1.
Regional Engagement for Green Infrastructure
Decision-Making & Implementation
Thursday, December 17 ~ 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. ET
A webinar hosted by the University of Louisville
Environmental Finance Center, serving EPA Region 4
in partnership with the NADO Research Foundation

2.
University of Louisville
Environmental Finance Center serving EPA Region 4
Provide research and technical assistance to local, state and tribal governments,
businesses and nonprofit organizations regarding sustainable environmental policy
and program development and evaluation.
View our current and online projects at:
www.louisville.edu/cepm

3.
Research and Technical Assistance Provided
u Practice Guides
u Policy Reports
u Land Use / Housing Surveys
u Workshops / Public Meetings
u One-on-One Assistance
u Environmental Task Force Participation
u Web-Based Resources
u Lecture and Symposium Series / Conferences
PRACTICE GUIDE #36

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Subject Areas for Research and Technical Assistance
u Sustainable Land Use Planning (Affordable Housing, Transportation,
Environmental Quality, Smart Growth)
u Safe Soils (Urban Agriculture, Community Gardens, Backyard Gardens, Public
Landscapes, Brownfields, Vacant Property)
u Water Conservation and Protection (Wet Growth Planning, Water Utility
Finance Systems)
u Environmental Justice/Community Participation (Brownfield
Redevelopment, Food Deserts, Climate Action Plans)
u Air Pollution (Air Toxic Programs, PM2.5, Anti-Idling Ordinances)
u Climate Change (Community and Organizational Climate Action Plans)
u Safe and Just Food Systems (Kentucky Foodtrader, Urban Agriculture,
Community Gardens)
u Energy Efficiency and Green Building Practices (State and Local Energy
Efficiency and Green Building resources and policy evaluation)

5.
Contact us at:
Lauren Heberle
Director
lauren.heberle@louisville.edu
(502) 852-4749
Carol Norton
Assistant Director
carol.norton@louisville.edu
(502) 852-8042
Andrea Pompei Lacy
Research Facilitator
andrea.pompei@louisville.edu
(502) 852-7952
www.louisville.edu/cepm

6.
NADO
Research
Foundation
Founded in 1988, the NADO
Research Foundation is the
non-profit research affiliate of
the National Association of
Development Organizations
(NADO).
Shares best practices from
small metropolitan areas and
rural America through training,
peer exchange, research, and
other capacity-building
activities.
Focus Areas:
• Economic Development
• Organizational Support
• Rural Transportation
• Sustainable Communities
• Regional Resilience

7.
Regional
Resilience
With support from EDA, the
NADO Research Foundation
provides capacity-building
services to RDOs and local
governments around building
regional resilience to natural
disasters and other economic
shocks.
These services include training
workshops, peer exchanges,
technical assistance, webinars,
and research on best practices.
We make our resources and
lessons learned available to the
public—visit www.nado.org or
contact sjames@nado.org.
Association of Central Oklahoma Governments
Eastern Carolina Council of Governments

8.
Today’s Webinar
Milwaukee Green Infrastructure Scenarios Tool
• Elizabeth Sawin, PhD, Co-Director, Climate Interactive
• Ben Gramling, Environmental Health Director, 16th Street
Community Health Center
Low Impact Development Guidelines for the PlanET Region
• Jeff Welch, Director, Knoxville Regional Transportation Planning
Organization
• Brad Collett, Assistant Professor, UT College of Architecture and
Design

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Webinar Logistics
Please type any questions you have for the speakers in the
question box on the side panel throughout the presentation.
The webinar is being recorded and will be posted along with the
PowerPoint slides on the NADO website at www.nado.org.
Please contact Andrea at andrea.pompei@louisville.edu or Sara
at sjames@nado.org if you have any questions after today’s
presentation.

