Sustainability & Resilience
Pathway Report 2023
E-Bikes
Photo Credit: Carol Waller Riding an e-bike is a fun and efficient way to commute, recreate, and explore in and around the City of Hailey. While there are many different styles and capabilities of e-bikes, the City of Hailey defines electric bikes (“e-bikes”) as, “A bicycle or tricycle that is equipped with fully operable pedals…
Read MoreHailey’s Land Use Map & Goals
Hailey’s official Land Use Map establishes a basis and direction for the expansion and/or location of business, residential, industrial, institutional and green space areas within and adjacent to the City. A Land Use Map is a required element of the Land Use component of the Comprehensive Plan. Pursuant to Idaho Code requirements, the Land Use Map…
Read MoreParticipate in the Bike/Pedestrian Master Plan Update
Completed in 2014, the Blaine County Community Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan was the first countywide plan to solely focus on bicycle and pedestrian transportation. The 2014 plan benefited from robust participation from all the cities, the County, Mountain Rides, and the Blaine County Recreation District— in addition to other active transportation stakeholders. An extensive…
Read MoreRiver Street Mobility Concept
City of Hailey actualizes a long-standing multi-modal transportation design on River Street. The multimodal transportation or “Mobility Concept” planned for River Street is an evolution of the City’s long-time goals. The tenets of this concept date back to the 2007 Master Transportation Plan, which has evolved and been reiterated over the years—for example in the…
Read MoreMunicipal Building Audits
Over the course of 2020, the City of Hailey’s Sustainability & Resilience team conducted a series of energy audits on the municipal buildings. Below is an overview of the findings.
Read MoreSunbeam Subdivision Achieves Green Building Award
Hailey’s Sunbeam Subdivision First in the Nation to Achieve NGBS Four-Star Rating Under New 2020 Standards Press release issued February 17, 2022 HAILEY, IDAHO –– Local developer, along with dedicated team of individuals, set out on an ambitious venture; apply for the National Green Building Standard (NGBS) Green Certification for Land Development for the Sunbeam…
Read MoreHailey Clean Energy Resolution
A RESOLUTION OF THE HAILEY MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL SUPPORTING THE STATED GOALS TO POWER BLAINE COUNTY WITH 100% CLEAN ENERGY BY 2045 AND 100% CLEAN ELECTRICITY BY 2035 WHEREAS, clean energy is defined as wind, solar, geothermal, and existing functional hydropower and any energy technologies that are carbon-free, equitable, and have a low environmental…
Read MoreHailey 2018 GHG Inventory
Single-Use Plastics Ban
In August 2020, the Mayor and City Council accepted and adopted a resiliency plan prohibiting the City of Hailey from distributing or using single-use plastic products at events sponsored by the City. WHEREAS, the Idaho State Legislature has, pursuant to Idaho Code Section 67-2340, vested authority in Municipal Governments to regulate auxiliary containers at events…
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