Welcome to the Green Infrastructure Leadership Exchange
The Green Infrastructure Leadership Exchange is a practitioner network that supports communities seeking to adopt and grow green stormwater infrastructure programs by accelerating peer learning, innovation and implementation.
Welcome to the Green Infrastructure Leadership Exchange
The Green Infrastructure Leadership Exchange (“the Exchange”) – a project of the Global Philanthropy Partnership – is a highly connected peer learning network that offers a platform for practitioners to share experiences, circulate ideas, and solve problems together toward finding more sustainable water infrastructure solutions. Click to learn more.
MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
San Francisco Public Utility Commission, Together with
San Francisco Unified School District, Unveils New Green Stormwater Infrastructure Projects at Two Public Schools
On November 5th, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) and the San Francisco Unified School District marked the completion of two new green infrastructure projects at two public schools. The projects involved introducing bioretention planters and landscape redesigns, as well as additional greenspace to expand play areas for students. The two projects
were among the first funded by the SFPUC’s Green Infrastructure Grant Program activated last year to finance
both public and private projects that improve the management of stormwater runoff.
Learn more here.
GI Exchange Member Kansas City Water Recently Marked
Completion & Official Opening of
New West Bottom Green Infrastructure Project
On November 6th, Kansas City Water (KC Water) celebrated the completion of the Central Industrial District (CID)/West Bottoms Green Infrastructure project, as well as the ten year anniversary of its Smart Sewer Program, launched to reduce combined sewer overflows locally. Among the upgrades under the new project are a new drainage system to better control stormwater after heavy rainstorms, as well as a boardwalk with native plants and trees and a permeable paved multi-event space.
Learn more here.
WHAT’S NEW
$5.5 Billion in Loans Available from EPA WIFIA Program for Water Infrastructure Projects
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approximately $5.5 billion in credit available to fund over $11 billion in water infrastructure projects through the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) program in Fiscal Year 2021. Under WIFIA,...
Buffalo Sewer Authority Closes on Largest EIB in the Country, to Expand Green Infrastructure through Rain Check Buffalo 2.0 Program
In late June, the Buffalo Sewer Authority closed on the largest Environmental Impact Bond (EIB) in the country to date, at $54 million. This investment will enable the City of Buffalo and Buffalo Sewer Authority to expand the Rain Check Buffalo program, originally...
Private Property Project Team Calls on Colleagues to Share Examples for Scoping
A small group of Exchange members working on private property issues are preparing a Collaborative Grant Proposal to put together a “GI Program Roadmap” – a higher level, step-by-step framework/guide for developing a GI program for detached low density residential...
OUR PROGRAMS
MEMBERSHIP
Member Benefits
Your organization will connect with a network of peers who are leaders in GSI implementation and innovation across the US and Canada and have opportunities to collaborate with other member cities to solve GSI issues.
Being a Member
Our members are cities, counties, and utilities who have committed to green stormwater infrastructure as a strategy for community resilience and to sharing their knowledge with their peers.
Application Form
If your organization is not a member of the GI Exchange and you would like to join, please start by completing this Application Form.
