Project Timeline

What is Green Infrastructure?

• Meet the Steering Team
• Team Member Resources
• Meeting Schedule

GI Initiative

• Project Timeline
• Mission and Purpose
• Network Design Goals
• Program Goals and Committee Structure
  • Steering Committee
• Technical Sub-Committee
• Outreach/Education Sub-Committee
• Grant Coordination & Administration Sub-Committee

Links and Resources

GI Home

2006 - 2008 - Phase I

August - December 2006

• Annual Planning Commission Dinner
• Held Project Information Meeting
• Presented to Boards/Councils
• Formed Advisory and Steering Committees

January - August 2007

• Conduct Five Community Meetings
• Promote GI Project at Venues

September - December 2007

• Conduct Regional Network Design  Educational Workshop

January - June 2008

• Form Leadership Group to Carry Out Regional Green Infrastructure Strategies

2008 - 2009 - Phase II

June - December 2008

• Conduct technical GI inventory through data gathering and analysis
• Work for formal acknowledgement/support from Boards/Councils
• Continue work on regional projects as demonstration, continued capacity building
• Sustain Phase I momentum
  • Create and distribute informational materials
  • Sustain visibility through presentations and public forums

January - September 2009

• Develop strategies for integration/implementation
• Develop toolbox of incentives and other means for integration

Late 2009 - Onward - Phase III

October 2009 - Onward

• Integrate Green Infrastructure planning into other planning efforts including transportation, tourism and recreation, economic development, etc.
• Promote the development of tools and techniques to support the capacity of local governments

For more information please contact Regina Elsner at [email protected].