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Growing Your Green Infrastructure Program University of Massachusetts Amherst
UMass Campus Conference Center
1 Campus Center Way, Amherst MA
December 6, 2012
WORKSHOP MATERIALS
Welcome ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2
About the Hosts ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Agenda .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 3
Case Studies .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
Speakers and Staff ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 4
Participants ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Evaluation Form .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 11
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Welcome
Thank you for joining us for Growing Your Green Infrastructure Program. This workshop is designed to equip local
governments in New England to implement successful green infrastructure programs and practices in your communities,
in order to meet your stormwater management and water quality goals. Through expert presentations, case studies, and
peer networking opportunities, participants will learn regulatory, technical, financial, and outreach strategies for effectively
using green infrastructure approaches.
Presentations and other event material will be made available at http://efc.muskie.usm.maine.edu/ following the event.
Sustainable Communities grantees will also be able to access these materials at www.SCLearningNetwork.org. Please
complete the evaluation form at the end of this packet, to help us in planning future events. Thanks again for
participating today, and we hope the event is valuable to you.
About the Hosts
This workshop is a collaborative effort between the Water Resources Research Center at University of Massachusetts
Amherst and two members of the Environmental Finance Center Network - New England Environmental Finance Center at
University of Southern Maine and Environmental Finance Center at University of Maryland.
Water Resources Research Center, UMass Amherst
The Water Resources Research Center supports research, education, and outreach on water resources issues of state,
regional, and national importance as part of the national system of institutes authorized under the Water Resources
Research Act of 1964. Established in 1965, the Center is now part of the Center for Agriculture at the University of
Massachusetts Amherst. The Center encourages an interdisciplinary approach to resolving state and regional water
problems and has involved the University system and many other Massachusetts colleges and universities in Center
research.
Blaisdell House, 113 Grinnell Way
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003
413-545-5531
http://wrrc.umass.edu/
Environmental Finance Center Network
The Environmental Finance Center Network (EFCN) is a national partnership of ten public universities funded in part by US
EPA and specializing in the questions of how to pay for environmental compliance and improvement. Through a two-year
cooperative agreement with US Department of Housing and Urban Development, EFCN is one of six teams providing
capacity building and technical assistance to recipients of HUD/EPA/DOT Sustainable Communities grants. Learn more
about the federal Partnership for Sustainable Communities and its work to help towns, cities, and regions develop in more
economically, environmentally, and socially sustainable ways: www.sustainablecommunities.gov.
New England Environmental Finance Center
Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service
University of Southern Maine
34 Bedford Street, P.O. Box 9300
Portland, ME 04104-9300
207-780-5864
http://efc.muskie.usm.maine.edu/
Environmental Finance Center at the
University of Maryland
054 Preinkert Field House, Room 1218
College Park, MD 20742
301-405-5891
http://www.efc.umd.edu
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Agenda
All sessions take place in 163C, except lunch which will be held in the Amherst Room on the 10th
floor.
8:00 - 9:00 Registration and refreshments
9:00 Welcoming remarks
Paula Rees, Water Resources Research Center, University of Massachusetts
9:15 Loading up the bandwagon: Generating buy-in for your green infrastructure program
Khristopher Dodson, Syracuse University Environmental Finance Center
10:00 Green infrastructure and the regulatory framework
Gina Snyder, EPA Region 1
10:30 Right practice, right place: Green infrastructure technologies that work in New England
Robert Roseen, Geosyntec
11:30 Q&A
Workshop participants will have a chance to ask questions of the morning speakers
11:45 Networking lunch
Amherst Room, 10th
Floor
12:45 Financing strategies for green infrastructure programs
Jennifer Cotting, University of Maryland Environmental Finance Center
1:30 The role of consensus-building strategies in community funding deliberations: Lessons
learned from New England MS4 communities and other municipalities
Josh Secunda, EPA Region 1
1:50 Stories from the field: Implementing green infrastructure
Simsbury, CT – Hiram Peck, Town of Simsbury; Jonathan Ford, Morris Beacon Design
Cincinnati, OH – Allison Roy, US Geological Survey
Pittsfield, MA – Kathleen Ogden, Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.
3:30 Q&A
The case study conversation continues with questions from workshop participants
3:50 Wrap Up
4:00 Adjourn
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Case Studies
Simsbury, CT – Stormwater Regulations Incorporating Green Infrastructure
Hiram Peck, Town of Simsbury and Jonathan Ford, Morris Beacon Design
The Town of Simsbury sought innovative stormwater regulations and design guidelines as a follow-up to the
recently adopted form-based Simsbury Center Code. Morris Beacon Design produced the Simsbury Stormwater
Article and Design Guidelines establishing the connection between the LID stormwater management toolkit and
compact, walkable development patterns as a framework for watershed health in Simsbury. The work, funded by
CT DEP, includes a Watershed Planning and Design Framework to guide neighborhood-scale planning in
conjunction with the Simsbury Center Code, runoff mitigation incentives for project located in compact, walkable
areas, a Planning and Site Design Criteria Checklist, and a BMP implementation matrix calibrated to Simsbury
Center form-based zones.
Cincinnati, OH – Shepherd Creek Project
Allison Roy, US Geological Survey
The US Environmental Protection Agency conducted and funded a large-scale retrofit project implementing rain
gardens and rain barrels on private properties throughout a small, suburban watershed in Cincinnati, OH. The
goals of the project were 1) determine whether a market-based mechanism is an appropriate incentive to install
on-lot green stormwater infrastructure, and 2) assess the in-stream hydrologic, water quality, and biotic responses
to implementation of green infrastructure. The project used a voluntary, “reverse” procurement auction to
encourage participation, which ultimately resulted in installation of 165 rain barrels and 81 rain gardens on 30% of
the properties in the experimental sub-basins in 2007 and 2008. The findings represent the first reports of effects
of dispersed, retrofit stormwater management on stream ecosystems.
Pittsfield, MA – Green Streets
Kathleen Ogden, Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.
Pittsfield has broken new ground with the implementation of Green Street retrofits for stormwater management in
the northeast. By aligning with its Complete Streets goals of pedestrian safety, traffic calming, and aesthetics, the
City of Pittsfield’s implementation of green infrastructure through its central business district has propelled its
urban revitalization process and its success as a “Green Community.” Techniques utilized in this green street
retrofit will be presented along with solutions to construction challenges and working within the MassDOT system.
A year into the project, lessons have been learned and will be discussed with a view to the latest approaches and
techniques.
Speakers and Staff
Jennifer Cotting
Research Associate - Green Infrastructure, University of Maryland Environmental Finance Center
College Park, MD
301-405-5495 | [email protected]
After three years as Assistant Director at University of Maryland Environmental Finance Center (UMD EFC), Jennifer
recently became the EFC’s Research Associate for Green Infrastructure issues. In this role she manages all of UMD
EFC’s green infrastructure programming with a particular focus on large landscape conservation and urban land
use, and stormwater and habitat management. These activities involve research and analysis on green
infrastructure practices, financing, and efficiencies, and from a program management perspective includes
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coordinating consultants, project partners, and staff, as well as drafting work plans, progress reports and final
reports. Jennifer serves as a guest lecturer on green infrastructure financing for Virginia Tech’s Executive Masters
in Natural Resources Program as well as the Conservation Fund’s course: Strategic Conservation Planning Using a
Green Infrastructure Approach. Current and recent projects include: Assessing Federal Green Infrastructure
Programming; Improving Local Government Capacity to Implement Watershed Planning; and EFC’s Sustainable
Maryland Certified program. She received her M.S. in Sustainable Development and Conservation Biology from
the University of Maryland and her B.A. in Communications from Marymount University.
Khristopher Dodson
Senior Program Manager, Syracuse University Environmental Finance Center
Syracuse, NY
315-443-8818 | [email protected]
Khristopher provides technical assistance to local government on topics related to green infrastructure, asset
management, smart growth, land use and comprehensive planning, and other topics related to local
infrastructure, leadership, management and finance. He also has responsibility for outreach and education on
water and land-use BMPs, Great Lakes science and policy, and Collaborative Governance. He has direct
experience in a number of communities in which the EFC works, and has established relationships with a number
of key organizations in the area. He coordinates public education and outreach efforts for the nationally-
recognized Onondaga County Save the Rain program. Khris has a Masters Degree from the SUNY College of
Environmental Science and Forestry and a Master of Arts from Syracuse University.
Elizabeth Finn
Water Projects / Lab Coordinator, Water Resources Research Center, University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA
413-545-5979 | [email protected]
Beckie has been with the WRRC since 2009 as Water Projects Coordinator and Information Transfer Specialist. Her
background is in shellfish biology, aquaculture education and environmental planning. She has a keen interest in
wetland botany and vernal pool ecology. Her work with the Tri-State Connecticut River Targeted Watershed
Initiative and the Acid Rain Monitoring (ARM) project gives her a renewed enthusiasm and appreciation for citizen
scientists and all of the amazing volunteer work that they do. Beckie has a MS in Environmental Science,
Conservation Biology from Antioch University New England, and a BA in Environmental Geography from
Macalester College.
Jonathan Ford
Principal, Morris Beacon Design
Providence, RI
401-451-5123 | [email protected]
Dedication to traditional neighborhood design and a belief in interdisciplinary collaboration led Jon to found
Morris Beacon Design, a New Urbanist civil engineering and urban design consulting firm. As a New Urbanist civil
engineer, Jon believes walkable eco-sensitive neighborhood planning and site design leads to vibrant
communities in balance with nature. He is a 2006 Knight Fellow in Community Building at the University of
Miami’s School of Architecture. Jon is a licensed Professional Engineer in several states, including Rhode Island,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and North Carolina. Jon and his family live in walkable Providence,
Rhode Island, where most of their daily travel is by foot or bicycle.
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Kathleen Ogden
Landscape Architecture Team Leader / Project Manager, Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.
Boston, MA
617-924.1770 x 1338 | [email protected]
Kathleen is the Landscape Architecture Team Leader and Project Manager in the Planning and Design Department
located within the VHB corporate office. She plays an active role in the VHB Low Impact Design Workgroup and
Green Streets Initiative, leads the VHB Complete Streets initiative, as well as serving as President of the Boston
Society of Landscape Architects. Her experience includes high-quality, award winning landscape design for
primarily public clients and the integration of sustainable and low impact site design on degraded and Brownfield
sites. Kathleen has 20 years of experience working with municipalities and private developers regarding public
outreach, creative technical solutions through the coordination of multiple disciplines and development of low-
cost sustainable design solutions. She has extensive experience with the design and construction of green
infrastructure within complex urban settings including Pittsfield, Albany and Boston. Kathleen has made several
presentations on the topic including for the International ASCE conference, Build Boston, the MA Association of
Planning Directors, Pioneer Valley Planning Commission, and has been a guest lecturer at the GSD at Harvard on
Greening the Urban Corridor: Decentralization of Stormwater. She has a BS in Landscape Architecture from
Pennsylvania State University, 1992, and a Master in Design Studies in Landscape and Ecological Planning from
Harvard University Graduate School of Design, 1997.
Hiram Peck
Director of Community Planning and Development, Simsbury, Connecticut
Simsbury, CT
860-658-3200 | [email protected]
As a professional AICP certified planner for over 25 years, Hiram has worked with municipalities, the federal
government/USDA, regional planning agencies, and private clients. In his current position at Simsbury, Hiram has
overseen an extensive consensus building process involving a community design charrette and adoption of a
Form-Based Coding effort for Simsbury Town Center. Other recent efforts include a Planned Area Development
regulation which was recently adopted in Simsbury, as well as work on Low Impact Development (LID) stormwater
policies and regulations and Workforce Housing Development Zones. Before coming to Simsbury, Hiram worked
for New Canaan, CT; Greenwich, CT; South Western Regional Planning Agency region in Fairfield County; and
COGCNV in Waterbury, CT. He has taught science at the secondary level and geology at the college level, and is a
consulting planner and a CT licensed arborist in his spare time. Hiram received a Bachelors Degree in Earth
Science and Geology from Western Connecticut State University and a Masters in Regional Planning from
University of Massachusetts.
