2025 Emerging Leader Award Winners
WaterNow Alliance has announced the exceptional winners of the fifth annual Emerging Leader Awards! The Exchange is proud to recognize member...
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You Spoke, We Listened: A New Programming Approach
Last year, Exchange members worked with fellow member, Greenprint Partners, to develop a new Framework of GSI Practice. The Framework is both an...
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....
Saguaro Sagacity – 5 Postcards from One Water
Contributing Authors: Robb Lukes (City of Vancouver, BC), Brandy Siedlaczek (City of Southfield, MI), Andy Szatko (City of Omaha, NE), Alfred...
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...
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,...
GI Exchange Collaborative Grant Program Activates Climate Adaptation with the Climate Resilience Resources Guide Part 1
Resilience – “the ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change” as defined in the Merriam-Webster. This term can apply to almost...
Harnessing Community Involvement in Design & Programming of Public Spaces Helps Propel Community Development & Equity – Both Essential for Our Post-Pandemic Recovery
Parks and other public spaces have played an essential role throughout the pandemic. Recently, the Knight Foundation released a report that...