Continue reading.A coalition of small-town mayors in the Kansas City area banded together to figure out ways their governments could take action against climate change and make their towns more livable and environmentally friendly.
Damien Boley, mayor of Smithville, Mo., has a vision for a walkable community with abundant green space. It may seem risky to go all-in on climate action in a conservative-leaning county, but Boley says there's plenty of room to make real change. Mike Kelly, the mayor of Roeland Park, Kan., agrees. “One of the things we heard on the doorsteps during our campaigns is this existential dread," Kelly says. "Like, we have 10 years to save the planet, and nobody’s doing anything about it.”
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Kelly and Lindsey Constance, a councilwoman from Shawnee, Kansas, got the ball rolling.
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By the end of 2018, Constance and Kelly thought they detected enough interest to invite elected officials to a small meeting in the basement of Village Presbyterian Church. About 135 people showed up. They represented city councils, school boards, water boards, county commissions, even the offices of a governor and local Congressional representatives.
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...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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