Green Expo 2009 Fort Lauderdale Highlights Energy and Water Conservation for Homeowners
City of Fort Lauderdale partners with Community Greenhouse Foundation to Manage and Promote Sustainability Focused Expo
March 9, 2009, Fort Lauderdale, Florida – The City of Fort Lauderdale and the Utility Advisory Committee has partnered Community Greenhouse Foundation to manage the Fort Lauderdale’s Green Expo 2009. An amazing celebration has been planned combining education, cutting edge products and family fun for this year’s “Green Expo” on Saturday, April 25th from 9am - 3pm.
How does a municipality help its community Go Green?
In Fort Lauderdale, it's with an outdoor get together featuring environmental booths and displays, plus various foods, educational materials and interactive activities for the whole family. This year’s Green Expo will highlight “energy efficient” and “water reduction” products and practices to help homeowners reduce their electric and water use at home, and introduce businesses to innovative and new products.
Last year’s inaugural event played host to over 45 exhibitors and was attended by over 1,500 residents of the South Florida Community. CGF launched GreenFtLauderdale.com, an online forum for all things green in South Florida, to promote the event and provide a resource for business and residents to discover ways to green up and conserve
Since last year, over 48,000 unique users have visited the site. For more information please visit the Community Greenhouse Foundations “Green Community” program portal www.GreenFtLauderdale.com
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For more information, contact:
Eric Needle, Director of Marketing, Community Greenhouse Foundation
321.693.6314 tel • e@communitygreenhouse.org
©2009 Community Greenhouse Foundation, Inc.
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