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| The Cape
Cod Sustainability Indicators Council is pleased to present
On
The Edge (in draft form),
the
NEW 2006 Cape Cod Sustainability Indicators Report containing updated
information on previous indicators as well as new indicators.
You may view it by clicking HERE.
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Cape
Cod Facts at
a Glance
The
15 towns of Cape Cod comprise Barnstable County
411.92 total
square miles of land (derived by
averaging the total areas from 3 data sources)
263,631.70
acres (derived by averaging the total
areas from 3 data sources)
595.56 square
miles of land (upland
and wetland)
Pine Hill
is the highest point on Cape Cod
at 306 feet above mean sea level
17.20
square miles of open water
788.44
miles of shoreline (this figure depends
greatly on what one considers to be the shore)
1000
water bodies covering 11,010.32 acres
170 water
bodies are "great ponds" being
equal to or greater than 10 acres
Maspee-Wakeby
Pond is the deepest water body, reaching 95 feet, but Long Pond
in Brewster/Harwich has the largest area at 743 acres
As of the year
2000, there were 5, 152 acres of land devoted to golfing on the
Cape. With a total population of 222,230 (US
Census 2000), that makes 1,009 square feet of land devoted
to golf for every man, woman and child in Barnstable County (about
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Cape
Cod Trends at a
Glance
Population
186,605 (1990)
222,230
(2000)
228,683 (2004
estimate)
Median
Price for Single Family Home
$135,000
(1998)
$265,950 (2002)
$378,750
(Sept. 2005)
Public Transit
Ridership
246,453 (1994)
404,797
(2000)
415,172
(2005)
Number of
Businesses:
7,914
(1996)
8,554 (2001)
8,719
(2003)
Cape Cod
Bridge Crossings
(Annual
ADT)
81,389
(1990)
95,637
(2000)
98,606
(2004)
Gallons
of public water
pumped:
9 billion
(1996)
11
billion (2001)
11
billion (2004)
Total Average
Wages
$597/week
(2001)
$666/week
(2004)
Percent
of Children
without
Health Insurance
4.7% (2001)
5.3%
(2004)
Self-Sufficiency
Wage for 2 Adults,
1
preschooler and 1 schoolage child:
$3,397/month
(1997)
$4,156/month
(2003)
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Never
doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can
change the world.
Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
~Margaret Mead
The Cape
Cod Sustainability Indicators Project (SIP) is administered by the
Cape Cod Sustainability Indicators Council (the Council), a group
of volunteer community leaders from various sectors and regions
of Cape Cod who, like many other groups across the United States
and around the world, are working to do just as Margaret Mead advised.
Cape Cod
residents have become increasingly concerned that our social, economic
and environmental systems are not sustainable into the future.
In response to these concerns, the Council began tracking indicators
that represent values that Cape Codders believe are important to
our well-being. By collecting data over time and making the
findings readily available, the Council hopes to inspire public
dialogue about what can and should be done to make Cape Cod sustainable
for ourselves and our descendants.
The Council
was formed in 1997 and produced the first sustainability indicators
report in 1999. A second report, entitled "An Uncertain
Future", was produced in 2003. Our third report,
entitled"Cape Cod 2020", builds on the data tracked
in the first two reports, as well as includes new indicators.
Many organizations
on Cape Cod are working to promote sustainablity in various areas.
Click Links for more information about them.
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| 2005-2006
Cape Cod Sustainability Indicators Council Members |
| Megan
Amsler, Cape & Islands Self Reliance |
John
Lipman, Cape Cod Commission, a dept. of Barnstable County |
Leslie
Richardson, Cape Cod Commission,
a
dept. of Barnstable County
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| Steve
Brown, Barnstable County Dept. of Human Services |
Lisa
McNeill, The Cape Cod Foundation |
Robin
Rowland, Cape Cod Healthcare |
| Courtney
Garcia, Workforce Investment Board |
Christopher
Powicki, Water Energy & Ecology Information Services |
Charlotte
Stiefel, Member-at-Large |
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Arthur
Kimber, Barnstable Housing Authority |
For
More Information:
Cape Cod Sustainabililty Indicators Council
c/o Cape Cod Commission
P.O. Box 227
3225 Main Street
Barnstable, MA 02630
Telephone: 508.362.3828
Please send all correspondence to Tana Watt
Email: tswatt@capecodcommission.org
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Steve
Tucker, Massachusetts Bays National
Estuary
Program
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| Charles Kleekamp,
Cape Clean Air |
Project
Coordinator:
Tana
Watt, Cape Cod
Commission,
a dept. of Barnstable County
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