Clean Water Summit
Green Infrastructure for Clean Water

Rethinking Redevelopment and Retrofits

Thursday, September 22, 2016, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Registration begins at 8:30 a.m.
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum - MacMillan Auditorium

 

Summit Overview

The 2016 Clean Water Summit will feature up-to-date knowledge and research in green infrastructure practices for redevelopment and retrofit sites, with a focus on innovation in project planning, developing partnerships, engaging community, design and installation, monitoring, and operations and maintenance that optimizes performance. 

WHAT TO EXPECT:
Presentations and case studies that showcase how green infrastructure practices were incorporated into urban redevelopment and retrofit sites, including what it took to overcome barriers and achieve local buy-in and acceptance. The Summit fill feature: 

  • Innovation in engineering and design, monitoring, operations, and maintenance that optimizes long-term performance and enhances the effectiveness of green infrastructure practices.
  • Lessons learned in project planning, developing partnerships, communicating value, engaging communities, and obtaining funding.
  • Local, regional, and state policies and planning efforts that support the use of more green infrastructure and less grey infrastructure in our communities.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
watershed managers  •  designers  •  engineers • landscape architects •  community planners  •  municipal stormwater managers • policy makers  •  public agency staff  • property managers • educators • concerned citizens

Summit Highlights

This Summit will feature Pigeonhole Live, an interactive platform for audience participation. Bring any web-capable device such as a phone, laptop, or tablet. No apps, sign-up or downloads reguired, and wi-fi is available, but data usage may apply if using cell service.
                               The use of Pigeonhole Live is sponsored by Barr Engineering Company                         

Click here for the agenda

KEYNOTE PRESENTERS

Driving Innovation in our Cities: New Trends for the Water Sector - Green Infrastructure and Beyond
HOWARD NEUKRUG, PE
Former Commissioner and CEO, Philadelphia Water Services; Fellow, US Water Alliance and the Penn Institute for Urban Research; Principal with HN Environmental

Discoveries in Green Infrastructure: Uncovering the Unknown
DR. ROBERT G. TRAVER
Director and Researcher, Villanova Urban Stormwater Partnership and the Villanova Center for the Advancement of Sustainability in Engineering

INNOVATION IN GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE -
LOCAL SUCCESS STORIES AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS

Project Planning for the Future: Quantifying the Co-Benefits of Green Infrastructure, Integrated Stormwater Planning, and Telling the Story

-Ford Site Redevelopment - St. Paul, MN

          WES SAUNDERS-PEARCE - Water Resources Coordinator, City of St. Paul

          BOB FOSSUM - Program Manager, Capitol Region Watershed District

          MERRITT CLAPP-SMITH - Principal City Planner, City of St. Paul

Partnerships in Practice: The Role of Partnerships in Green Infrastructure Planning and Implementation

-Edison High School - Minneapolis, MN

          JILL POHTILLA - School Administrative Manager,  Edison High School
-Prospect North Redevelopment 
         
          STEPHEN KLIMEK - Community Design Coordinator, The Cornerstone Group

-Cottageville Park 

          MEG BEEKMAN, Community Development Coordinator, City of Hopkins

Innovations in Green Infrastructure Design and Construction

-Curtiss Pond - Falcon Heights, MN

          BOB FOSSUM - Program Manager, Capitol Region Watershed District

-Maplewood Living Streets - Maplewood, MN

          MATT KUMKA - Landscape Architect, Barr Engineering Company

-CHS Field - St. Paul, MN
          WES SAUNDERS-PEARCE - Water Resources Coordinator, City of St. Paul

-Empire Wastewater Treatment Plant - Farmington, MN

          KAREN JENSEN - Environmental Engineer and
                                                        Project Manager, Metropolitan Council

"The Dirt" on Green Infrastructure Maintenance Programs and Practices: Panel Discussion

          MARK MALONEY - Public Works Director, City of Shoreview

          PAIGE AHLBORG - Watershed Project Manager, Ramsey
                                                    Washington Metro Watershed District

          BEN SCHARENBROICH - Senior Engineering Technician, City of Plymouth

          ROB LANGER - Natural Shore Technologies

 
   


  PLUS....NETWORKING AND HAPPY HOUR AFTER THE SUMMIT!

  photo courtesy Capitol Region Watershed District 

 


QUESTIONS ABOUT REGISTRATION?
Call 612-301-1210 or email: ArbEdu@umn.edu

Cancellation Policy: Registration cancellations must be made two weeks prior to class date in order to receive refund. A $5 processing fee will apply.


Presented by the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum and University of Minnesota Extension, in collaboration with Capitol Region Watershed District and the Freshwater Society.

            

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FINANCIAL SPONSORS

SUPPORTING SPONSORS

              
 

Ramsey-Washington Metro Watershed District

CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS

PATRON SPONSORS
Barr Engineering Company

CDM Smith
Midwest Floating Island

Minnesota Native Landscapes, Inc

Metropolitan Council Environmental Services
Nine Mile Creek Watershed District

Riley Purgatory Bluff Creek Watershed District


ENDORSING ORGANIZATIONS

Bassett Creek Watershed Management Commission
Blue Thumb-Planting for Clean Water®
Carver County Water Management Organization
City of Eden Prairie
Comfort Lake - Forest Lake Watershed District
Emmons & Olivier Resources, Inc.

Freshwater Society
Hennepin County
Metro Blooms
Minnesota Golf Course Superintendants Association

Minnesota Green Roofs Council
Minnesota Sea Grant
Minnesota Water Resources Center
Mississippi Watershed Management Organization

Nine Mile Creek Watershed District
Ramsey Conservation District
Richfield-Bloomington Watershed Management Organization
Riley Purgatory Bluff Creek Watershed District
U.S. Green Building Council- Minnesota
University of Minnesota Extension
Vermillion River Watershed Joint Powers Organization

 

Preferred Conference Hotel
Country Inn & Suites - Chanhassen
591 West 78th Street, Chanhassen, MN 55317 area map
952-937-2424