Stormwater and Watershed Finance Course July 20-21

The School of Government Environmental Finance Center will offer its annual course on Stormwater and Watershed Finance and Management on Tuesday and Wednesday, July 20-21 at the School of Government in Chapel Hill.

To enroll in the course, please follow the link below:
http://www.sog.unc.edu/courses/0789/?q=/courses/0789

The Stormwater and Watershed Finance and Management course is designed to provide an in-depth introduction to planning and funding stormwater programs and watershed protection efforts. The course will describe the regulatory responsibilities local governments have for stormwater and watershed programs. It will also examine how communities pay for these programs, including fees, mitigation banks, nutrient trading, and the state revolving fund green project reserves. We will pay particular attention to the partnerships between local governments and local watershed protection non-profits.

This course is appropriate for local government managers and finance officers, public works officials, elected officials, regional planning organizations and watershed protection organizations.

The course agenda is posted on the enrollment page and will be updated as we approach the training. Continuing education credits are available.

We have a number of scholarships available this year to promote attendance from smaller jurisdictions and others that are unable to attend due to cost considerations. If you would like to find out about scholarship options, send an email to jhughes@sog.unc.edu.

To enroll in the course, please follow the link below:
http://www.sog.unc.edu/courses/0789/?q=/courses/0789

We hope to see you at the training. Please feel free to contact us with any questions.
Jeff Hughes
Director, Environmental Finance Center, School of Government
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus Box 3330, Knapp-Sanders Building
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3330 T: 919.843.4956     F: 919.843-2528
www.efc.unc.edu    or  www.sog.unc.edu

The Southeast Forum offers a wide variety of training to help your community work through issues of urban sprawl, economic viability and watershed protection. Call 615-627-1310 to set up a date, now!

Growth Readiness Workshops  are tailored to each community’s specific goals and objectives. They provide an overview of the economic drivers for quality growth planning, watershed protection and stormwater management. Using group instruction, hands-on activities, proven techniques, regional case studies, and small group discussions, your community will come away with specific steps to shape growth, maintain water quality and preserve local quality of life.

The following communities have gone through a series of growth readiness workshops and extensively discussed ways to help make quality land use decisions and protect land and water resources. Each community has compiled a summary report available for download (pdf).

McMinn and Meigs County, TN: Growth Readiness Report 2008

Duck River Watershed, TN: Growth Readiness Report 2007

Greene County, TN: Growth Readiness Report 2007

Northeast Georgia: Growth Readiness Report 2007

Northwest Georgia: Growth Readiness Report 2007

Tazewell County, VA: Growth Readiness Report 2007

Wise County, VA: Growth Readiness Report 2007

Water Efficient Growth Webinar

Across the Southeast, recent drought and local struggles to provide adequate water provided a wake-up call to the vulnerabilities in our water supply. Many communities were forced to put mandatory restrictions in place and take emergency measures to meet local water needs. 

At the same time, our water consumption in the Southeast has increased much more rapidly than population growth, further stretching finite resources. As we look to the future, it is clear that in order to accommodate existing water users and accommodate new projected growth, we need to look to key Water Efficiency strategies for both existing communities and new construction to meet our current and future needs.  

The Growth Readiness Program invites you to join us for a webinar to explore water supply issues in the Southeast and strategies for planners, elected officials, local governments and water utilities to link land and water planning, change how and where we build and change behavior to prepare for the challenges ahead. 

Who should participate:  Planners, Elected Officials, Local Government, Water Utilities.

Webinar Presentation Download (pdf): Part 1 / Part 2

"In Marshall County we were able to get our
Alternative Wastewater Resolution adopted into the Zoning Resolution... 
Because of this resolution, there is now a subdivision underway which will designate almost 100 acres as greenspace.  This resolution would not be in existence today without the ideas presented by the Tennessee Growth Readiness Workshop."
- Don Nelson, Marshall County Zoning Administration
Lewisburg, TN