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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS


Public Technology, Inc., (PTI) would like to acknowledge each member of its Urban Energy and Environmental Task Force who helped to select the programs, provide contact names, and guide the development of the individual case studies for the following jurisdictions: Austin, Texas; Boulder, Colorado; Chittenden County, Vermont; Chattanooga/Hamilton County, Tennessee; Metro-Dade County, Florida; Northampton County, Virginia; Metropolitan Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Phoenix, Arizona; Portland, Oregon; and San Jose, California.

DynCorp I&ET played a key role in researching, analyzing, and writing the case studies. PTI would like to acknowledge Dr. Charles Herrick and Janine Finnell of DynCorp's Environmental Management Programs who developed the overall research design and edited the report. Case study authors include: Ranjeet Bhatia - Metro-Dade County, Metropolitan Philadelphia, and Boulder/Boulder County; Evelyn Chang - Austin; Suzanne Dunn - Northampton and Portland; Heather Jones - San Jose and Chittenden County; and Mark Keller - Chattanooga/Hamilton County and Phoenix. Jim Easterly and Dr. Nimmi Damodaran assisted in the project's initiation and review process. Mary Ann Flynn designed the graphics and document lay-out.

PTI administered this project under the direction of Jack Werner, who had primary responsibility for preparing this compendium of case studies. In addition, thanks are due to PTI staff who participated in the final production. Taly Walsh, PTI Director for Corporate Communications, oversaw the guide's design and production. Shaden Tageldin, PTI Writer/Editor, edited the guide to produce the final text.

Jerry McNeil and David George of the National Association of Counties (NACo) provided information and editing assistance on the case studies.

Finally, a note of thanks to Bill Becker of DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy - and Director of the DOE Golden Field Office. His interest in sustainable development at the local level made the production of this compendium possible.




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