Creating a Sustainability Plan: Gunni CARES 2030

In April 2021, the City of Gunnison, CO hired Shannon Hessler and Jenny Nitzky, two Master in Environmental Management students at Western Colorado University. With the help of City Manager Russ Forrest, Community Development Director Anton Sinkewich, and City Clerk Erica Boucher, along with many other City officials, the two students worked with key stakeholders in the community to craft this plan. After much deliberation, it was determined that the plan would revolve around climate change, local resiliency, energy, water resource management, and solid waste, due in part to previous community input, and specifically input from the 2020 Comprehensive Plan.