YRSCB Roundtable Presents "Linking Our Communities: A Workshop on Green Infrastructure Planning" at Randolph Macon College in Ashland, Virginia The workshop featured speakers on the topics of plan development, financing, case studies from the York and Small Coastal basin watersheds, and a compilation of technical resources to make putting together your community green infrastructure plan much easier.

- Welcome: Michelle Carter, YRSCB Chair & May Sligh, DCR
Dr. Chas Gowan, Department of Environmental Studies, Randolph Macon College

- Introduction to Green Infrastructure in Virginia: Background & Tools
Jason Bulluck, VCLNA, Department of Conservation & Recreation

- Green Infrastructure and DCR Initiatives
Janit Llewellyn, VOP

- Creating a Regional GI Plan
Eric Walberg, Principal Physical & Environmental Planner, Hampton Roads Planning District Commission

Break

- Taking a Green Infrastructure Approach to Comprehensive Planning
Karen Firehock, Executive Director, Green Infrastructure Center, Inc.

- How to Finance your GI Plan
Jennifer Cotting, Program Manager, Environmental Finance Ctr, University of MD

Lunch & walking tour of campus bio-retention features

- Builders for the Bay: Tools for Sustainable Site Design
Chris French, Virginia Director, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay

- Karen Firehock, Green Infrastructure Center, Inc. and May Sligh, DCR

- Instructions for the workshop exercise

View a Photo Gallery of the meeting!