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Green Infrastructure Scenarios
Tool (GIST) – Linking Water,
People & Prosperity
Dr. Elizabeth Sawin, Co-Director Climate Interactive
Ben Gramling, Director of Environmental Health, 16th Street
Community Health Centers

11.
Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers
Founded in 1969, Serving Milwaukee’s South Side
Federally Qualified Community Health Center
36,000 Clients; 52% under age 20
85% Hispanic; 66% Below Federal Poverty Level
Primary Care (Medical & Behavioral) and Wraparound
Supportive Services

12.
Our Department of Environmental Health…
… envisions a network of public, private and nonprofit
sector organizations that are working to bring about
improvements in the built and natural environments of
Milwaukee’s south side. These improvements represent
fundamental steps towards realizing and sustaining
improvements in the health and well-being of clients
served by SSCHC.

13.
KK Watershed Challenges
Water Resources
• Nonpoint Source Pollution
• Industrial Discharges
• Combined & Sanitary Sewer Overflows
• Flood Risks & Concrete Channels
• Habitat & Recreational Value
Community Health & Prosperity
• Public Safety & Drowning Risks
• Land & Property Values
• Parks & Open Spaces
• Community Pride

14.
KK Watershed Opportunities
More Investment
Diverse Stakeholders
Multiple Benefits

15.
Pilot project in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Helping people see what works to address
our biggest climate challenges:
• clean energy
• food and water
• resilience
www.ClimateInteractive.org

17.
Green Infrastructure Scenarios Tool
• Built over 1.5 years of iteration with stakeholders and city
experts
• System dynamics computer simulation
• Allows for ‘what if testing’ about different investment choices

18.
Theory of Change: Building understanding of the multiple
benefits of Green Infrastructure can help it scale up

19.
Co-Benefits in GIST

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Iterative, Inclusive Design Process
New version of
scenarios tool
Present to a widening
diversity of groups
What’s missing?
Is this how things work?
Are the issues that matter to your
constituency represented?
Revise simulation
structure and data
• Milwaukee Metropolitan
Sewerage District
• City of Milwaukee Dept.
of Public Works
• City of Milwaukee Office
of Environmental
Sustainability
• Milwaukee Riverkeeper
• Wisconsin Voices
• 16th Street Community
Health Center
• Gateway Milwaukee
• Citizen Action
• Brico Foundation
• Fund for Lake Michigan
• Joyce Foundation
• University of Wisconsin
Madison
• Sweetwater
• University of Wisconsin
Milwaukee
• American Rivers

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Simulation structure
Capacity
Green
Grey
Investment
Green vs. grey
8 types of green
Support for GI
Residents
Commercial
Local government
Precipitation
Frequency
Intensity
GI effectiveness
Seasonality
Effectiveness
CSOs
Volume
Number
Economic
New jobs
Property values
O & M costs
Environment
Water quality
Energy savings
Social
Basement backups
Beach closures
Heat island effect
Bad air days

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Session 1

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What mix of green addresses our goals?

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Key Elements
Voices of local practitionersGIST
Diverse group of participants

25.
Initial
Participants
(from multiple
communities)
Initial + Additional
Participants
(from multiple communities)
MKE
West
Allis
Greenfield
COMMUNITIES

26.
GIST Output

27.
GIST Output

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GIST Output

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A whole-systems view
CO-BENEFITS
What Was Accomplished

30.
What Was Accomplished
New connections across the watershed

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A better understanding of the landscape of opportunity
What Was Accomplished

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Strengthened understanding of how co-benefits shift under various scenarios
What Was Accomplished

33.
Major Opportunities to Leverage Activities
of the GIST Project
• Accelerate & Expand GI
• Maximize Co-benefits (Add Value!)
• Continue to Strengthen the Call for GI
Next Steps

34.
Watershed Advisory Committee (“the WAC”)
• Solve Watershed Challenges Associated with Flow
• Leverage Investments in Flow to Maximize Restoration
Opportunities (e.g. quality, habitat)
Downscaling Regional GI Plan
Neighborhood-Scale Approaches
• Pulaski Park Neighborhood
• Alverno Campus Neighborhood
Property-Scale Approaches
• High-Leverage Opportunities that Build Big Wins
Next Steps (cont)

