Causes: Environment
Mission: Bethesda Green serves as a living model to sustain the current and future development of Bethesda by promoting energy efficiency, recycling, and a community-wide environmental ethic. Through our collective efforts -– residents, businesses, and government -– we aim to make Bethesda a better place to live and work.
Geographic areas served: DC Metro area, primarily Montgomery County, MD
Programs: Bethesda green serves as a community hub catalyzing businesses, government, and residents in growing a more sustainable local economy. Our work focuses on three pillars: educating the community about sustainability, facilitating green solutions, and housing a next-generation green business incubator. Employment creation has increased over 50% from 2012 to 2013 (35 jobs); and remained high in 2014 with at least 29 fte based only on companies in the incubator at the end of the year. Bundled revenues for the same companies neared $1.8 million. Funds raised annually by companies fluctuated between $600,000 to as high as $1.3 million. A key role of the incubator program is to accelerate business development into success or failure. Seven companies left the incubator: three are successfully in business, one has been sold, and three others have ceased operations. Two new companies have come in the incubator. Many strengthening and revival activities have taken place to attract additional growth minded entrepreneurs. Bethesda green facilitates green solutions. The most notable impact are the logo marked sponsored recycling bins around bethesda. In 2014, staff worked with about a dozen restaurants to educate them about green practices. Major impacts lie into the synergy of our pillars with incubator companies and their impact; an example being air lawn who is rethinking landscaping care. Bethesda green is strategically positioning itself to support and create opportunities for incubator companies to test their technology or products. Working from a 6000 plus subscribers base, bg designs and implements multiple outreach and education sustainability programs. For example: green neighbors group (over 100 members), master-metered condo alliance, annual bethesda green gala in partnership with bethesda magazine (since 2010), fields of green internship fair - since 2009, first thursday happy hour, high school leadership academy
Mission: Bethesda Green serves as a living model to sustain the current and future development of Bethesda by promoting energy efficiency, recycling, and a community-wide environmental ethic. Through our collective efforts -– residents, businesses, and government -– we aim to make Bethesda a better place to live and work.
Geographic areas served: DC Metro area, primarily Montgomery County, MD
Programs: Bethesda green serves as a community hub catalyzing businesses, government, and residents in growing a more sustainable local economy. Our work focuses on three pillars: educating the community about sustainability, facilitating green solutions, and housing a next-generation green business incubator. Employment creation has increased over 50% from 2012 to 2013 (35 jobs); and remained high in 2014 with at least 29 fte based only on companies in the incubator at the end of the year. Bundled revenues for the same companies neared $1.8 million. Funds raised annually by companies fluctuated between $600,000 to as high as $1.3 million. A key role of the incubator program is to accelerate business development into success or failure. Seven companies left the incubator: three are successfully in business, one has been sold, and three others have ceased operations. Two new companies have come in the incubator. Many strengthening and revival activities have taken place to attract additional growth minded entrepreneurs. Bethesda green facilitates green solutions. The most notable impact are the logo marked sponsored recycling bins around bethesda. In 2014, staff worked with about a dozen restaurants to educate them about green practices. Major impacts lie into the synergy of our pillars with incubator companies and their impact; an example being air lawn who is rethinking landscaping care. Bethesda green is strategically positioning itself to support and create opportunities for incubator companies to test their technology or products. Working from a 6000 plus subscribers base, bg designs and implements multiple outreach and education sustainability programs. For example: green neighbors group (over 100 members), master-metered condo alliance, annual bethesda green gala in partnership with bethesda magazine (since 2010), fields of green internship fair - since 2009, first thursday happy hour, high school leadership academy
info@bethesdagreen.org
4825 Cordell Avenue Suite 200, Bethesda, MD 20814
240-396-2440
Environment
Bethesda
