DESCRIPTION:HIGH COUNTRY CONSERVATION CENTER, (HC3) WILL DEVELOP A CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN THAT EMPOWERS SUMMIT COUNTY'S UNDERSERVED RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN CREATING CLIMATE ACTION SOLUTIONS WHILE IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL RESIDENTS AND DECREASING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. BY COORDINATING WITH DIVERSE ORGANIZATIONS WHICH ALREADY WORK WITH LOW-INCOME AND MINORITY RESIDENTS ON COMMUNITY- BUILDING PROJECTS, HC3 WILL ENSURE MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY'S DIVERSE POPULATIONS. HC3 WILL INCORPORATE THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN INTO THE EXISTING COMMUNITY-WIDE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, PRIORITIZING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATION OF ALL RESIDENTS IN THEIR COMMUNITY'S LARGER EFFORTS TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. ACTIVITIES: CONVENE STEERING COMMITTEE OF 8 - 15 MEMBERS - IDENTIFY PRIMARY CONCERNS, NEEDS, AND CHALLENGES FACED BY SUMMIT COUNTY'S UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES - IDENTIFY POTENTIAL CLIMATE ACTION SOLUTIONS THAT ADDRESS THE NEEDS AND CONCERNS OF SUMMIT COUNTY'S UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY - CREATE AND DISTRIBUTE COMMUNITY SURVEY IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH TO GATHER FEEDBACK ON NEEDS AND CONCERNS AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS HOST COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSIONS TO GATHER IN-DEPTH FEEDBACK ON NEEDS AND CONCERNS AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS - CREATE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN WITH OVERSIGHT FROM STEERING COMMITTEE - PRESENT COMPLETED CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN TO SUMMIT CLIMATE ACTION COLLABORATIVE - IMPLEMENT NEW CLIMATE ACTION SOLUTIONS BASED ON INPUT FROM STEERING COMMITTEE AND SUMMIT COUNTY'S UNDERSERVED RESIDENTSSUBRECIPIENT:NO SUBAWARDS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT.OUTCOMES:INCREASE IN # OF UNDERSERVED RESIDENTS THAT KNOW ABOUT LOCAL CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS AND THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN (TARGET: 200) - INCREASE IN # OF CLIMATE ACTION STRATEGIES AND PROGRAMS DESIGNED WITH UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY MEMBERS' INPUT (TARGET: 4 - 8) - STRENGTHENED RELATIONSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS - INCREASED TRUST WITH SUMMIT COUNTY'S UNDERSERVED POPULATION - IMPLEMENTATION OF STRATEGIES OUTLINED IN CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN - INCREASE IN # OF UNDERSERVED RESIDENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN HC3'S CLIMATE ACTION PROGRAMS - INCREASE IN COLLABORATION BETWEEN HC3 AND COMMUNITY GROUPS SERVING SUMMIT COUNTY'S UNDERSERVED RESIDENTS - DECREASE IN GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM PARTICIPATION IN HC3'S CLIMATE ACTION PROGRAMS - CONTINUED FOCUS ON EQUITY AND ENGAGEMENT IN CLIMATE ACTION DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING - PROGRAM PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN HC3 AND COMMUNITY GROUPS SERVING SUMMIT COUNTY'S UNDERSERVED POPULATION