Welcome Friends of I-5 CID!
The Exchange is excited to welcome a new member who brings deep commitment and hands-on experience to stormwater management and community...
Insights
Postcards From the Field – April 2025
I am pleased to have been invited to participate in spring policy forums in Philadelphia and D.C. in the last couple of weeks and to share with you...
Green Rainwater Infrastructure Benchmarking Project
Recently added to the GI Library is the Green Rainwater Infrastructure Benchmarking Project is a new publication spearheaded by Exchange Re-Grant...
Charting the Future: Crafting a GSI Framework
Guest Blog Post for Greenprint Partners This February, Exchange members provided input on the Framework at four Learning Circles. We extend our...
New Guide Proposes GSI Climate Resilience Best Practices
GSI is a tool for addressing both the management of stormwater and certain impacts of climate change, like extreme heat, flooding and drought....
Scaling GSI by Capitalizing Vegetation Establishment Costs
The results of our 2022 State of Public Sector GSI report were crystal clear about these two things: (1) At 10 percent, expenditures on GSI pale in...
Performance-Based Plant Selection: Developing a Bioretention Plant Selection Tool
Performance-Based Plant Selection: Developing a Bioretention Plant Selection Tool For over 20 years, vegetated bioretention systems have been...
A Proposed Scope of Work for a GSI Playbook: 3 Takeaways
At a plenary session of the 2023 Annual Meeting, Rose Jordan of Greenprint Partners presented a draft scope of work for a GSI Playbook. Below are 3...
How the Exchange Can Foster a State of Environmental Justice: 3 Takeaways
As my part of the welcoming plenary session at this year's Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, I offered comments on why the Exchange is uniquely...
The Exchange’s State of Public Sector GSI Report Makes the News
The State of Public Sector GSI, 2022 is a research report created to establish a baseline to better understand the state of local public sector...
Exchange Publishes Community Voices on Equity & Green Stormwater Infrastructure
Heavily quoted in the soon-to-be-released State of Public Sector Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) Report, Community Voices reflects the voice...
Making GI Maintenance More Affordable with the GI Exchange Collaborative Grant Program
The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago partners with municipalities within its service area (generally, Cook County,...