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    City of Racine

    The City of Racine has passed a resolution to join the Green Tier Legacy Communities!

  • Village of Egg Harbor

    Egg Harbor joined Legacy Communities in 2017. 2018 projects will focus on refuse and recycling. Egg Harbor is currently working...

  • City of Wauwatosa

  • Stevens Point

    Stevens Point has adopted the resolution to become a Green Tier Legacy Community! For more information about Stevens Point, visit...

  • La Crosse County

    La Crosse County has adopted the resolution to become a Green Tier Legacy Community!

  • Saint Croix County

    St. Croix County has adopted the resolution to become a Green Tier Legacy Community!

  • Oshkosh

    Oshkosh is currently doing a 5 year update of their Sustainability Plan!  Additional efforts include reviewing ordinances with a sustainability-related...

  • Wisconsin Rapids

    Wisconsin Rapids has adopted the resolution to become a Green Tier Legacy Community!

  • New Richmond

    New Richmond aspires to be a safe, welcoming, and prosperous community poised for continued and balanced growth in the 21st...

  • Eau Claire County

    More than 98,000 residents call Eau Claire County home where rich cultural heritage exists and beautiful lakes and rivers are...

  • Bayfield County

    As the second largest county geographically in the State of Wisconsin, Bayfield County is host to many state and national...

  • Port Washington

    Port Washington, population ~12,000, is the seat of Ozaukee County and sits 30 miles up the coast from Milwaukee. ...

  • Bayside

    The Village of Bayside is a quiet, predominately residential community located on the shores of Lake Michigan. Just ten miles...

  • Ashland

    The City of Ashland, population 8,200, is nestled on the southern shore of Lake Superior’s Chequamegon Bay and is the...

  • Appleton

    Regardless of rising energy costs or the validity of human impact on global temperature changes, local governments owe it to...

  • La Crosse

    La Crosse is a community bordered by rolling bluffs to the east and the mighty Mississippi River to the west...

  • Monona

    In 2012, the City of Monona adopted a sustainability resolution to create a sustainability plan. This resolution has put...

  • Sheboygan

    Sheboygan is a lovely city situated on the shores of Lake Michigan. Visitors and residents alike enjoy Sheboygan’s natural treasures...

  • Fitchburg

    In the 1980s, Fitchburg was a leading actor in community-wide recycling policies to reduce the demand on landfills and virgin...

  • City of Bayfield

    The City of Bayfield, WI, population 487, is pleased to be a pilot member of the Green Tier Legacy Communities...

  • Middleton

    It was no accident that the City of Middleton was named the “Best Place to Live” in America in August...

  • Weston

    For years the Village of Weston, a bedroom community outside of Wausau, had engaged in passive sustainability. Taxpayers worked on...

  • City of Eau Claire

    The City of Eau Claire recognizes its role in being a driver of change. In May 2009, the City became...

The GreenTier Legacy Communities Charter is a unique partnership between Wisconsin communities, non-profit organizations, and state agencies. We work together to assist communities in developing and implementing sustainability measures. Under the Charter, municipalities take actions and share information to achieve superior environmental stewardship by focusing on water resources management and/or sustainability practices. By collaborating, communities are able to move further, faster, toward reaching their sustainability goals.