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Advance your expertise and contribute to the NWA Stormwater Discussion with professionals from planning, development, engineering, and our locally elected officials. Join Beaver Watershed Alliance and IRWP for a regional Stormwater Discussion.
The goal of this learning opportunity is to advance the conversation on financing and policy by gaining multiple perspectives on ways we can integrate sustainable stormwater practices and supporting policies. Secondarily, we hope to arm our cities, counties, and developers with tools and ideas on how we can work together to tackle stormwater management challenges across the region– challenges that will grow as the population and need for developed spaces expands and creates greater risk for incidents of flooding and erosion. We will discuss what funding is available for both grey and green stormwater infrastructure and how governing entities could expect to raise funds to repay loan portions.
The event will include Denny McPhate, Deputy Director at the City of Hot Springs to present on their 15 years of implementation of their stormwater utility. The Urban Land Institute (ULI) will lead a panel discussion with representatives from Runway Group, Rausch Coleman, and Crafton Tull to uncover the development professionals perspective about working across the region under different drainage criteria. After lunch, we wrap up the workshop portion with quick discussions from three different financing professionals, including the presentation of a Tableau financing webtool developed for cities, counties, and utilities. We want to foster plenty of open discussion across these professional disciplines to surface further discussion and understand the real barriers to implementation of both policy and practice.
In the afternoon, we will get outdoors to take a closer look at low impact development being implemented by Blue Ribbon and EDG alongside BWA in the City of Rogers.
Developers, real estate professionals, city and county elected officials, those in planning, engineering, and related disciplines are invited to attend, others are welcome also. Please note: We will cap the discussion at 75 participants and will prioritize seats for those in the professional fields mentioned above.
NWA Stormwater Discussion
AGENDA
8:45 AM: Coffee and Pastries Served at the IRWP Pavilion
9:00 AM: IRWP + BWA Executive Directors, State of the Watersheds
9:30 AM: Caves, Karst, and Springs - a walk back to the Cave Springs cave
10:00 AM: Wes Craiglow (ULI) Introduction to Smart Stormwater Development
10:15 AM: Developer Discussion + Q&A with Brenda Anderson (Runway Group), Jesse Fulcher (Rausch Coleman), Robyn Lane (Crafton Tull), Tim Conklin, NWA Regional Planning Commission
11:00 AM: Break and Networking
11:15 AM: Denny McPhate (City of Hot Springs), Lessons Learned: 15 Years of Stormwater Utility Fees in Hot Springs + Q&A
12:00 PM: Lunch
12:30 PM: Evan Kirk (Environmental Finance Group), Tableau Webtool - Virtual presentation
1:00 PM: Ryan Benefield (IRWP Board, Arkansas Natural Resources Division), Stormwater Assessment Update and Low Interest Loans Available Through ANRD
1:15 PM: Henderson Brown (IRWP Board, Quantified Ventures), The Path Forward as a Region
1:30 PM: Load Busses for Field Tour Portion — LID and GI in Rogers
2:00 PM: Pinnacle Porous Pavers Streets by Alex Blass (Blue Ribbon) and Jane Maginot (University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension)
2:30 PM: Leave for Lake Atalanta
2:50 PM: Lake Atalanta LID by BWA, Lance Job (City of Rogers), and Brahm Driver (EDG)
3:15 PM: Load Busses to return to Learning Center - Surveys and Closing Remarks
Useful Links:
www.irwp.org/olc/sbe (2020 Streambank Erosion Study)
Resources from Last Year’s Discussion:
About last year’s Stormwater Discussion:
