Monday, June 22, 2009

Getting Our Green On in Tennessee

A team of OHMers just returned from the Tennessee Municipal League's 70th Annual Conference, where the buzz was green, green, green! We added our voices to the hum, too, with a workshop on Greening Your Streets: How to Fund $$ for Storm Water Infiltration. Since so many communities face the same challenge - finding ways to be green without spending too much green - we found lots of eager participants.

The presentation aimed to share simple tips to find and program funds to make water quality improvements, in conjunction with a community’s road projects. The workshop included photos of example projects and funding sources to demonstrate workable ideas, a simple planning/funding cycle process to follow and Q&A on porous pavement and other infiltration techniques. Can't wait to learn more? Take a peek at the presentation below.

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