This interesting idea appeared in an article in the Press-Democrat in Northern California:
A commitment to restrained growth and other tenets of the sustainability ethic has earned Sonoma Valley the nation’s first “Slow City” designation, a broader interpretation of the international Slow Food movement.
“The idea is that a small town really has the capacity to change laws and oversee the legislation and policies they make so that the community, all of it, can really step forward and be involved in the process of building a sustainable town,” Hubbell said.
Virginia Hubbell of Sonoma, a management and growth consultant for nonprofit organizations, was the driving force behind the city seeking the accreditation.
The city — and the rest of Sonoma Valley — becomes the first American area to be admitted to a group of 129 communities from 29 countries that subscribe to the Cittaslow philosophy, a movement that began in 1999 in Italy.
Envoys from the international organization Cittaslow, translated from Italian as “slow city,” will travel to Sonoma in January to bestow the honor.
Read the rest of the story online at the Press-Democrat’s site.
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