June 4-5, 2007: Introduction to Green Infrastructure and Community-Based Conservation for Regional Planning
Mississippi TelCom Center
Jackson, Mississippi
June 4-5, 2007
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The National Association of Regional Councils, in partnership with the Central Mississippi Planning and Development District, The Conservation Fund and the USDA Forest Service, is conducting a course as an introduction to Green Infrastructure and Community-Based Conservation for Regional Planning from June 4 to 5, 2007, in Jackson, MS.
This unique course is based on the Conservation Fund’s national course, Strategic Conservation Using a Green Infrastructure Approach, provides a strategic approach for prioritizing conservation opportunities and a planning framework for conservation and development, integrating green and gray infrastructure.
Through hands-on class projects, lectures, and case studies, participants will experience firsthand how the green infrastructure approach can be used to connect environmental, social, and economic health across urban, suburban, and rural settings. Participants will also learn how green infrastructure planning can serve as a tool to inform land-use decisions and build consensus among diverse interests.
Additionally, the course will feature the innovative and growing movement of US Landcare as an implementation tool for Green Infrastructure (GI). US Landcare is a partnership of diverse people and organizations intent on rallying broad public participation for conservation-based actions through local groups. US Landcare groups are community-based groups of volunteers working on conservation projects that contribute to environmental, social, and economic outcomes. Groups include individuals from various sectors of society including people who work the land, other community members, businesses, and governments.
Featured Speakers:
Kris Hoellen, The Conservation Fund
Will Allen, The Conservation Fund
Chris Vukas, Mid-America Regional Council
Jim Stokoe, Land-of-Sky Regional Council
Mary Katherine Brown, Surface Water Division, OPC, MS Department of Environmental Quality
Jerry Moles, Grayson Landcare
CONFERENCE RATE: $75
CONFERENCE INFORMATION:
Mississippi TelCom Center
105 Pascagoula Street, Jackson, Mississippi
Phone: 1.800.354.7695 or 601.973.7002
Please note that a block of rooms has been reserved at the Edison-Walthall Hotel in Downtown Jackson with a discounted rate of $85.00 per night. The hotel will provide shuttle service to the TelCom Center. The hotel's phone number is 1-800-932-6161. Be sure to mention you are with the Mississippi Housing and Community Development Conference.
For More Information email Peggy Tadej, Director of Research and Grants or call 202.986.1032 ext. 224