Sustainable PA Certified Silver
Fox Chapel Borough Recognized as Certified Sustainable Municipality
Fox Chapel Borough announced today it is among a select group of high-performing municipalities to become certified through the Sustainable Pennsylvania Community Certification program. Fox Chapel Borough is recognized at the Silver level of certification for meeting the program's rigorous performance criteria which track 131 policies and practices that define a sustainable community.
The Sustainable Pennsylvania Community Certification, managed by the Pennsylvania Municipal League in partnership with Sustainable Pittsburgh, is designed for municipalities that are working to save money, conserve resources, and serve vibrant communities. The certification is implemented statewide, recognizing boroughs, townships, cities, and home rule municipalities across the Commonwealth. The Pennsylvania Municipal League and Sustainable Pittsburgh applaud municipalities for their demonstrated commitment and sustainability performance.
In earning the Silver certification, Fox Chapel Borough is acknowledged for its progress in such areas as community design and land use, energy efficiency, health and wellness, intergovernmental cooperation, recycling and waste reduction, fiscal controls, and internal management and operations. Details about Fox Chapel Borough’s certification performance within these topics can be found on the certification program’s website: http://www.sustainablepacommunitycertification.org/users/certified_municipalities.
Fox Chapel Borough is proud to be recognized as a Silver Certified Community by the Sustainable Pennsylvania Community Certification program. The Borough has a long history of commitment to saving taxpayer dollars, using resources efficiently, and applying best practices in municipal government and community development. We are pleased to be recognized and be part of the regional community of good government.
The Sustainable Pennsylvania Community Certification is intended to bring recognition to municipalities that are implementing the policies and practices of sustainability to advance community and regional prosperity. It also serves as a mechanism for sharing best practices for creating a more sustainable Pennsylvania. Municipalities that earn the Sustainable Pennsylvania Community Certification have demonstrated a commitment to advancing sustainable best practices to foster thriving and vibrant communities where people long to live, work, and play. Commitment to continuous improvement and innovation is at the heart of sustainability and the Certification program is a means to accelerate municipal performance. For more information, please visit www.sustainablepacommunitycertification.org.
About Fox Chapel Borough
In the wooded north hills of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where the Squaw Run Stream meanders across acres of parkland, sits the beautiful residential Borough of Fox Chapel. Incorporated in 1934 and covering nearly eight and one-half square miles, Fox Chapel is 100 percent residential, except for churches, private clubs, and schools.
The Borough of Fox Chapel owns over three hundred acres of parkland. The Borough’s parkland mainly consists of a longitudinal park system and trail that starts at the southern border of O’Hara Township and bisects through the Borough for over four miles. The system connects on the northern border with Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve/Audubon Society. All but five acres of this property are used as open space for bird watching, walking, and enjoying the outdoors. The Borough has five acres of parkland on Hemlock Hollow Road, known as McCahill Park, set aside for active recreational use.
Fox Chapel’s wooded hills, parkland, and residential developments with an average of one acre or greater are valuable regional assets. Its proximity to the business and cultural hub of downtown Pittsburgh, as well as its award-winning school district, makes Fox Chapel a premier community in which to live.
About the Pennsylvania Municipal League
The Pennsylvania Municipal League (PML) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization established in 1900 as an advocate for Pennsylvania’s 3rd class cities. The PML represents participating Pennsylvania cities, boroughs, townships, and home rule municipalities that all share the League’s municipal policy interests. PML provides a wide array of municipal services including legislative advocacy (on both the state and federal levels), publications designed to educate and inform, education and training certification programs, membership research and inquiries, consulting-based programs, group insurance trusts, and the statewide Sustainable Pennsylvania Community Certification. Specific to Southwestern Pennsylvania, PML is partnered with Sustainable Pittsburgh for outreach.
About Sustainable Pittsburgh
Sustainable Pittsburgh works to support decision-makers in the Pittsburgh Region to improve the integration of economic prosperity, social equity, and environmental quality through fostering sustainable solutions for communities and businesses. Over the past 20 years, Sustainable Pittsburgh has proven adept at building coalitions for the policy and practice of sustainable development for southwestern Pennsylvania. SP educates and engages decision-makers and in turn elevates expectations for integration of the 3Es (environmental conservation, social equity, and economic prosperity) among government, businesses, nonprofits, and academia.