Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program Capstone 2019 Washtenaw County Water Commissioner's Office

1. Green Infrastructure
and
Water Quality:
Washtenaw County
Washtenaw County Water Resources
Commissioner's Office
Samara Almonte (she/her)
Western Washington University
B.A Urban Planning & Sustainable Development

2. Rain Garden Program
● Master Rain Gardener Certification
● Increase native species population
● Improve water quality
● Decrease flash-flooding
● Educate the community on green
infrastructure

3. Rain Garden Web Map
● Provides history and location of
green infrastructure (GI)
● List of native plants in garden
● Site design map
● Public access
https://gisappsecure.ewashtenaw.org/public/greeninfrastructure
/

4. Community Engagement
● GIVE 365 Volunteer and Outreach
Program
○ Parks and Recreation Dept
● Youth Volunteer Corps (YVC)
○ YMCA
● Rain Garden Stewards
● Intergenerational learning
Photo: Linda Prieskorn

5. Planning Just Green Cities
● Spatial Justice = Environmental Justice
● Community-Led planning
○ vs Community-Participatory planning
● Equitable distribution of green
infrastructure
● Green infrastructure
○ = “Green” gentrification
Art: Flint public arts project , indecline: thisisindecline.com
colabs: co-labs.us

6. Thank You!
WCWRC: Catie Wytychak &
Rachelle Roake
DDCSP Program Staff &
Director Dr. Dorceta Taylor
SEAS Staff & Community e: samaraalmonte@gmail.com
samaraalmonte.com
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