35.
Our Regional Roadmap
to Prosperity, Competitiveness
& Health

36.
ABOUT
PlanET
► Foster ongoing citizen involvement in
planning for the region’s future
► Develop a regional playbook to share
strategies and provide guidance for local
policy
► Increase local capacity for dialogue and
action
www.planeasttn.org

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Committed Partners
– City of Alcoa
– Arts & Culture Alliance
– Blount County Community Action Agency
– Blount County
– Blount County Chamber
– East Tennessee Design Center
– East Tennessee Development District
– East Tennessee Quality Growth
– Industrial Development Board Blount
County Partnership
– Knoxville Area Transit (KAT)
– Knox County
– Knox County Community Action
Committee
– Knox Housing Partnership
– Knoxville Area Urban League
– Knoxville Chamber
– Knoxville’s Community Development
Corporation
– Knoxville Leadership Foundation
Neighborhood Housing
– Knoxville Regional TPO
– City of Knoxville
– Knoxville-Knox County Food Policy
Council
– Knoxville-Knox County MPC
– Knoxville Utilities Board
– Legacy Parks Foundation
– Lenoir City
– Loudon County
– Loudon County Economic Development
Agency
– City of Maryville
– Oak Ridge Energy Corridor Coalition
– Oak Ridge National Laboratory Center
for Transportation Analysis
– City of Oak Ridge
– Smoky Mountain Greenway Council
– The Development Corporation of Knox
County
– Town of Farragut
– U.S. Green Building Council – East
Tennessee Chapter
– Union County
– Union County Chamber of Commerce
– University of Tennessee College of
Architecture & Design
– University of Tennessee Office of
Research
ABOUT
PlanET

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“Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree long ago.”
- Warren Buffet
ABOUT
PlanET
www.planeasttn.org
Partner Selection
• Existing relationships
• Geographic diversity
• Equity considerations
Gaps
• Private sector
• Foundations
• Education
Continued
to add
partners as
the
process
evolved

39.
BUILDING A DIVERSE
COMMUNITY OF SUPPORT
.
ABOUT
PlanET
• Regional Outreach Series
• Meeting in a Box
• Community Surveys
• Online Engagement
• Leadership Dialogues
• Working Groups
• Roundtable Conversations
• Speaker Series
• Regional Summits
ABOUT
PlanET
www.planeasttn.org

40.
.
ABOUT
PlanET
ABOUT
PlanET
DATA
Public Input Surveys

41.
OUR
VISION
► Build Strong Towns & Grow Quality Places
► Improve the Health of People and Natural
Environment
► Expand Housing & Transportation Choices
► Provide a Path to a Quality Job for Everyone
BIG IDEAS
www.planeasttn.org

42.
www.planeasttn.org
Moving Towards
Action
Clean Air & Water Healthy People
Regional Prosperity Local Food Production
Transportation Choices Efficient Infrastructure Great Places Housing Choices
“Strategy is not really a solo sport – even if you’re the CEO” – Max McKeown

43.
Demonstration projects
Think regional, keep it local.
Moving Towards
Action
www.planeasttn.org

44.
Moving Towards
Action
Are we growing in a way that is:
► Saving us money?
► Creating a stronger economy?
► Preserving and enhancing the environment?
► Fostering a healthier population?
► Promoting stable, enduring neighborhoods?
► Ensuring a prosperous future?
► Expanding access to jobs and education?
► Providing more housing and transportation
Choices?
► Sustaining our quality of life?
www.planeasttn.org

45.
Questions or
Comments?
Jeff Welch
TPO Director
215-3790
Jeff.welch@knoxtrans.org
www.planeasttn.org
www.etindex.org

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• Plan East Tennessee Leveraged Resource
• Demonstration Project Development
Publication Development

47.
• LAR 545 – Landscape Architecture Design III, Fall 2011
• Needs & Opportunities
• Value of Shared Water Resources, Threats, Posterity
• NPDES MS4 Regulation
• Tool for Capacity and Audience Building
• Competencies/Roles of Professions
• (perceived) Lack of Locally Relevant, “Accessible” Resources
• Kickoff Workshop with Target Audiences
• Developers
• Agencies
• Consultants
• Advocates
Publication Development

