The following map locates proposed greenways, cisterns and detention vaults identified in the nine Conceptual plans developed as part of the Green Infrastructure at the Atlanta University Center Initiative between 2015 and 2016. A pdf of this Green Infrastructure Plan can be downloaded here
In the spring of 2016, ECO-Action piloted Green Infrastructure Advocacy Training, a program for community outreach and engagement toward the development and use of parks and the application of green infrastructure (GI) to address stormwater issues in the Turner Field communities of Mechanicsville, Peoplestown and Summerhill By training community members to be GI advocates, the […]
ECO-Action recently completed a project that established a collaborative, educational framework for Green Infrastructure (GI) within the Atlanta University Center (AUC). From June 2014 through August 2016, through workshops, field trips, community forums, and classroom instruction, more than 350 students contributed to plans to alleviate pervasive storm water flooding around AUC. With the assistance of […]
Join us on April 21st for an event highlighting green infrastructure options at the AUC. On March 17th, ECO-Action hosted its first community forum on green infrastructure at Spelman College. About 80 students, faculty, staff and community members attended the forum that was held at the Manley Center. The 4-hour forum shared information about green infrastructure itself, current green infrastructure projects at Spelman, in Atlanta and at colleges across the […]
ECO-Action Hosts First Green Infrastructure Community Forum at Spelman
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