Phase 1 Goals
- Build an
understanding of the value of green infrastructure across public and private
sector interests in the New River Valley;
- Promote
green infrastructure planning tools and techniques for the New River
Valley;
- Create
a regional network of professionals and community leaders to carry forward
the momentum of the project by applying the concepts of green infrastructure
to landscape level planning and the protection of important resources in the
region;
- Identify
funding for formal plan development and implementation;
- Capacity build among interest groups to design and adopt a Green Infrastructure inventory for the region.
Phase 1 Objectives:
Develop
outreach and marketing plan for the project.
→ Steering Team/Advisory
Committee Meetings
Develop
outreach and marketing materials targeted to key interest groups.
→ Community Sessions
→ Network Design Workshop
Educate interested stakeholders
and the broader public about green infrastructure as a tool for balancing
conservation and development
→ Ongoing Education and Outreach
→ Community Sessions
Assess green infrastructure
needs and goals within localities and identify opportunities for region wide
planning.
→ Community
Sessions
→ Ongoing outreach and dialogue
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