The Shoreline Green Business Program

Wendy DiPeso is the former President of the Shoreline Chamber of Commerce. Following as Chamber President is Doug Palmer, familiar to SAN readers as the Athletic Director at SCC. In March of this year, Jeff King of Cascade Bank will be taking over as President.

Meanwhile, Wendy has moved to 'greener' pastures. She explains her new project:

The Shoreline Green Business Program was started by the Shoreline Chamber of Commerce in 2008 with a grant from King County. At that time we used the funds to put on the first North King County Green Business Conference: "From Policy to Profits Connecting the Dots." It was attended by about 100 people. There were speakers from policy makers, educators, business, students and lay people. It illustrated that everyone from those fields either helps or hinders our progress toward going green.

We also received a grant from the City to start a website.

From the end of 2008 to 2009 the Shoreline Green Business Program languished due to a lack of volunteer power. We were able to certify six businesses during that time.

Now we have a new website and I am a full time volunteer newly appointed to head it up. With putting 40 hours or more a week into the program and more volunteers to help the program is getting a new lease on life.

The next North King County Green Business Conference" Making Green by Going Green, Getting More Bang for Your Buck" is the first big project for 2011.