GREEN OPPORTUNITIES

1. GREEN OPPORTUNITIES A bottom-up approach to green economic development and community transformation Dan Leroy and Torin Kexel December 5, 2009 (828) 398-4158 www.greenopportunities.org

2. What is GO? • An emerging nonprofit organization

3. What is GO? • An emerging nonprofit organization • Mission: To build a strong and just green economy in WNC from the bottom up through green collar job training, community education and green microenterprises.

4. What is GO? • An emerging nonprofit organization • Mission: To build a strong and just green economy in WNC from the bottom up through green collar job training, community education and green microenterprises. • Two primary programs: • Asheville Green Opportunities Training Team • GO Energy Team

5. What is GO? • An emerging nonprofit organization • Mission: To build a strong and just green economy in WNC from the bottom up through green collar job training, community education and green microenterprises. • Two primary programs: • Asheville Green Opportunities Training Team • GO Energy Team

6. Asheville GO • Green collar job training and placement

7. Asheville GO • Green collar job training and placement • Target Audience: Disconnected Youth and Young Adults • 16-24 year olds • No job • Not in school • Low-income households • Barriers to employment

8. Asheville GO • Green collar job training and placement • Target Audience: Disconnected Youth and Young Adults • 16-24 year olds • No job • Not in school • Low-income households • Barriers to employment • West Riverside Weed and Seed District

10. Service-Learning

11. Life Skills

12. Community College

13. Case Management

14. Apprenticeship

16. Living wage, green collar employment

17. Living wage, green collar employment Apprenticeship (ON THE JOB TRAINING)

18. Phase 1: Pre- Apprenticeship Academic Support Background Knowledge Case Management Life Skills Training Service Learning Projects

19. Phase 2: Apprenticeship Apprenticeship (ON THE JOB TRAINING) Phase 1: Pre- Apprenticeship Academic Support Background Knowledge Case Management Life Skills Training Service Learning Projects

20. Living wage, green collar employment Phase 2: Apprenticeship Apprenticeship (ON THE JOB TRAINING) Phase 1: Pre- Apprenticeship Academic Support Background Knowledge Case Management Life Skills Training Service Learning Projects

21. GO Energy Team • Training and employment opportunities for target audience in Energy Efficiency careers

22. GO Energy Team • Training and employment opportunities for target audience in Energy Efficiency careers • Provide low-cost (or free) energy audits and weatherization services to community members

23. GO Energy Team • Training and employment opportunities for target audience in Energy Efficiency careers • Provide low-cost (or free) energy audits and weatherization services to community members • Reduce energy consumption

24. GO Energy Team • Training and employment opportunities for target audience in Energy Efficiency careers • Provide low-cost (or free) energy audits and weatherization services to community members • Reduce energy consumption • Financial benefits in the form of cost-savings on utilities

26. Future Directions • More microenterprises • Ecological restoration and Native landscaping • Sustainable food production • Solar hot water • Green “labor-ready” • Manufacturing

27. Future Directions • More microenterprises • Ecological restoration and Native landscaping • Sustainable food production • Solar hot water • Green “labor-ready” • Manufacturing • Youth education programs

28. Future Directions • More microenterprises • Ecological restoration and Native landscaping • Sustainable food production • Solar hot water • Green “labor-ready” • Manufacturing • Youth education programs • Green Opportunities Center

29. Partnerships

30. Strategic Partners Ashevillage Institute Asheville Buncombe Technical Community College Asheville Design Center Asheville High School Asheville TAASC Buncombe County Gang Violence Prevention Project Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy City of Asheville Clean Air Community Trust Clean Water for North Carolina Community Action Opportunities Housing Authority of the City of Asheville Land of Sky Regional Council The Mediation Center Mountain Area Workforce Development Board Mountain Housing Opportunities On-Track Financial Education Randolph Learning Center University of North Carolina, Asheville Warren Wilson College Western North Carolina Green Building Council West Riverside Weed and Seed District Project Partners Artisan Builders Collective Bountiful Cities Project Burton Street Community Peace Garden Community Action Opportunities French Broad Watershed Training Center Habitat for Humanity, Asheville Chapter Long Branch Environmental Education Center Nauhaus Institute Pisgah View Community Peace Garden RiverLink Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy The Red Cross, Asheville Chapter Town of Black Mountain Business Partners Allegra Printing BoBo Gallery Charlotte Street Computers Conservation Pros Earth Fare FirmWorks FLS Energy The Green Sage Living Roofs, Inc. Little Mountain Builders Progress Energy Rosetta’s Kitchen Second Gear Sperry Van Ness SmartBuilders Sundance Power Systems ThePermaWeb Winter Green WNC Energy Funding Partners Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Conservation Fund Ford Foundation Pigeon River Fund Progress Energy Rolander Family Foundation US Department of Education US Department of Housing and Urban Development US Department of Justice Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation Community Partners ARP Phoenix Asheville TAASC Mount Carmel Baptist Church The Phil Mechanic Building 68 Partners in 16 Months of Operation

31. GREEN OPPORTUNITIES A bottom-up approach to green economic development and community transformation Dan Leroy and Torin Kexel December 5, 2009 (828) 398-4158 www.greenopportunities.org