As of March 5th all civic building will be built to the Leed Gold Standard. This ambitious plan will cost taxpayers more in the short-term, but over the long term will result in much lower energy costs. It takes only between 3-5 years to gain back the extra costs. Councillor Pam Wolf believes “Advertising our community as a gold community will help us attract new industry, I think we can only win by it.” Read more in The Record.