Green Infrastructure Champions Workshop

The UTRCA hosted a Green Infrastructure Champions workshop on October 5, 2017. The workshop objectives were:

• Provide an opportunity to learn from local expert experiences in green infrastructure (GI) /Low Impact Development (LID) design, construction, maintenance and operation and performance monitoring.
• Introduce participants to the Green Infrastructure Champions Program and get “Emerging Champions” to sign up for technical assistance through mentoring network.
• Provide an avenue for new and emerging LID/GI champions to learn from local experts as they share their lessons learned about design, construction, monitoring and maintenance.

AGENDA

Presentations

• Great Lakes Green Infrastructure Champions (Victoria Pebbles, Great Lakes Commission)
• Overview on Green Infrastructure Actions within the Draft Canada – Ontario Action Plan for Lake Erie (Henry Jun, Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change)
• Adapting to Climate Change with Low Impact Development/Green Infrastructure (Christine Zimmer and Amna Tariq, Credit Valley Conservation)
• LID: The UTRCA Experience – Lessons Learned (Imtiaz Shah, UTRCA)
• Municipal Low Impact Development Strategy and Implementation (Adrienne Sones, City of London)
• Great Lakes Emerging Champions Mini-Grant Program (Teresa Hollingsworth, UTRCA)