Description: Urban development requires stormwater infrastructure to manage flood risk and water quality, but potential benefits to public spaces are often overlooked.  Integrating access, circulation, and tree canopy enhancements with nature-based stormwater infrastructure projects can revitalize public spaces. Here, Barr will showcase stormwater projects that created green corridors and transformed parks.

Author: Marcy Bean

Author Bio: Marcy has over two decades of experience in designing places where people interact with natural resources. Passionate about integrating green infrastructure into the public realm, Marcy leads master planning, stakeholder facilitation, placemaking, park-design projects through a natural-resources lens.  A registered Landscape Architect in Iowa and Minnesota, she has broad experience designing innovative stormwater management solutions, specializing in stacking green infrastructure to meet multiple project goals.