideshare Diamond Awards for our annual Bike to Work Day and Rideshare Participation
• The City received a Metropolitan Transportation (MTA) Award for Bike to Work Day
• Created the annual River Rally community event which has resulted in 285,000 pounds of trash cleaned out of the Santa Clara river
• The City received the League of American Bicyclists - Bicycle Friendly Community certification through 2011 (four year certification)
• The City's Landscape Maintenance District implemented water conservation measures to achieve a 10% use reduction, or 90 million gallons of water!
• Our City, residents, business community worked to successfully divert 54% of waste from landfills over the last decade

Thank you again for visiting greensantaclarita.com We hope you will return soon!

Sincerely,

The Santa Clarita City Council