Services
WestUrb provides consulting services to local governments (cities, counties, school districts, regional planning councils) and to businesses that offer sustainability products and services to them. WestUrb can work as a subcontractor.
Sustainability and Climate Offices
Creation or improvement.
Sustainability and Climate Action Plans
Facilitation, design, review.
Programs and Projects
Design, implementation, evaluation, adaptation.
Comprehensive Planning
Sustainability integration.
Where You Stand
How your community compares to others.
Community Engagement
Messaging, techniques, facilitation.
Subject Matter Expertise
WestUrb has expertise in multiple subject areas:
- Climate Change (mitigation and adaptation)
- Energy (efficiency and renewables)
- Mobility
- Electric Vehicles
- Comparative Performance
- Circular Economy (recycling, composting, repair, resale, reuse)
- Water (quality and quantity)
- Equity and Environmental Justice
- Food Systems
- Sustainability Through HOAs
Beyond working in these individual areas, Jerry has leveraged the connections among them – for example, how housing and mobility interact, or how energy and water management affect each other and greenhouse gas emissions.
WestUrb works in many subject areas and settings
Here are some recent projects:
- Guiding the Town of Silverthorne, Colorado with the development of its first sustainability plan.
- Assisting the Big Sky (Montana) Sustainability Network Organization with implementation of its Climate Action Plan.
- Subconsultant and project manager on a project to assist Breckenridge, Colorado in updating its sustainability plan.
- Subconsultant on a project to develop the first climate action plan for Jefferson County, Colorado.
- Subconsultant on a project to assist Larimer County, Colorado in engaging the community in its climate action planning process.
- Member of the consulting team that advised the City of Fort Collins, Colorado on the latest updates of its energy, climate and solid waste plans.
- Led team of four that was designated a “Top 15 Finalist” in the H&M Foundation Global Change Award competition out of over 3,000 applicants.