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  1. Illinois Green Infrastructure & Erosion Control Conference

    Associated Project(s): 
    Green Infrastructure Conference

    The following is an email sent by Betsy Ligget Richardson:

    Hello everyone, hope you are doing well!

    I am writing to share information regarding an upcoming stormwater conference on October 24th at the iHotel to see if you are interested in attending and if you could share the attached flyer with your staff and colleagues. The Illinois Green Infrastructure & Erosion Control Conference is hosted by the Champaign County Stormwater Partnership which the University, Facilities & Services, Safety & Compliance is a member.

     

    The conference presenters this year are from the University of Illinois, the University of Illinois Extension Office, Penn State and the City of Peoria. We will also have a tour at Crystal Lake Park in Urbana following the presentations (MTD transportation available). 5 PDHs will be provided, along with breakfast and lunch!

     

    We do not currently have a high registration count and hope to get more attendees registered this week to support our presenters. We have promoted a soft close registration date on October 10th . Registration will still be open after that, but we are asking attendees to register by Tuesday for the food order and table set up information needed.

     

    Please sign up and share. Thanks in advance!

    https://www.ccstormwater.org/2023-conference.html

    Betsy

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  2. Plans for October 2021

    Associated Project(s): 
    Green Infrastructure Conference

    The Champaign County Stormwater Partnership decided to shorten the October biennial conference to a half day on Zoom. The majority of the committee did not want to have separate Zoom conference tracks with break out rooms due to technical complications so this limits/decreases the conference speakers slots. There will likely be 4-5 speakers covering a range of topics.

  4. BLUE Community Involvement info

    Associated Project(s): 
    Green Infrastructure
    Green Infrastructure Conference
    CEE 598 SUS with Barbara Minsker
    Building a Lasting University Environment (BLUE)

    The F&S Environmental Compliance Department is always working towards enhancing environmental management and sustainable practices on campus and in the community.  Community collaboration and education are important components of stormwater management practices and fulfill requirements of the University’s Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System Permit (MS4). 

    The Office of Public Engagement awarded Environmental Compliance a grant to construct a rain garden for the Robeson Elementary School in Champaign, Illinois. This project demonstrates contemporary stormwater management practices that mitigate playground flooding.  The project engages students by incorporating the rain garden into the school’s curriculum.  Environmental Compliance collaborated with professors, students, landscape architects, local businesses, and Unit 4 administration to design and construct the rain garden. 

    The 2011 Green Infrastructure Maintenance Conference addressed native plantings, rain gardens, porous pavements, and green roofs.  The event was hosted by Environmental Compliance and the Landscape Architecture Departments and sponsored by the Office of Public Engagement along with the MS4 Technical Committee.

    The 2010 John Street Watershed Class was a collaboration between the University of Illinois and the City of Champaign to address neighborhood flooding.  Environmental Compliance participated by lecturing and assisting in the construction of two rain gardens.