GI GOALS + TARGET SETTING
Group 1
Goal: two prototype parks by 2025, maintain by corporate and/or neighborhood sponsors for long-term care, working with a “friends” group or neighborhood association.
rgeted pocket parks
Map vacant lots/foreclosed properties
Target locations within a ten-minute walk in dense neighborhoods
Measure co-benefits that can be increased by development into a pocket park using a green/grey formula, e.g..: recreation, water quality, social cohesion, mental health benefits, safe space prospects, youth employment/engagement, dog feces, standing water, litter, opportunity for endowments/trusts, FDIC community funds, empower “friends” groups statute politically/socially
Group 2
Timeframe: 2030
All municipal projects shall integrate GI to the extent practicable
75-80% of municipal projects to have GI element included by 2030
Unit – element of GI included (# of projects) with one or more GI elements
Outcome
demonstrate projects that will educate and set standard for development
long-term resiliency benefits
environmental, public health, watershed benefits
experience gained implementing GI projects
Group 3
Transformation/alternation of neglected properties along GI lines through tax incentives, code enforcement
Timeframe = now
Murals depicting GI vision/possibilities (large/public) – coordinate with existing mural initiative city-wide
Promote green street approaches to streets, parking lots, extend
Promote LID and GI in new housing and commercial developments
Group 4
Increase tree planting – correct species by place
By 2060, every block will be treed with the right tree in the right place to save energy, reduce CO2, manage stormwater and enhance community aesthetics
GI ACTION PLANNING
Short Term
Use the NB Beautiful/NB resilient logos
Communication – crowdsource information and contribution
Coordination of community groups
Update policies and regulations (site plan review, stormwater bylaw)
Install interpretive wayfinding signage (app) (self guided tour, changeable)
GNBVT students assistance
Partner with U Mass in civil engineering/sustainability on projects
Establish GI vision (MVP, FEMA, HUD green works)
Education/outreach – NBHS/NBVT/etc
Long Term
Workshop for developers on GI BMPs and standards
Workshop with DPI crews on O&M
Plan for interconnected greenways (blueway, greenway)
Include GI in master plans (OSRP master plan)
Stormwater management fees
Corporate sponsorships – DIFs, neighborhood associations
Ordinance adoption
Pilot GI program
Scale up
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