Paula Rees, Ph.D.
Director, Water Resources Research Center, University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA
413-545-5528 | [email protected]
Since 1999, Dr. Paula Rees has been conducting interdisciplinary research at UMass Amherst, with a focus on
hydrology, hydrometeorology, and water quality. Since 2007, she has been Director of the Massachusetts Water
Resources Research Center (WRRC) and Director for Education, Outreach and Diversity for the Collaborative
Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA), a National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center. In
2011, she was also appointed as Director of the Diversity Programs Office (DPO) of the College of Engineering.
Presently, Paula is leading a multi-year project on the Blackstone River Watershed, investigating water quality,
ecological health, and ecological risk through data collection and modeling and identification of non-point source
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pollution. Paula is also part of a CASA team working to develop an Urban Demonstration Network to serve as a
national model for urban radar system deployments from a technological, operational, and socioeconomic
perspective. Paula’s service to the technical community includes serving on the board of directors of the
University’s Council on Water Resources from 2004 - 2011 and as President from 2010-2011. Paula received a
Ph.D. (1997) and MA (1994) in Environmental Engineering and Water Resources from Princeton University and a
BS in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Iowa in 1992.
Robert Roseen, Ph.D., P.E
Associate, Geosyntec Consulting
Brookline, MA
617-992-9067 | [email protected]
Dr. Robert Roseen was the Director of the University of New Hampshire Stormwater Center from 2004-2012. He
has substantial experience with the implementation of LID stormwater management including design, costing,
installation, construction oversight and inspection. Rob’s area of expertise is broadly in water resources
engineering, land use and pollutant loading assessment, stormwater management, LID design, gravel wetlands,
and porous pavements. He has participated in many significant and award-winning green infrastructure projects
including a street redesign with a combined sewer separation and widespread usage of GI; the Long Creek
Watershed Project (for which Rob was a member of the Management Team); and several of the first porous
asphalt installations in the northeast for residential and commercial applications. Most recently this has included
over 40 installations of innovative systems, many as low cost municipal partnerships. Rob is the Lead Author for
the project Green Infrastructure for Sustainable Coastal Communities to build municipal capacity to address
stormwater management problems though increasing familiarity with the design, construction, and maintenance
of green infrastructure. He has extensive experience working with local, state, and regional agencies and
participates on a national level for USEPA Headquarters, WEF, and the White Council on Environmental Quality on
urban retrofit innovations and next generation LID/GI technology and financing solutions.
Allison Roy, Ph.D.
Assistant Unit Leader, US Geological Survey, Massachusetts Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Amherst, MA
413.545.4895 | [email protected]
In January 2012, Dr. Allison Roy joined the USGS as the Assistant Unit Leader of Fisheries for the Massachusetts
Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit in the Department of Environmental Conservation at the University of
Massachusetts-Amherst. Prior to coming to New England, she was an Assistant Professor of Biology at Kutztown
University (2009-2011), and a postdoctoral associate with the US Environmental Protection Agency in Cincinnati,
OH (2004-2009). At the US EPA, she was involved in large, interdisciplinary research project investigating stream
responses to watershed-scale stormwater management. Allison has conducted research on freshwater
ecosystems for over 15 years and has published 24 peer-reviewed research papers and book chapters. Her
research broadly emphasizes characterizing anthropogenic impacts on streams and identifying conservation
strategies for effectively protecting and restoring watersheds. She received her B.S. in Biology and Environmental
Science from Allegheny College, her M.S. in Entomology from the University of Georgia, and her Ph.D. in Ecology
from the University of Georgia.