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• Opportunistic Voice
• Problem Setting + Problem Solving
• Accessible Written, Graphic Language
• Language Building, Expanding Definitions
• Visual Communication of Complex Challenges, Solutions
• Aesthetic, Assembly, Performance, Context
• Regional Imagery, Projects
• Alignment with Regional Issues, Planning Initiatives
STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS

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• “Avoid Minimize Manage” Framework Operates Across
• Development Transect
• Scales
• New Development and Retrofit
• NPDES MS4 Compliance
• Strong Cities and Towns Growth Scenario
Alignment withRegional Planning

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Construction Sites Agricultural

51.
RURAL URBAN
RESIDENTIAL INSTITUTIONAL

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How will we grow?

53.
Project team
©
COPYRIGHT
2013 by Knoxville-Knox County Metropolitan Planning Commission
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reprinted, reformatted, reproduced,
or used in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or
hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage
or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the author and/or copyright holder.
LEGAL DISCLAIMER
This publication has been developed by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
Landscape Architecture Program to provide conceptual planning, design, and
stormwater management recommendations for stakeholders of the PlanET Region.
Although every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information
and methods presented, the material is not insured as free of errors. The materials
presented in this publication are not intended as construction details or stormwater
engineering consultation. Qualified professionals should be engaged for project-
specific planning, design, and implementation consultation.
INVESTIGATION TEAM
Lead Principal Investigator:
Brad Collett, ASLA, RLA,2
LEED AP
Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee Department of Plant Sciences
bcollett@utk.edu
Principal Investigators:
Ken McCown, ASLA, Associate AIA
Director, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Downtown Design Center
kenmccown@gmail.com
Scott Wall
Professor and Director, University of Tennessee School of Architecture
swall2@utk.edu
PROJECT TEAM
Sponsor
Knoxville-Knox County Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC)
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Landscape Architecture Program
Brad Collett, Author
Valerie Friedman, Author
Wyn Miller, Author
Phil Zawarus, Graphic and Illustration Designer
Justin Allen, Graphic and Illustration Designer
Xue Yue, Graduate Research Assistant
Danielle Norman, Graduate Research Assistant
Caroline Sneed, Graduate Research Assistant
Luke Murphree, Graduate Research Assistant
Justin Allen, Corrin Breeding, Jessica Bundy, David Dalton,
Valerie Friedmann, Michael Payne, Brandon Smith, Erin Tharp, and
Phil Zawarus, Fall 2011 Studio Participants
Peer Reviewers
Mike Carberry, Comprehensive Planning Manager, MPC
Liz Albertson, Sectors and Environmental Resources, MPC
Dr. Andrea Ludwig, UT Biosystems Engineering Department
Chris Howley, The City of Knoxville Engineering Department,
Stormwater Engineering Division
Timothy Gangaware, Associate Director, Tennessee Water
Resources Research Center

54.
Available for (free) Download
www.planeasttn.org
Brad Collett, ASLA, LEED AP
bcollett@utk.edu

55.
Questions?
With questions or comments, please contact:
Sara James Andrea Pompei Lacy
sjames@nado.org andrea.pompei@Louisville.edu
202.624.5257 502.852.7952
Please type your questions in the question box on the side panel of your screen.
The recording of this webinar, along with the PowerPoint slides, will be made available at www.nado.org.
Milwaukee Green Infrastructure
Scenarios Tool
Elizabeth Sawin, PhD
Co-Director
Climate Interactive
esawin@climateinteractive.org
Ben Gramling
Environmental Health Director
16th Street Community Health Center
Ben.Gramling@sschc.org
Low Impact Development:
Opportunities for the PlanET Region
Jeff Welch
TPO Director
Knoxville Regional Transportation Planning
Organization
jeff.welch@knoxtrans.org
Brad Collett
Assistant Professor
UT College of Architecture and Design
bcollett@utk.edu