The Clean Air Campaign® Welcomes Forty-Eight New Employer Partners

Employers across the region seek solutions to traffic and $3-a-gallon gas

(ATLANTA, GA — 01.31.08)

Realizing the negative effects of $3-a-gallon gas and gridlocked traffic on workforce productivity, metro Atlanta employers are partnering with The Clean Air Campaign to help their employees avoid a stressful daily commute. From July through December 2007, 48 employers joined more than 500 employers already working with The Clean Air Campaign to advance traffic solutions for the region.

“Our Partners understand the importance of reducing traffic congestion and improving the region’s air quality,” said Kevin Green, executive director of The Clean Air Campaign. “Their commute options programs provide tremendous benefits for the employer, employee and for the entire region.”

New employer Partners include:

  • Bartow County – Shaw Industries
  • Cobb County – Atlanta Allergy and Asthma Clinic; DS Waters of America; OCI Chemical; StaffWorks
  • Coweta County – Kep Newnan Beautiful
  • DeKalb County – DeKalb County Schools; Eckardt Electric Co.; ImageRight; Natural Body International; PS Energy; Purchasing Power; Senior Connections; Sibley Heart Cardiology
  • Fayette County – Wyndham Peachtree Conference Center
  • Forsyth County – The Bearland Group
  • Fulton County – APS Healthcare; City of Atlanta Municipal Court; Eola Capital; Fulton Daily Report; Georgia Department of Economic Development; Georgia Supreme Court; Mikart; United Way; U.S. Department of Homeland Security
  • North Fulton – ACS Solutions Center; Cypress Healthcare Corporation – Roswell Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, LLC; Colonial Pipeline; Colonial Properties Trust; Imedex; Jones Lang LaSalle-One Deerfield Center; Spherion; The Clorox Sales Company; VT Services
  • Gwinnett County – City of Duluth; City of Suwanee; Design Logistics; Georgia Cabinets; Grace Williams, CPA; Home Buyers Warranty; Merial; Reynolds and Reynolds; Street Smarts; Terra Communications; United Technology Group
  • Hall County – Wrigley Manufacturing Company, LLC
  • Henry County – Henry County Department of Transportation; SunTrust - Stockbridge

Based on the elements of the employer’s program, each one earns a Partnership level of Community, Bronze, Silver, Gold or Platinum. The Clean Air Campaign’s employer service program is part of a multi-tiered effort to reduce traffic congestion and improve air quality throughout the 20-county region that also includes commuter incentives, school-based programs and public education. The Clean Air Campaign is one of 10 organizations in metro Atlanta that work in collaboration to provide employer-based programs to improve mobility and air quality.

The Clean Air Campaign’s employer services team provides on-site program development, program support through no-cost transportation fairs, marketing tools, training seminars and networking programs. Partners can also earn recognition at the annual PACE Awards, scheduled for October 16 at the Georgia Aquarium.

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About The Clean Air Campaign

The Clean Air Campaign is a not-for-profit organization that works with Georgia employers, commuters and schools to encourage actions that result in less traffic congestion and better air quality. To accomplish this goal, The Clean Air Campaign and its associate organizations work with more than 1,000 employers to design and implement commute options programs; help thousands of commuters annually find commute alternatives that work for them, with targeted incentives to get them started; protects public health by issuing Smog Alerts; and work with elementary and middle schools to empower children, parents and teachers to play a positive role in reducing traffic and cleaning the air.

Each day, these efforts help reduce traffic in the region by more than one million vehicle miles and keep some 500 tons of pollution out of the air we breathe. For more information, call 1-877-CLEANAIR (1-877-253-2624).

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