Green-infrastructure meeting to see final Green Infrastructure Network Map at 6 p.m. Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Green-infrastructure planning recently featured on KUAF radio at this link.
www.kuaf.org/ozarksatlarge/showfeed

Greetings from the Green Infrastructure Planning Executive Group,

We have finished our Green Infrastructure Network Map and filed our final report; come see how the plan turned out and what your contribution has helped create. 

We'll look at how the Green Infrastructure Network Map can assist in the planning process.  We’ll talk about what how we can accomplish what we all would like to see happen in the future.  There is a homespun analogy for the many implementation possibilities that are out there and the flexible approach that serves well for assembling the best means to complete a project - it’s called an “implementation quilt”.  We’ll talk about some of the choices we have for assembling the patchwork of tools that can be applied to many types of projects.

Join us on Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at the Pat Walker Center for Seniors on the Washington Regional Hospital campus.

Time:  6:00 - 8:00pm             

              6:00 - 6:30 showing of our gorgeous new informative video, ”Green Infrastructure in our Communities”

              6:30 - 7:30 slide presentation

              7:30 - 8:00 Reception and view the final maps

 Location:  Pat Walker Center for Seniors
               12 E Appleby Road, Fayetteville
               map:http://www.wregional.com/documents/wr%20and%20pat%20walker%20map.pdf
 On behalf of Fayetteville Natural Heritage Association, Arkansas Forestry Commission and Beaver Water District we hope to see you and your guest there.

Barbara

 
 
PS:  Recently NPR's "Ozarks At Large" aired an interview of Patti Erwin, Barbara Boland, and Chris Wilson talking about our Green Infrastructure Project.
Hear it online here: http://www.kuaf.org/ozarksatlarge/showfeed   Green Infrastructure Planning is the first item on the September 9th show.


Barbara Elaine Boland
Green Infrastructure Planning
Project Co-ordinator, GIS technician, and Cartographer
Fayetteville Natural Heritage Association
148 E Spring Street
Fayetteville, AR 72701
(479) 521-2801 homebarbaraboland@hotmail.com
 
"Green Infrastructure is our nation's life support system - an interconnected network of waterways, wetlands, woodlands, wildlife habitats, and other natural areas; greenways, parks and other conservation lands; working farms, ranches and forests; and wilderness and other open spaces that support native species, maintain natural ecological processes, sustain air and water resources and contribute to the health and quality of life for America's communities and people." USDA Forest Service, Green Infrastructure Working Group's definition of Green Infrastructure.