Nashville’s Partnership with Goodwill Industries Leads to Green Jobs for the City

Resilience is the result of sustainability being the driving force of a community’s growth. With this in mind, SSDN’s Southeast Sustainable Communities Fund (SSCF) provides governments in the Southeast with the financial capacity to foster tangible, resilient growth in their communities. Equipped with a $300,000 grant from SSDN, Tennessee homeowners are now able to rely…

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Knoxville’s Energy & Sustainability Initiative and Chattanooga’s Build it Green Program Announced Winners of the 2020 Tennessee Governor’s Environmental Stewardship Awards (GESA)

The Tennessee Governor’s Environmental Stewardship Awards (GESA) are presented annually to recognize outstanding achievements by individuals, local governments, businesses, organizations, educational institutions, and agencies for successful environmental projects and conservation measures. This year, two projects of the Southeast Sustainable Communities Fund, the Built it Green Program of Chattanooga and Knoxville’s Energy & Sustainability Initiative. Congratulations…

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SSDN 2019 Annual Report

2019 was a year of building, a year of trying new things, and experimenting with creative opportunities to meet the network’s strategic planning goals.

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