South Shore Clean Cities Information

South Shore Clean Cities is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization managed by Legacy Environmental Services, Inc., an Indiana Certified Women’s Business Enterprise. Designated as the 71st Clean Cities coalition on June 15, 1999, South Shore Clean Cities is one of the U.S. Department of Energy’s nearly 100 Clean Cities coalitions. The organizations are designed to reduce petroleum consumption in the transportation sector. The coalitions achieve this in a number of ways, including the advancement of alternative fuels, alternative fuel vehicles and sustainable vehicle technologies such as electric vehicles and their charging infrastructure. The efforts reduce the nation’s dependence on imported oil, improve air quality, support local jobs, drive economic development and promote improved quality of life. Collectively, Clean Cities coalitions have saved more than 8.5 billion gallons of petroleum since the program’s inception in 1993. Public, private and nonprofit entities collaborate with Clean Cities via a membership system to implement sustainable transportation solutions. South Shore Clean Cities lives its mission through education and outreach, training, grant writing and funding acquisition, project management and the development of stakeholder partnerships. South Shore Clean Cities, which serves roughly the northern third of the state of Indiana, is led by Executive Director Carl Lisek.