SFMA has offered its Environmental Facility Certification program to the membership since 2016, virtually at no charge. Once certification has been received, the facility would then pay $100 for the recognition materials, which cost $100 to produce.
Beginning on Jan. 1, there will be a $50 application fee assessed for processing the application. That fee will be able to be paid through the SFMA shopping cart. The fee will help to offset the resources – staff and software — needed to review and process the applications. The charge for the recognition materials will not change; choosing a banner or a plaque will cost $100.
After a thorough cost analysis of the program, the Environmental Committee recommended to the Board of Directors that a $50 application fee be implemented at the beginning of 2019. The Board approved that recommendation at its fall Board meeting.