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Enhancing Sustainable Communities with Green Infrastructure
Roof on EPA Narragansett Lab
Trish Garrigan, EPA Region 1
Presentation at National Community Development Conference Worcester MA, March 31, 2015
OUTLINE •WHY I AM HERE WITH YOU
•TALK ABOUT GREEN INFRASTUCTURE
•SHARE EXAMPLES WHERE COMMUNITIES ARE INCORPORATING GI TO HELP THEM BE MORE SUSTAINABLE, PREPARED, RESILIENT
•CLOSING THOUGHTS
New England Partnership for Sustainable Communities
“At all scales, green infrastructure provides real ecological, economic, and social benefits.”
“The idea that nature is also infrastructure isn’t new, but it’s now more widely understood to be true”
- Nancy Somerville, Hon. ASLA, executive vice president and CEO of ASLA
Build in Green Features during Routine Right - of -Way Maintenance and Operations
North Street, Pittsfield, MA
Fact sheet #1
Build or retrofit parking facilities to be greener and consider “complete” and “green” streets
Fact Sheet #2
Before
GREEN STREETS
•ALLEYS TYPICALLY HAVE LOW VOLUMES OF TRAFFIC AT LOWER SPEEDS; THEY CAN BE THE “LOW HANGING FRUIT” IN GREENING STREETS.
•WATER INFILTRATES THROUGH PERMEABLE PAVEMENT OR INFILTRATION BASINS, ALLEVIATING FLOODING AND REDUCING ALLEY RUNOFF.
Chicago, Il
•ADOPT PEDESTRIAN AND STREET CONNECTIVITY REQUIREMENTS
Build rain gardens and green infrastructure at public facilities
Fact Sheet #3
Silver Lake, Wilmington MA
Trees!! Green Roofs !! Green Jobs !!
Design traffic safety features to manage stormwater and improve aesthetics
Fact Sheet #4
•RAIN GARDENS CAN BE ADDED TO
PEDESTRIAN BULB-OUTS ON BUSIER COMMERCIAL STREETS.
•STORMWATER IS ALLOWED TO INFILTRATE BUT THE ADDED BENEFIT IS REDUCED CROSSING DISTANCES FOR PEDESTRIANS.
Kansas City, MO
Create stormwater microparks Be creative with water
Fact sheet #5
Email to: [email protected]
Series of Municipal Handbooks •Funding Options •Retrofit Policies •Green Streets •Rainwater Harvesting
Policies •Incentive Mechanisms
Superstorm Sandy West Haven, CT | Oct 2012
NEW ENGLAND CLIMATE CHANGE FORECAST
29
Temperature
Extreme Precipitation
Sea Level Rise
Warmer and More Acidic Oceans
in amounts of very heavy precipitation
Vermont’s Route 4
Aug 2011
Increases
1958 to 2011
Background: Climate Change in New England
Boston’s Christian Scientist Center Water Fountain
A FEW CLOSING THOUGHTS….
•PREVENTION AND PREPAREDNESS PAYS •PREVENT POLLUTION, PROTECT NATURAL RESOURCES, BE
PREPARED
•BE WILLING TO GO OUTSIDE YOUR COMFORT ZONE, ASK QUESTIONS
•CONSIDER NEW PARTNERS
•WORK MORE EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY •USE LESS WATER, LESS ENERGY, ENGAGE THE PUBLIC,
FOCUS ON PLACES
•DON’T KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD •THINK ABOUT UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, AND WHAT
THE FUTURE MIGHT LOOK LIKE
TRISH GARRIGAN [email protected]
(617)918-1583
EMAIL TO: [email protected]
WWW. EPA.GOV/SMARTGROWTH TO JOIN LISTSERVE
www.epa.gov/greeninfrastructure Lots of tools, cost data, case studies, and guidance on regulatory integration