S.W.I.M. Coalition

Please save Thursday, May 7, 2009 for the Workshop on Green Infrastructure and Wet Weather to be held at the central office of the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation in Albany, from about 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.  The Workshop will also be video broadcast to DEC Region offices across the state so you can attend there or at the central office.  The Workshop is being offered by NYS DEC, in partnership with the US Environmental Protection Agency.  There is no fee and attendees will be responsible for their own lunch.

More information will be posted soon.

Teresa Crimmens is quoted in the TreeHugger blog: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/02/5-great-green-ways-us-cities-leading-by-example.php

See item #4:  Incentivizing Green Infrastructure & Managing Stormwater Runoff

Now in its 18th year, the Planning Commissioners Journal provides concise information designed to make planning commissioners more comfortable – and effective – in their role. Available now, the PCJ’s current issue, “Managing Stormwater”, covers a wide range of topics giving citizen planners the background and perspective they need on planning issues they face. Included in the Winter 2009 issue of the Planning Commissioners Journal:

– Managing Stormwater Runoff: A Green Infrastructure Approach by Lynn Richards
– Taking Low Impact Development from Research to Regulations by John S. Rozum, AICP, and David W. Dickson
– The ABC’s

Planning Commissioners Journal website: http://pcj.typepad.com/

Stormwater Section:
http://pcj.typepad.com/planning_commissioners_jo/stormwater.html

Thanks to Rich Kampf for sharing this information.