02/07/2024

Outstanding Planning Project: Resiliency and Sustainability

The City of Sterling Heights Sustainability Plan

City of Sterling Heights

The City of Sterling Heights Sustainability Plan aims to implement over fifty local initiatives, to ensure that the city regularly operates in a manner that does not deplete resources for future generations. The plan’s foundation is the 17 United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and each section highlights the pertinent SDG’s applicable to that portion of the plan.  Jurors said, "We found the topic areas to be highly specific to Sterling Heights including a deep dive into opportunities and challenges within the context of the community; further we appreciated the focus on avoid flooding issues by being proactive and purchasing flood prone parcels prior to these properties being developed."  MAP congratulates the City of Sterling Heights!  Click here to watch the award presentation.