Josh Secunda
EPA Region 1, Innovations and Sustainability Unit
Boston, MA
617/918-1736 | [email protected]
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Josh works in EPA-New England’s Innovations and Sustainability Unit. Previously, he served as a Senior
Enforcement Counsel in the Region’s Office of Environmental Stewardship. He has worked with EPA as a
facilitator, mediator and instructor in multi-party environmental dispute resolution strategies, and with the
Consensus Building Institute as a senior consultant. His published work includes “An Experiment in 21st Century
Enforcement” (National Environmental Enforcement Journal), and articles published in the UCLA Journal of
Environmental Law & Policy. He also coauthored (with MIT’s Professor Lawrence Susskind) “Environmental
Dispute Resolution: The American Experience (Clifford Chance, London). Joshua is a graduate of Tufts University,
Boston College Law School, the Vermont Law School’s Environmental Law Center and Harvard’s John F. Kennedy
School of Government.
Kristel Sheesley
Program Manager, New England Environmental Finance Center
Portland, ME
207-780-5864 | [email protected]
Kristel joined the New England Environmental Finance Center in January 2012 to manage a HUD funded program
to provide technical assistance to recipients of grants from the federal Partnership for Sustainable Communities.
Kristel coordinates her team’s remote and in-person trainings on various water infrastructure topics, including
stormwater management, green infrastructure, sustainable infrastructure finance, and hazard mitigation planning.
Kristel recently received her masters in community planning from University of Southern Maine, where her work
focused on regional land use and environmental planning. Her capstone project was a sourcebook of strategies
for retrofitting underperforming commercial strip corridors, prepared for GrowSmart Maine. Prior to joining EFC,
Kristel worked as a fundraiser for Friends of Casco Bay in Maine and Assateague Coastal Trust in Maryland and as
a coastal ecology educator for the Delaware Department of Natural Resources. She holds BAs in Environmental
Studies and Political Studies from Gordon College in Massachusetts and a Master of Community Planning and
Development from the Muskie School of Public Service at the University of Southern Maine.
Martha Sheils
Research Analyst, New England Environmental Finance Center
Portland, ME
207-228-8164 | [email protected]
Martha manages an EPA funded project to provide Training and Technical Assistance to Small Water Systems
through the EFCNetwork. This includes training and assistance on asset and energy management, water loss,
financing, rate setting and regionalization - all with the goal of building managerial and financial capacity at small
public water systems. Martha is also an adviser to Studioverde, a landscape architecture and design company in
Portland, ME and Austin, TX on the benefits of using GI, and on the Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES) credit
system. She is also a member of the Waste Reduction Group of the Portland Public Schools which reduced its
cafeteria waste by 80% using industrial food composting and recycling. Previously, Martha was a Project Manager
at the Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID) on a USAID environmental policy and capacity
building project in Russia and Kazakhstan. She received a BA in Economics from Rutgers University in 1983, a
Master of Environmental Management in Resource Economics and Policy from Duke University’s Nicholas
School of the Environment in 1992, and a certificate in Sustainable Business from the University of Southern
Maine in 2010.
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Gina Snyder, P.E.
Environmental Engineer, EPA Region 1
Boston, MA
617-918-1837 | [email protected]
As a professional engineer working for EPA for over 25 years, Gina has worked with municipalities, state
government, trade groups and colleges and universities. In her current position at EPA-Region 1, Gina provides
training on Clean Water Act permit issues, asset management and energy management in wastewater and water
facilities to operators, engineering consultants, municipal staff and community officials in the six New England
states. She is currently working with EPA's Office of Research and Development and the UNH Stormwater Center
on a field project to measure rain garden capacity under a research grant. Gina has an extensive background in
several media programs at EPA in both enforcement and assistance capacities, and has developed tools to
promote permit compliance and manuals for focused environmental management systems. Prior to joining EPA,
Gina worked for consulting firms in California and Washington, and is a volunteer on her local stream team and
her town’s climate committee in her spare time. Gina has a Masters in Water Resources Engineering from
University of Washington.
