Great Lakes Practitioners Meet in Chicago
October 13, 2024 marked the annual in-person meeting in Chicago of Resilient Infrastructure for Sustainable Communities (RISC), a group of multi-sector GSI practitioners seeking to scale up GSI in the Great Lakes Region. With the support of the Great Lakes Protection...
Welcome Herrera, Inc!
Herrera, a mission-driven, 100% employee-owned environmental science and engineering firm rooted in the Pacific Northwest, is a interdisciplinary team of engineers, scientists, planners, and landscape architects dedicated to advancing green infrastructure and water...
Doubling Down on Implementation Support Bears Its First Fruits
For a nonprofit, success means achieving the mission and realizing the vision. And both of those things rest upon a theory of change, which, for the Exchange, includes (1) building the leadership skills of practitioners; (2) supporting GSI implementation; and (3)...
Upcoming Peer Learning Programs
This Fall 2024 there are multiple ways for Members and Associate Members to participate in the Exchange’s professional learning and development programs. Read below and complete participation interest forms for programs of interest. Non members can submit an...
Making It Easier to Connect at the Exchange
A noted expert on networks like the Exchange once said that “networks are only as strong as the connections that hold them together … and … those connections are only as valuable as what’s flowing through them.” (D. Ehrlichman. Impact Networks: Create Connection,...
Welcome Mile High Flood District (MHFD)!
The Exchange is thrilled to welcome MHFD to membership! Candice Owens serves as Stormwater Quality Manager for the District and leads a team supporting the goals of creating valuable and regionally used water quality design criteria rooted in regional research,...
Welcome Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC)!
Please join the Exchange in welcoming MAPC to membership! Rachel Bowers (left), a Regional Planning Data Analyst, and Kat Kobylt (right), an Environmental Planner are key players in the Metropolitan Area Planning...
Exchange Members Pulling the Levers to Scale GSI: A “Greater & Greener” Session Recap
BACKGROUND In June, I attended the City Parks Alliance’s Greater & Greener convening in Seattle as part of the Parks & GSI Project, a group that has concerned itself with getting more green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) into public parks. The effort is a...
Welcome Rainplan!
We’re thrilled to welcome our newest Associate Member organization, Rainplan, led by Cooper Martin, the National Program Director for Rainplan. Previously with the Center for City Solutions at the National League of Cities, Cooper brings a wealth of knowledge on...
