Article posted: 11/23/2012 11:02 AM

Carol Stream slow to warm to Cool Cities concept

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Longtime Carol Stream resident Jan Smith, organizer of the local Cool Cities Coalition chapter, said she was discouraged the village board voted to table a resolution in support of the organization's 2015 environmental sustainability goals.

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A list of goals for environmental stewardship may have merit, Carol Stream officials say, but there may not be the money to pay for their implementation. Local environmentalist and longtime resident Jan Smith has been lobbying Village President Frank Saverino and trustees to adopt a resolution in support of the 2015 goals of the Illinois Cool Cities Coalition, an outgrowth of the Sierra Club whose supporters encourage local governments to take steps to reduce climate change.