March 2025 Chapter Meeting: Regional Climate Action Planning

Topic: Regional Climate Action Planning

The Lexington-Fayette Metropolitan Statistical Area received a Climate Pollution Reduction Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to develop a Priority and Comprehensive Climate Action Plan for Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Jessamine, Scott, and Woodford Counties. The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government (LFUCG) is the lead agency, and responsible for managing the grant.

Jada Walker Griggs, Sustainability Program Manager Senior for LFUCG, and Abby Terry, the prime consultant on the project for Tetra Tech, will present on work completed on the plan to date and provide an overview of the Stationary Energy sector emissions and proposed emissions reductions measures.

Presenters: Jada Walker Griggs and Abby M. Terry, PE, LEED Green Assoc.

Jada Walker Griggs is a Program Manager Senior with the Lexington-Fayette Urban
County Government. Jada has over two decades of experience in municipal
government, of which, 14 years was spent in Risk, Safety and Loss Control
Management and 10 years in the Division of Environmental Service. Her regulatory
background led her to an Environmental Initiatives Specialist position which poised her
for her current position, leading sustainability efforts for the City of Lexington-Fayette
County. Jada works as a liaison across divisions, while also being the outward facing
community connector for initiatives she helps organize, develop, and implement. She
has experience administering various federal and state grants during her time at
LFUCG, including the Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Efficiency and Conservation
Block Grants, the EPA Brownfield Program Assessment and Clean-up Grants, and most
recent, the regional Lexington-Fayette MSA Climate Pollution Reduction Planning
Grant, which includes Fayette, Bourbon, Clark, Scott, Jessamine and Woodford
counties, and the municipal governments within those counties.
Jada facilitated efforts to update the community-wide sustainability plan, Empower
Lexington: A Plan for a Resilient Community, was selected as a cohort with the US
Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for Cities, the EPA Smart Growth Network (Sustainable Communities Accelerator Network
Program), and is on the President’s Sustainability Advisory Committee for the University of Kentucky (UK).
Jada is a former sworn City Commissioner in Cynthiana, KY where she served as
Commissioner for the Department of Public Works and Maintenance for 7 ½ years.
She is a graduate of Eastern Kentucky University and a mother of two.

Mrs. Terry is a professional engineer at Tetra Tech with diverse experience in environmental compliance, permitting, and sustainability. She has extensive experience working with the Lexington-Fayette County Urban Government (LFUCG). She provides day-to-day support to the Division of Water Quality’s Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Program, and recently completed a community-wide and municipal greenhouse gas inventory for the Division of Environmental Services. Her current work involves assisting with the development of the Lexington-Fayette Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) Comprehensive Climate Action Plan under the EPA’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grants Program.