C-1Expand existing neighborhood programs to enhance sustainability, resiliency, and quality of life

Sustainable Opportunities, Lifestyles, and Leadership (SOLL)

Seventy-two Sustainable Opportunities, Lifestyles, and Leadership (SOLL) appointments have been completed as of July 2025. Nearly 80 percent of Longmont SOLL sustainable home assessment recipients report starting at least one new sustainable habit, and 94 percent would recommend the program to a friend or neighbor.

The Sustainable Neighborhood Solutions (SNS)

1. The Sustainable Neighborhood Solutions (SNS) program has awarded a total of thirteen grants to active neighborhood groups since 2020. Some of the completed projects include an educational tour of water conserving gardens, installation of multiple pollinator gardens, water conserving turf replacement projects, a water barrel education workshop, a curbside composting pilot project, a community visioning charrette, walking tour, and survey, and multiple neighborhood master plans focusing on sustainable improvements.
2. The Sustainable Neighborhood Solutions (SNS) Program grant and preexisting Neighborhood Improvement Program (NIP) grant were restructured in 2024 to more efficiently allocate resources, increase opportunities and funding available to promote sustainable projects in neighborhoods, and remove barriers in the application process for neighborhoods. SNS grants are now available specifically for activities, workshops, programs, and resources, while larger scale, physical improvements will now be funded through NIP grants with significantly more funding accessible to neighborhoods for these projects. Under the shortened schedule in 2024 due to the programmatic updates, one SNS grant was awarded to complete a neighborhood water conservation master plan and one NIP project was awarded to complete a turf replacement project that exceeded prior SNS funding availability and leveraged funds from other sources to complete a second turf removal project.
3. Sustainability topics are included in the annual Neighborhood Leadership Series (NLS) schedule, a training program to develop the capacity of local leaders. 2024 sessions focused specifically on sustainability topics included a multi-session summer series on water conservation, a class on anti-discrimination practices in HOA's, and an update on legislation related to sustainable practices within Homeowner's Associations.
4. A Neighborhood Summit was held in October 2024 that included training sessions on neighborhood sustainability related topics and access to third party funding sources for such projects.