2022 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report

widely used green building rating system and promotes strategies to reduce environmental harm, enhance human health and support economic development. As part of the LEED certification process, the City tracks and verifies performance on a wide range of sustainability indicators including energy, water, transportation, education, health and more. LEED provides a consistent rating system and independently verified data analysis, allowing for comparison across peer cities. A citywide renewable energy and sustainability plan is also underway. The Greensboro Transit Authority (GTA) won a national American Public Transportation Association (APTA) award for its Veterans Resource Ride which was launched on Veteran’s Day, November 2020. The APTA AdWheel Awards recognize the marketing and communications efforts of APTA’s members. GTA partnered with local, state, and national non-profit and government organizations to transform a 40-foot city bus into a mobile resource center for veterans and their families. Inside contains information from groups that provide help to veterans. The exterior features designs and logos representing the different branches of America’s armed forces. The Veterans Resource Ride will rotate around the city’s bus routes. The Greensboro Parks and Recreation Department received the 2019 North Carolina Marvin Collins Planning Award in the “Outstanding Planning Award – Innovation in Planning Services, Education and Public Involvement” category for its Master Plan, Plan2Play . This system-wide comprehensive master plan, adopted in February 2019, provides not only the vision, goals, strategies and recommendations for enhancing and expanding park and recreational opportunities for residents, but also includes a maintenance management plan for the next 20 years. During the community engagement period from March to June 2018, the City received over 3,000 online surveys, 870 ideas from 11 community events and over 2,000 ideas from public participation boards at local libraries and recreation centers.

The Greensboro History Museum’s Pieces of Now: Murals, Masks, Community Stories and Conversations has received two national awards from the American Alliance of Museums . Pieces of Now won the Gold Award in Research and Innovation with the judges stating, “Powerful, impactful project that deals with difficult contemporary subject matter in a sensitive way by ‘stepping aside’ and letting community voices be heard.” The project also won the Silver Award for 2020 Response. The Piece of Now Project was developed in response to national protest events in May and June 2020 and contains robust digital content and programming. The Greensboro History Museum, an AAM-accredited Smithsonian Affiliate, is a division of the City of Greensboro Library Department and operates as a public-private partnership.

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