Rosemary Monahan EPA New England Smart Growth Coordinator Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities WORKSHOP TOPICS Walk Audits Complete and Green Streets Neighborhood Planning for Healthy Aging ID: 440312
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EPA programs Support Walkable communities
Rosemary Monahan
EPA
New England
Smart Growth CoordinatorSlide2
Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities: WORKSHOP TOPICS
Walk Audits
Complete
(and Green) Streets
Neighborhood Planning for Healthy Aging
Bikeshare
Planning
Parking AuditsSlide3
Workshop Materials include:
Sample agendas
Self
-
assessment (‘homework’)
Presentations and speakers’ notes
Resource materials
Action-oriented process that leads to a set of next stepsSlide4
Developed by Walkable
and Livable Communities Institute
Consists of:
Facilitators Guide
Notes Section
Walkability Toolbox
Walking Audit Survey ToolAvailable at http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth
Walkability WorkbookSlide5
Greening sidewalks, bike paths
, and streets
Rain gardens, swales, wetlands,
greenspace
, green roofs
Porous pavement for infiltration
Using rainwater as an enhancement
Multiple
benefits