2020-21 PEER LEARNING WORKGROUPS
During our Annual Meeting in May, our members determine the topics that are of highest priority to them for the coming year. Those topics become peer learning Workgroups, through which members meet monthly to share resources, knowledge, and lessons learned and advance their collective knowledge of GSI plus their efforts within their respective locations.
If you would like to join a workgroup, please email the Exchange staff person supporting the group you are interested in, either Alison (alison@giexchange.org) or Kasey (kasey@giexchange.org).
Please direct all general workgroup inquiries workgroups to Kasey (kasey@giexchange.org).
You can find information about last year’s workgroup meetings on the Meeting Archives page.
DETAILS & SPECIFICATIONS WORKGROUP
Building on the work from the prior year, focused on continuing to (1) share their experiences and lessons learned with one another and (2) compile resources on various subtopics related to equity, including distributional equity, procedural equity, metrics, budget challenges, and current events.
FIRST TUESDAYS
12 PM EST
9 AM PST
STAFF SUPPORT: Alison De Lusie
EQUITY WORKGROUP
Building on the work from the prior year, focused on continuing to (1) share their experiences and lessons learned with one another and (2) compile resources on various subtopics related to equity, including distributional equity, procedural equity, metrics, budget challenges, and current events.
FIRST WEDNESDAYS
1 PM EST
10 AM PST
STAFF SUPPORT: Kasey Armstrong
MAINTENANCE WORKGROUP
Building on the work from the prior year, focused on an exploration of tools for assessing and designing for reduced life cycle costs from conception to construction, with an emphasis on preventative maintenance, standards development, and ensuring successful long-term construction and inspection.
SECOND MONDAYS
1 PM EST
10 AM PST
STAFF SUPPORT: Kasey Armstrong
DESIGN INNOVATIONS WORKGROUP
Focused on collecting feedback from workgroup members about innovative ideas that have been implemented, highlighting ideas that have made a positive difference in order to foster continuous improvement in the field, and specifically addressing topics such as in situ retrofits, watershed/neighborhood scale urban placemaking, and GI system sizing and dynamic design.
SECOND TUESDAYS
2 PM EST
11 AM PST
STAFF SUPPORT: Alison De Lusie
FUNDING & FINANCING: LOANS, GRANTS, STORMWATER FEES & NEW FUNDING APPROACHES WORKGROUP
Focused on collecting resources related to topics such as stormwater fees, alternative/innovative public financing options, private GSI related financing issues, and incentives/grants.
THIRD MONDAYS
2 PM EST
11 AM PST
STAFF SUPPORT: Alison De Lusie
CLIMATE CHANGE & GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE WORKGROUP
Focused on exploring various frameworks for measuring progress in integrating climate change into GSI (i.e. OneWater, Water Sensitive Cities model) and will share their own progress in this realm with attention to topics such as making the case for climate change, integrated planning, and climate modeling/scenarios.
FOURTH MONDAYS
2 PM EST
11 AM PST
STAFF SUPPORT: Kasey Armstrong
GIS EVALUATION/PRIORITIZATION & SITE SELECTION WORKGROUP
Focused on compiling “case studies” of its various members to synthesize the different approaches being taken to scoring and prioritization methods.
FOURTH FRIDAYS
12 PM EST
9 AM PST
STAFF SUPPORT: Kasey Armstrong