Participants
Name Title Organization Email Phone
Anne Capra Principal Planner
Pioneer Valley Planning
Commission [email protected] 413-781-6045
Peter Coffin Coordinator Blackstone River Coalition
peter.coffin@zaptheblacksto
ne.org 508-753-6087
Chris Curtis Chief Planner
Pioneer Valley Planning
Commission [email protected] 413-781-6045
Michael Dietz Program Director CT NEMO [email protected] 860-345-5225
David Everett Principal Planner City of Providence, RI [email protected] 401-680-8520
William Frederick Grant Supervisor
Connecticut Department of
Economic and Community
Development [email protected] 860-270-8146
Patty Gambarini
Senior Environmental
Planner
Pioneer Valley Planning
Commission [email protected] 413-781-6045
Ted Grabarz Sustainability Director City of Bridgeport, CT
ov 203-576-8439
Jim Gulnac
Director of
Community Planning
and Development Town of Sanford, ME [email protected] 207-324-9150
Samantha
Holcomb Planner
Two Rivers-Ottauquechee
Regional Commission [email protected] 802-457-3188
Jennifer Kaufman
Natural Resources
and Sustainability
Coordinator Town of Mansfield, CT [email protected]
860-429-3015
x204
Patrick Kelly Designer Morris Beacon Design [email protected] 781-635-4532
Joe Kietner
Environmental
Compliance
Supervisor City of Chicopee, MA [email protected] 413-594-3585
Michael McCrory Senior Planner Upper Valley Lake Sunapee [email protected] 603-448-1680
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Regional Planning
Commission
Doug McDonald
Stormwater
Coordinator City of Northampton, MA
dmcdonald@northamptonm
a.gov 413-587-1582
Emily Moos
Senior Planner and
Policy Analyst
Capitol Region Council of
Governments [email protected]
860-522-2217
x219
Dan Murphy Town Engineer Town of South Hadley, MA
ov 413-538-5033
Martin Pillsbury
Environmental
Planning Director
Metropolitan Area Planning
Council [email protected]
617-451-2770
x2012
Mary Praus
Land Use Planning /
Homeland Security
Project Planner
Franklin Regional Council of
Governments [email protected]
413-774-3167
x131
George O.
Reagan
Housing Awareness
Program
Administrator
New Hampshire Housing
Finance Authority [email protected] 603-310-9253
Rachel Ruppel GIS Analyst/Planner
Upper Valley Lake Sunapee
Regional Planning
Commission [email protected] 603-448-1680
Carolyn Russell
Senior Environment
and Land Use Planner
NH Dept. of Environmental
Services, Planning, Prevention
& Assistance Unit [email protected] 603-271-3010
Dari Sassan Regional Planner
Lakes Region Planning
Commission [email protected] 603-279-8171
Jerry Schoen
Director, Outreach
and Education
Water Resources Research
Center, UMass [email protected] 413-545-5532
Myra Schwartz
Environmental
Planner US EPA - Region 1
gov 617-918-1696
Elizabeth Scott Deputy Chief
RI Dept. of Environmental
Management, Office of Water
Resources [email protected]
401-222-4700
x7300
Matthew Sokop City Engineer City of Holyoke, MA [email protected] 413-322-5645
Ed Suslovic
City Councilor; Chair,
Sustainable
Stormwater Funding
Task Force City of Portland, ME
ov 207-671-6320
Damon Yakovleff Research Analyst
Environmental Finance
Center, USM
u 860-428-2058
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Evaluation Form
Your feedback will assist us in planning future events. Completed forms may be left on the registration table or
mailed to Kristel Sheesley, New England EFC, University of Southern Maine, P.O. Box 9300, Portland, ME 04104-
9300. Thank you!
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Loading up the bandwagon: Generating buy-in
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Green infrastructure and the regulatory
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Right practice, right place: Green infrastructure
technologies that work in New England
Financing strategies for green infrastructure
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The role of consensus-building strategies in
community funding deliberations
Stories from the field: Implementing green
infrastructure
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