Green Businesses:

Sustainability is more than just about the environment. It’s a delicate balance that also considers the economic and social impacts. Businesses are crucial to the marketability of our community.  Tampa offers opportunities to operate a successful business while being able to protect and enjoy our many natural amenities.

Green City:

A combination of forces including unprecedented growth in population, economy, urbanization, and energy use imposes new stresses on our resources and our ability to maintain or improve environmental quality.  Meeting these new challenges, the City of Tampa's research, policies, and programs are evolving from an emphasis on pollution control to pollution prevention to sustainable practices.  We recognize that every day hundreds of decisions are made that affect our quality of life and that of future generations.  Collectively, these decisions determine how sustainable our future will be.  Various City programs, policy tools, and incentives are designed to ensure that we are good stewards of the environment, making sustainable choices, and managing our resources effectively.

HELPFUL LINKS

The Green Guide

Yahoo Green  

Green You:

We need your help!  There are countless opportunities for you to make responsible, conscientious choices that will preserve our quality of life today and for generations to come. Links throughout this Web site are intended to show you easy steps toward becoming part of the Green Tampa.

City of Tampa residents have the ability to reap the rewards of a stewardship approach to environmental, economic and social issues.

Tampa Green Easy Review Process:

Tampa Green Fast Track Review is available to anyone wishing to build an environmentally sustainable or "green" project.  Your plans may be moved to the "front of the line" for review at the Construction Services Center.  There are two options for Tampa Green Fast Track Review.