Local Issues Committee

Chair: Lisa Jo Spencer, Fleet, Spencer & Kilpatrick, PA; 651-4006

Your Local Issues Committee, a sub-committee of the Government Affairs Division of the Chamber, works to address topics and matters of specific local concern.

Green Awareness Initiative

Co-chair: Tammy McDaniel; Heritage Plantation; 850-586-0501

High on the priority list for the committee is a Green Awareness Initiative. Their campaign, What Footprint Will You Leave?, is a focused effort to bring eco-awareness to Chamber members, and to provide them tools to reduce the ecological impact of doing business in our community and our world.

Click here to register for the Green Lodging Certification Workshop on November 4th.

Green Awareness links of interest:

Okaloosa Environmental Council main page http://www.co.okaloosa.fl.us/environmental.html

September Florida Coastal Cleanup http://www.co.okaloosa.fl.us/living_environment_sept.html

April Beach Cleanup http://www.co.okaloosa.fl.us/living_environment_beach.html

Adopt-A-County Road and Adopt-A-Dune programs http://www.co.okaloosa.fl.us/living_environment_litter.html

Okaloosa Aqualab 22-site Choctawhatchee Bay water quality monitoring program http://www.co.okaloosa.fl.us/living_environment_aqualab.html

Link to Aqualab testing results http://www.dep.state.fl.us/northwest/ecosys/okaloosa/okwqcurr.htm