Compassion and Creativity

Recognizing that there are many demands on a public budget, Council has created a compassion lense to evaluate expenses. Using the Gross National Happiness metric (GNH) or something like it, Council weighs expenses against the clearly articulated goals of greatest happiness (read:access to education, health care, housing and opportunity) for the greatest number of people. Having realized that climate mitigation starts at home, we have also prioritized initiatives which positively impact longterm reduction in CO2 emissions, especially supporting public infrastructure projects which benefit everyone.