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PACE – A New Financing Option for Industrial Energy, Water and Environmental Projects
How can you improve plant efficiency, reducing operating costs and attain ESG objectives without competing for internal capital? Texas PACE (Property Assessed Clean Energy) financing enables industrial site owners to obtain affordable, long-term financing covering up to 100 percent of the cost for energy efficiency, water conservation and on-site generation technologies. PACE secures private, cash-flow-positive financing for terms that match the projected useful life of the improvements, resulting in savings that exceed the amount of the repayment. The Texas PACE Authority operates PACE programs for 55 cities and counties across the state.
Speaker: Dub Taylor
Carrin Patman
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Ellen Cohen
The event will feature a discussion with Harvard Business School Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter, led by METRO Chair Carrin Patman. Kanter was named one of the “50 most influential business thinkers in the world,” according to Thinkers50, the global ranking of management thinkers. She will speak about her latest book, “Think Outside the Building: How Advanced Leaders Can Change the World One Smart Innovation at a Time.”
Center for Houston’s Future will also present the Vaughan Award to Ellen Cohen, a community leader who served as a Houston City Council member and Texas state representative.
SAT., JAN. 30: SEED SWAP SOCIAL. 9am, free. KICKERILLO-MISCHER PRESERVE, 20215 Chasewood Park Dr. Register at https://www.hcp4.net/tap/events
SAT., JAN. 30: SEED SWAP SOCIAL. 1pm, free. JESSE H. JONES PARK, 20634 Kenswick Dr. Register by calling 281-446-8588.
Join Spring Creek Greenway Ambassador and published birder Joanne “JoJo†Bradbury on a bird walk on the first Saturday of every month.
VMS Code:  AT: Single Presentation – BLC Birding Walk
Meet at the back of the parking lot at 9am. Look for Teri MacArthur old red Ford Escape. Texas Master Naturalists – Heartwood Chapter will spend a couple of hours along the trails behind the Rec Center. With some rain recently, Texas Master Naturalists – Heartwood Chapter might just find something worth seeing! Hope you can join Texas Master Naturalists – Heartwood Chapter. Questions? Call or text to Teri MacArthur cell number: 281.381.3281, or send an email to texasnaturelover@earthlink.net .
Join Spring Creek Greenway Ambassador and published birder Joanne “JoJo†Bradbury on a bird walk every Monday.
VMS Code:  AT: Single Presentation – BLC Birding Walk
Learn how to identify and remove non-native invasive plants from our pathways and green spaces so you can volunteer alongside your neighbors in the effort to keep native trees and plants healthy.
The Online training is FREE. Registration is required
The Heartwood Chapter Board of Directors meets the last Monday of every month (or Tuesday, if Monday is a holiday) at 6:00 p.m. at the Jones Forest Classroom.
Members and the public are invited to attend.
NOTE:   Meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic are being held virtually. If you’d like to receive an invitation to the board meeting, please contact heartwoodpres@gmail.com
Texas Master Naturalists – Heartwood Chapter are having their second Plant Party Training on Feb. 24th from 10-11:30 am. The theme this time is “Talking Ecology†where Texas Master Naturalists – Heartwood Chapter will have 5, 15-minute presentation prepared on Ecological Site Descriptions, Using Plant as Indicator Species, Converting Introduced Grass Fields to Natives, and How Weather Changes Influence Ecology. It is really going to be an information-thick event, plus there are door prizes!
Again, these Plant Party quarterly webinar trainings are a collaboration between Extension, USDA-NRCS, and TPWD. They are offered FREE in an attempt to provide an easy learning opportunity for our employees and volunteers, although clientele are welcome.