{"id":364211,"date":"2017-03-21T02:30:59","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T06:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grist.org\/?post_type=grist-50-profiles&amp;p=364211"},"modified":"2017-03-21T02:30:59","modified_gmt":"2017-03-21T06:30:59","slug":"lauren-mclean","status":"publish","type":"grist-50-profiles","link":"https:\/\/grist.org\/grist-50\/profile\/lauren-mclean\/","title":{"rendered":"Every city needs a Leslie Knope. Lauren McLean keeps Boise booming."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"g50-profile__stats-block profile__stats-block--profile-364211 \">City Councilwoman<br \/>\nBoise, Idaho<br \/>\nAge: 42<\/aside>\n<p>It\u2019s hard to speak with the boisterous, enthusiastic Lauren McLean and not think of Leslie Knope, Amy Poehler\u2019s iconic character on <em>Parks and Recreation<\/em>. (McLean\u2019s kids even make the comparison.) And like her fictional counterpart, McLean also gets things done in her city. Since she joined the Boise city council in 2011, McLean has pushed for land conservation, energy efficiency, and social justice. In 2015, she renewed a $10 million levy that protects 10,000 acres of land for open spaces and clean water sources.<\/p>\n<p>[pullquote]\u201cI believe that cities and counties are a huge part of the solution for sustainability, justice, and the environment.\u201d [\/pullquote]<\/p>\n<p>McLean also helps manage LIV District, an initiative that has deployed more than $5 million in public funding to date toward geothermal expansion, stormwater infrastructure, and park entrances for bikes in the Central Addition neighborhood. She has provided permanent housing for some of the city\u2019s homeless population and has cosponsored a Welcome City program that promotes inclusiveness.<\/p>\n<p>Idaho is among the states with the highest per capita percentage of refugee residents, with people from countries like Iraq, Somalia, Bhutan, Burma, Democratic Republic of Congo, and even a small number of Syrians. McLean wants to encourage Boise businesses to embrace diversity and create opportunities for the city\u2019s new residents. \u201cIt is important to talk about diversity and development as we figure out ways to integrate women, refugees, and immigrants to really build a diverse workforce here,\u201d she says. Leslie Knope would be proud.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This councilwoman keeps Boise booming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57007830,"featured_media":490264,"menu_order":22,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"coauthors":[10],"class_list":["post-364211","grist-50-profiles","type-grist-50-profiles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","grist-50-cities","grist-50-13"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Every city needs a Leslie Knope. Lauren McLean keeps Boise booming. - Grist 50<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Every city needs a Leslie Knope. 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