Making the Grade: The Valley’s 2008 Environmental Report Card is an analysis of how cities and towns are doing when viewed through Valley Forward’s lens. Grades are based on specific criteria and principles that reflect the historic thinking of VFA’s diverse membership of public and private entities, other non-profits and the education community. We offer our Report Card as a tool to educate us on what is being done well and what can be improved to sustain and enhance our livability. We hope Valley communities will review the success stories so that local governments have the opportunity to take advantage of the most creative and workable ideas.

In essence, Making the Grade: The Valley’s 2008 Environmental Report Card reminds us that while we may each live or work in one particular part of the Valley, we share this special place together. Although we may act individually, our impact and legacy will be regional in scope. 

View the 2008 Environmental Report Card PDF (1.38 MB)