The use of green infrastructure is an important strategy for HUD's Office of Economic Resilience (OER) and its Sustainable Communities Initiative (SCI) grantees, especially as communities plan for the concurrent and future impacts of climate change and natural disasters.The incorporation of green infrastructure can be a cost-effective solution to help communities save taxpayer money on public infrastructure capital investment and maintenance costs, improve stormwater management and water quality, reduce combined sewer overflows (CSOs), and limit the impacts of flooding on h

This 2009 webcast from EPA's Office of Wastewater Management consists of one presentation on revising local plans, codes, and ordinances, and two presentations on water harvesting. The EPA's Water Quality Scorecard is also discussed.

Tool 4: Code and Ordinance Worksheet, from Managing Stormwater in Your Community: A Guide for Building an Effective Post-Construction Program

Year: 2008

Author: Center for Watershed Protection

EPA’s Water Quality Scorecard was developed to help local governments identify opportunities to remove barriers, and revise and create codes, ordinances, and incentives for better water quality protection. It guides municipal staff through a review of relevant local codes and ordinances, across multiple municipal departments and at the three scales within the jurisdiction of a local government (municipality, neighborhood, and site), to ensure that these codes work together to protect water quality goals.

Washington DC (August 1998) - The Center for Watershed Protection’s Better Site Design Handbook offers comprehensive guidance on better site design. The handbook outlines 22 guidelines for more environmentally friendly, economically viable, and locally appropriate development. The primary audience for this manual is the local planner, engineer, developer, and official involved in the designing and building of new communities.

Washington DC (August 1998) - The Center for Watershed Protection’s Better Site Design Handbook offers comprehensive guidance on better site design. The handbook outlines 22 guidelines for more environmentally friendly, economically viable, and locally appropriate development. The primary audience for this manual is the local planner, engineer, developer, and official involved in the designing and building of new communities.

This 2008 municipal handbook from the Environmental Protection Agency consists of a series of documents to help local officials implement green infrastructure in their communities.

This 2011 webinar presented by EPA focuses on updating local codes to cultivate green infrastructure and support sustainable stormwater management. Regulatory drivers and watershed approaches are reviewed, case studies are presented, and the top 10 ten things to search and replace in your plans and codes are identified.

This short book will guide you through the basics of leading an effective meeting including:
* Crafting a useful agenda,
* Inviting the right team members,
* Making sure everyone’s voice is heard while avoiding conflict,
* Capturing decisions, ideas, and follow-up tasks.