Join local leaders at the 2009 Triangle Success Forum to hear the business case behind going green. Learn how your business can become more sustainable and see a positive bottom line impact, impact, and hear from three Triangle businesses (Chapel Hill Restaurant Group, Bland Landscaping, and iContact) who have used Green Plus to improve their sustainability and their bottom line and earn customer recognition for their efforts. The Triangle Success Forum is a presentation of the Raleigh, Cary, Chapel Hill-Carrboro, and Durham chambers of commerce.

The program fee is $35, and includes a full breakfast.

Going Green to Get the Green will take place at the Research Triangle Park Headquarters and Conference Center, located at 12 Davis Drive, Research Triangle Park, May 12 from 8 – 11:15a.m.

RSVP by May 6 to Kathryn Wright at 919.664.7090 or kwright@raleighchamber.org.

www.gogreenplus.org

• CHRG has been referred to as the “Rock Stars of Recycling” by Blair Pollock – Solid Waste Manager – Orange County Landfill, for reducing solid waste by 60% in the last ten years.
• In addition to recycling plastic, metal, glass, cardboard, and office paper, CHRG gathers food scraps for composting, and collect all used cooking oils for use as Biofeuls.
• Working with the NC Coastal Federation, CHRG collects and transports all their oyster shells from Squid’s to the North Carolina coast, where they are used to rebuild the state’s oyster beds.
• The Chapel Hill Restaurant Group’s latest property – MEZ Contemporary Mexican in the RTP- is North Carolina’s first LEED designed restaurant. Owners estimate the building is well on the way to saving them substantial money, as the building is using 40% less energy and 60% less water than their older, comparably sized restaurants.
• Chapel Hill Restaurant group was named 2007 “Sustainable Business of the Year” by the Foundation for a Sustainable Community.
• CHRG was an early entrant into the ‘buy local’ approach, starting over 25 years ago, and actively buys as much produce and as many food products as possible from local farmers.