Comprehensive Plan Sustainability


Bethlehem Tomorrow requests that Bethlehem's Comprehensive Plan Update Committee
consider our recommendations on
1. Ecosystem Health
2. Climate Change Mitigation
for Bethlehem's updated comprehensive plan.


1. Ecosystem Health

Bethlehem Tomorrow volunteers wrote Ecosystem Recommendations for Bethlehem, which describes measures that the Town of Bethlehem can implement in the Comprehensive Plan to sustain present and future benefits for Bethlehem residents from a healthy environment and ecosystem. The recommendations are summarized on pages two and three. Questions and feedback can be directed to David Barnet.

2. Climate Change Mitigation

Volunteers from two groups, Bethlehem Tomorrow and Capital District Community Energy, wrote Roadmap for a sustainable future: Recommended actions for municipalities in the Capital Region of New York State. The paper describes over 20 recommendations for climate change mitigation actions and nine implementation actions that are within Bethlehem's jurisdiction to enact. A summary of the recommendations is on pages three through six and in the half-hour video below. Questions and feedback can be directed to Jeremy Snyder.