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• Illinois General Assembly Passes Green Infrastructure Bills

  
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  The Illinois General Assembly passed two bills last week designed to increase the use of green infrastructure in stormwater management practices, which will provide multiple benefits to Illinois communities as we continue to experience heavy rainstorms. Green infrastructure helps to reduce flooding by increasing the ...
  2 days ago

• Historic Washington Park Boathouse Prepped for the New Season with Pressure Washing by Wash On Wheels

  
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  Denver Pressure Washing Service | Wash On Wheels - Guaranteed Quality Since 1985 Press Release – May 9, 2013 Historic Washington Park Boathouse Prepped for the New Season with Pressure Washing by Wash On Wheels After a $1.3 million renovation completed in 2012, the historic Washington Park Boathouse just ...
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• Water Community, we need you! Submit images of your work and they may be included in this year’s Esri International User Conference Plenary Session

  
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  Bring awareness to the importance of water resources management by sharing with the international GIS community the great work you’ve done. Please submit up to three images to be considered for inclusion in this year’s Esri International User Conference Plenary Session. When Jack Dangermond shows off all the ...
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• 2013 Legislative Update for Virginia HOAs

  
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  The Virginia Legislative Action Committee (“LAC”) had a busy 2013 legislative session. This is my third year on the LAC and each year brings new challenges. Our mission is to monitor and influence legislation affecting community associations. This year I served as the Chair of the LAC and we monitored over 30 ...
  2 weeks ago

• Just when you thought all of Greenpoint had been developed...

  
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  From Crains : A slumbering giant of a project is about to reawaken on the banks of Newtown Creek in north Brooklyn. Park Tower Group is set to unveil its latest plans for a huge 22-acre development at the northern tip of Greenpoint at a public meeting Monday. The plan calls for 5,500 apartments spread among as ...
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• Conserve Water Through Rain Gardens

  
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  Due to climate change, we experience very long drought and heavy storms enough to cause flood. Not only that, urban development and water pollution caused decreasing groundwater thus leads to water shortage in near future. Fighting these problems gave birth to sustainable and environment friendly innovations people ...
  2 weeks ago

• We Fight Sewage, Too (Mainly, Really)

  
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  Post and photo by volunteer Rebecca Hammond Lake Michigan northeast of Traverse City, Michigan How do YOU rate Great Lakes pollution (and those who fight it?)  If a group fights one polluter, like the SS Badger, does that even imply we ignore others?  If one type of pollution is bad, does that ...
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• The Need for Stormwater Filters

  
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  Stormwater filters are really necessary to protect a local environment from storm water runoff. Take parking lots for instance. Parking lots are notorious for producing filthy storm water runoff. The proper kinds of filters need to be in place to capture debris, oil and other contaminates that get into the water ...
  2 weeks ago

• Getting Past the "Rain Tax" Rhetoric

  
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  The following originally appeared in The Baltimore Sun yesterday. Photo by © Krista Schlyer/iLCP. Stormwater fees are the price we all must pay for cleaner water, healthier ecosystems and better lives. Stormwater is the only source of pollution to local...
  3 weeks ago

• Stormwater Roof Runoff Goes Green

  
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  Researchers have launched a study to determine the environmental impact of copper roof runoff in urban areas. The researchers’ hope to collect and process definitive data on the management of copper from roof runoff and the safety of copper roofing materials as they’re used in urban areas. A picnic shelter ...
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• Where (bleh) in the Great Lakes is THIS?

  
  Sierra Club Great Lakes Program — Authority: 134
  Where in the Great Lakes is this?  Weigh in and well provide the answer soon. Photo credit:  this photo has showed up numerous times on facebook with no credit.  In tracing it back, it seems to have first appeared in the Muskegon Chronicle and was taken by Marge Beaver of Photography Plus. Thanks!   Another ...
  3 weeks ago

• After the Flood: 3 Tips for Action in Your Community

  
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  After the weeks of wet weather we’ve just experienced in Chicago, we can’t help but empathize with the thousands of property owners whose soggy carpets have piled up and whose spirits remain dampened, here and in other parts of the country. For those who wonder if their basement flooding miseries will ever end, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Close But No Cigar: A Review of James S. Russell’s The Agile City

  
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  In recent years we have begun to feel the effects of climate change the world over. In America, hurricanes like Superstorm Sandy and Katrina brought urban areas to their knees, killing people, destroying communities, and causing untold billions in damage. In this context, urban analyst and historian James S. ...
  3 weeks ago

• Permeable surfaces

  
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  [image source: Expocrete ] With most residential work, be it a new home or a remodel, the design of the exterior “hardscape” is just as important as the home itself. These areas can include an entry sidewalk and its sequence of experiences leading up to the front door, a deck or a private courtyard integral to ...
  4 weeks ago

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