On June 7th, 2023, Resilient Infrastructure Sustainable Communities (RISC) hosted its second in-person meeting at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Co-hosted by Sanjiv K. Sinha, Ph.D. of CIS (Corvias Infrastructure Solutions) and Bill Schleizer of Delta Institute, topics of discussion included: 1. Regional/Chicagoland Perspectives on #GreenStormwaterInfrastructure (by Cameron Davis and Eira Corral Sepúlveda, Commissioners of Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago); 2. Opening Keynote on Disaster Recovery, Mitigation, and Resilience (by Julia McCarthy of FEMA); 3. Value-Added Benefits of Green Stormwater Infrastructure (by Jen McGraw of Center for Neighborhood Technology); 4. Climate Change Preparedness of Great Lakes Communities (by Tom Price of Environmental Consulting & Technology, Inc. (ECT), and Dr. Sri Vedachalam of CIS (Corvias Infrastructure Solutions)); 5. Green Jobs and Workforce Training (by R. Paul Herman, FSA and Amir Khaleghi of HIP Investor Inc.); 6. Technical Assistance and Financing for Water Infrastructure (by Ellen Tarquinio and Steve Marquardt of US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Bud Mason of Great Lakes Community Action Partnership); and 7. Scaling up of Stormwater Best Practices/Plans (by Aaron Ward of City of Thunder Bay in #Ontario). H/T Great Lakes Protection Fund for their unwavering support! And let us know if you need anyone's presentations! #climatechange #sustainable #planning #infrastructure #investments #environmental #community #contemporaryart Green Infrastructure Leadership Exchange #innovation
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