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GreenTown: The Future of Community is a two-day experience designed to help create sustainable communities. Mayors and elected officials, public works directors, park district directors, planners, developers, architects, landscape architects, builders, school leaders and others interested in seeing how a community can become greener, gathered on March 17-18, 2010, in Grayslake, Illinois to hear from inspiring speakers, learn from been-there case studies and discuss actionable ways to make communities greener, healthier and more prosperous.

GreenTown showcases national and local leaders who are at the forefront in sustainable urbanism, transit-oriented development, brownfield and riverfront re-development, green building, renewable energy, municipal food scrap recycling, zero waste schools, local food systems and more.

GreenTown: The Future of Community is produced by a5 inc. and Seven Generations Ahead, a non-profit, Oak Park, Illinois-based organization.

a5 is a Chicago-based marketing and communications firm with significant experience in event marketing. Working with clients to determine how good business and environmental practices can coincide, a5 consults with Technical Concepts and Steelcase on environmental efforts and has produced sustainability conferences such as Green by Design and the West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum. In addition to producing great work for clients, a5 aims to do great work for the environment by adopting sustainable business practices.
www.a5inc.com

Founded in 2001, Seven Generations Ahead has risen to the forefront of environmental organizations advocating for the development of ecologically sustainable and healthy communities. SGA educates and advocates for policies, strategies, and planning that promote ecologically effective community design, and over the past four years has developed specific programming that addresses issues around sustainable agriculture and the promotion of healthy food. SGA collaborates with area business, government, and community organizations, and assists its clients on every level from advising city planners on eco-effective policies to providing locally grown organic lunches for elementary and high school students.
www.sevengenerationsahead.org

GreenTown Lake County Advisory Council

Steve Anderson, President, Lake County Partners
Steve Barg, Executive Director, Liberty Prairie Conservancy
Jan L. Bauer, Director, Illinois Small Business
     Development Center
Mike Behm, Vice President, Construction,
     Leopardo Companies
Gary Cuneen, Executive Director,
     Seven Generations Ahead
Geoffrey Deigan, President, WRD Environmental
Carole Ewing, Director, Continuing Professional
     Development, College of Lake County
Doug Farr, AIA, President, Farr Associates
Chris Gentes, Executive Director, Lake County
     Municipal League
Gary Gibson, Interim Manager, Lake County Workforce
     Investment Board
Rich Haney, Vice President of Workforce Education,
     College of Lake County
John Harris, Principal, a5 inc.
Nevin Hedlund, Principal, Nevin Hedlund Architects
Rory Klick, Horticulture Department Chair,
     College of Lake County
Andrew Kimmel, Deputy Executive Director, Lake County
     Forest Preserve District
Brian Kronewitter, AIA, DBIA, Construction Executive,
     Mortenson Construction
Leon LaJeunesse, President, Custom Contracting
Bruce Lubin, Board President, Stevenson High School
     District 125
Lori Lyman, Board Member, Stevenson High School
     District 125
Steve Mandel, Councilman, City of Highland Park
Frank Mariani, CEO, Mariani Landscape
Bob McCammon, Executive Director,
     Youth Conservation Corps
Amy McEwan, Senior Assistant Administrator, Lake County
     Administrator Office
Gary L. Morgan, Dean, Engineering, Math & Physical
     Sciences, College of Lake County
Ali O'Brien, Acting Assistant Vice President for Workforce
     Education, College of Lake County
Jack Pizzo, President, Pizzo & Associates
Bill Quinlan, ZinCo Environmental Roof Systems
Vicky Ranney, President, Prairie Crossing
Dara Reiff, Sustainability Coordinator, College of
     Lake County
Jay Rients, Commercial Sales Director, Unilock
Robert Sabonjian, Mayor, City of Waukegan
Tadd Scarpelli, Founding Principal, AVA Wind Power
Fred Scheu, Instructor, Electrical Engineering Technology,
     College of Lake County
Leith Sharp, Acting Executive Director, Illinois
     Community College Sustainability Network
Tori Trauscht, President, Indian Creek Watershed Project
Sophia Twichell, Executive Director, Friends of
     Ryerson Woods
Jim Van der Kloot, Land Revitalization Coordinator,
     U.S. EPA Region V
Michael D. Warner, P.E., Executive Director, Lake County
     Stormwater Management
Eddie Washington, Representative, 60th District Illinois
Jerry Weber, President, College of Lake County
Walter Willis, Executive Director, SWALCO
Carrie Woleben-Meade, Marketing Director and Landscape
     Architect, Mariani Landscape