Rain Gardens
What they are, how to build them
A practical 1.5 day short course for landscapers and other design & maintenance workers and volunteers
WHEN: Thursday, November 4, 2010: Classroom (9 am – 4 pm)
Friday, November 5, 2010: Field install (9 am – 12 pm)
WHERE: Classical Magnet School 85 Woodland St., Hartford CT
COST: FREE!
View the Event Flyer for More Details & Registration Information
WHY LOCAL WATER QUALITY MATTERS
and what can you do about it ?
PUBLIC PRESENTATION
Ct DEP and the Project Team Lead Fuss & O’Neill
North Branch Park River Watershed Management Plan
Tuesday, July 13th
Watkinson School Amphitheater
180 Bloomfield Avenue
7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Arrive early to see the newly installed rain gardens
 Speaker Bios Flyer & Registration Form Agenda
REINVENTING COMMERCIAL STRIPS:REDEVELOPMENT DESIGN STRATEGIES TO CREATE MIXED-USE CENTERS
A WORKSHOP WITH RANDALL ARENDT
Click here for Brochure & Registration
Click here for Randall Arendt Biography
When?:
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Registration: 12:30 p.m.
Program: 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
(Program Fee $25 payable to CRCOG)
Where?:
The Lyceum
227 Lawrence Street
Hartford, CT 06106
See www.lyceumcenter.org for directions
3 CM Credits Pending
This workshop will focus on practical ways of reclaiming existing strip commercial areas, often characterized by dysfunctionality and visual blight. Multiple strategies blending the twin disciplines of Conservation Design and New Urbanism will be discussed for rebuilding these corridors, gradually increasing their functionality and attractiveness. These concepts offer significant opportunities for commercial and mixed-use redevelopment, particularly in areas with existing infrastructure, increasing the viability of businesses, service providers, and current/future public transit lines.
From Grey to Green: Sustainable Practices for
Redeveloping a Vacant Shopping Center
Tuesday, January 26 (snow date: Thursday, February 11)
1-2:30 pm, The Lyceum, Hartford, CT
www.lyceumcenter.org (for directions)
Program Agenda
Since September 2008, the Capitol Region Council of Governments and the communities of Bloomfield, Manchester, South Windsor and Tolland have been working in partnership with the U.S. EPA and the consulting firms of Wallace, Roberts & Todd LLC and Jonathan Rose Companies to produce three foundational documents for the region on Sustainable Communities:
This body of work along with other recent sustainable development studies in the Capitol Region have helped to inspire the newly-formed CRCOG SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE. At this event we will formally kick off the initiative and provide a site level glimpse of what sustainable development could look like in the Capitol Region through a presentation by Wallace Roberts & Todd LLC of From Grey to Green, a report focusing on potential green infrastructure techniques at the vacant Parkade shopping center site in Manchester, CT.
RSVP with Maureen Barton, mbarton@crcog.org, 860 522 2217 ext. 237 or become a friend of the Initiative on Facebook and RSVP to the event there. Search CRCOG Sustainable Communities Initiative.
Redesigning the Edgeless City
May 28 & 29, 2009
Click here for Course Materials, Presentations and Mapping on the Regional Plan Association Website
Redesigning the Edgeless City is a professional development Course that includes creating compact, mixed-use centers as focal points of communities, limiting carbon emissions through regional and locl design, and incorporating green infrastructure into the suburban and urban landscape.
If you have any questions, please contact Emily Moos (emoos@crcog.org or 522-2217 ext. 219) or Mary Ellen Kowalewski (mkowalewski@crcog.org or 522-2217 ext. 222).
Together We Can Grow Better:
A Two-Part Interactive Workshop on
Sustainable Development for Capitol Region Municipalities
May 14-16, 2009
Click Here For Workshop Materials
This unique two-part program focused on several Capitol Region sites to help attendees envision a sustainable approach to development which includes mixing uses, mixed income housing, and green building techniques. The effort was being sponsored by the Capitol Region Council of Governments and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and has been funded by an EPA Smart Growth Implementation Grant to provide a high-quality program at no cost to participants.
The workshop was conducted by three nationally-recognized firms:
- Terra Firma Urban Design, a firm that will offered Julie Campoli, an expert in helping communities envision the beauty and livability of denser, more compact development through her workshop, Visualizing Density.
- Jonathan Rose Companies, a firm whose experience as both planner and developer of green, mixed-income transit-oriented projects in Connecticut and around the country has helped them to meaningfully engage communities on projects to ensure that they are place-based and supportive of the local community fabric.
- Wallace, Roberts & Todd, a firm whose expertise in neighborhood design and affordable housing is evidenced by their leadership in neighborhood revitalization efforts in more than 100 communities across the country, the result of which has been over 6,000 new and rehabilitated homes for low- and moderate-income households
Local partners involved in the planning and implementation of this project included:
- Connecticut’s Office of Policy and Management
- Partnership for Strong Communities
- University of Hartford’s Center for Integrated Design
- American Farmland Trust
- Municipalities of Tolland, Bloomfield, South Windsor, and Manchester.
Supporters of this initiative included:
- The Governor's Office
- Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development
- Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
- Connecticut Housing Finance Authority
- Connecticut Chapter of the Amercian Planning Association
- The Regional Plan Association
- Connecticut Main Street, Inc.
- 1000 Friends of Connecticut
- Home Builders Association of Connecticut
Press Coverage:
October 29, 2008 - EPA Press Release
November 11, 2008 - Courant Article: Rell: Towns Will Receive Help Planning Affordable Housing
May 5, 2009 - EPA News Release
May 7, 2009 - Courant Article: Mixed Use Development Topic of City Workshops
Workshop Materials:
May 14, 2009 - Visualizing Density Workshop:
Visualizing Density on Lincoln Institute for Land Policy Website
May 16, 2009 - Interactive Planning Workshop:
Speakers:
John Frece, Director, Development, Community and Environment Division (DCED), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
-On Smart Growth & Climate Change
-On Smart Growth Implementation Grant Program
Jonathan F.P. Rose, President, Jonathan Rose Companies
- On Policy, Regulation and Design - Policy & Design Matrix
- On Planning a Sustainable Neighborhood - Highlands' Garden Village
Dara Kovel, Connecticut Regional Office, Jonathan Rose Companies
-On Value of Density Plus Affordable Housing
Presentations:
"The Where's" - Site Selection
by Daniel Hernandez, Director of Planning, Jonathan Rose Companies
"The How's" - Green Development and Design Guidelines
by Nando Micale, Principle, Wallace Roberts & Todd
Local Market Conditions and Resources: The Economics of Green, Mixed Use, Mixed Income Development
by Dara Kovel, Connecticut Regional Office, Jonathan Rose Companies
Draft Guidelines & Handouts:
Prosperous, Smart Growth Locations
Placemaking, Neighborhood Design
Green Building & Infrastructure, Mixed Use
Green Building & Infrastructure Residential
Demographic & Economic Trends in an Era of Climate Change
Site Briefing Books:
Town of Bloomfield
Town of Manchester
Town of South Windsor
Town of Tolland
Site Concept Drawings:
Bloomfield Manchester 1 South WIndsor 1
Manchester 2 South Windsor 2
Manchester 3
Manchester 4
If you have any questions, please contact Emily Moos (emoos@crcog.org or 522-2217 ext. 219) or Mary Ellen Kowalewski (mkowalewski@crcog.org or 522-2217 ext. 222). |
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