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“It’s OK for blue to go green,” Chris Nordstrom tells kids

“It’s OK for blue to go green,” Chris Nordstrom tells kids

Municipal Management, Recreation planningcwaplanJune 25, 2019Carlisle/Wortman Associates, planning, planners, Michigan, Oakland University, Water Festival, Chris Nordstrom, green infrastructure, Sustainability, sustainable planning

EPA offers a new guide to using green infrastructure in parks

A new EPA publications offers guidelines for planning, funding and building green infrastructure in public parks.

green infrastructure, Recreation planningcwaplanJune 23, 2017Carlisle/Wortman Associates, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, green infrastructure, Michigan, Parks, planners, planning

Find inspiration in these HUD green infrastructure projects

HUD funded 30 projects to help regions and communities plan green infrastructure projects. Their report offers excellent examples and is rich with links to the grantees’ work.

Corridor planning, economic development, Master plans, Placemaking, Public engagement, Recreation planningcwaplanJune 18, 2015Carlisle/Wortman Associates, combined sewer, CSO, green infrastructure, Michigan, planning, storm water, stormwater

Green infrastructure: Possible, beneficial and fundable

Here’s information about three SEMCOG workshops on green infrastructure plus an EPA summary of how to pay for it.

Master plans, Municipal Management, UrbancwaplanMay 15, 2015Carlisle/Wortman Associates, green infrastructure, Michigan, planning, SEMCOG, watershed