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Clean Energy Works in Portland

Green For All and City of Portland implement a cutting-edge local green jobs program

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Green For All has teamed up with the City of Portland and local stakeholders to help implement a cutting-edge green jobs program. Clean Energy Works Portland is a home retrofit effort that will, create jobs, reduce pollution, lower energy bills, and expand business opportunities.

Green For All has teamed up with the City of Portland and local stakeholders to help implement a cutting-edge green jobs program. Clean Energy Works Portland is a home retrofit effort that will create jobs, reduce pollution, lower energy bills, and expand business opportunities.

Green For All's report describes the Portland program and how it serves as a leading national model.  Clean Energy Works Portland includes a revolving loan fund with innovative "on-bill financing" and a Community Workforce Agreement that creates jobs in the communities that need them most. 

In addition, the program demonstrates how Recovery Act dollars can be used to sustain green job opportunities for years to come.

It's not a silver bullet, but Clean Energy Works Portland is a great model on which to build an important sector of the new clean energy economy.

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Community Workforce Agreement
On September 30, 2009, the Portland City Council passed a resolution endorsing a groundbreaking Community Workforce Agreement (CWA) that will ensure the Clean Energy Works Portland provides high-quality employment and access for those in the community who have been historically left out of new economic opportunities.  Read more >>

More Resources on Portland
·    Listen to the October '09 National Call about Portland's Innovation and hear what other cities can learn from this model
·    Clean Energy Works Portland's website: www.cleanenergyworksportland.org
·    This Old Green House (9/13/2010) - Stanford Social Innovation Review

Green For All is dedicated to improving the lives of all Americans through a clean energy economy.  We work in collaboration with the business, government, labor, and grassroots communities to create and implement programs that increase quality jobs and opportunities in green industry – all while holding the most vulnerable people at the center of our agenda.