Urban Waters Federal Partnership National Training Workshop

In December 2014, over 150 people from federal agencies, community organizations, state and local government, universities and non-governmental organizations, associations and businesses met for 2½ days to learn from the Urban Waters Federal Partnership's work to date and to chart the course for the future. The result was an engaging and productive meeting about how we can use the nation's urban waters to revitalize distressed and underserved communities.

Workshop Goals

This workshop was responsive to the needs expressed by partnership locations and member agencies across partnership, throughout the planning process. The workshop goals identified are for participants to:

1. Learn about new opportunities and resources to accelerate work on the ground;
2. Chart the course for the future of our work together so that it will be informed by experience and learning at partnership locations; and
3. Strengthen our engagement of underserved communities as an integral part of our work.

The agenda for the workshop is included below, which was robust with dynamic speakers and presentations.  Below the agenda are several presentations.

• Agenda (pdf) (475.79 KB)
• Amy Conklin - An Adventure in Developing Clean Water Messaging (pdf) (3.93 MB)
• Andrew M. Fellows - Community Revitalization From Vacant and Abandoned Lots to Green Infrastructure (pdf) (358.98 KB)
• Beth Strommen - (Re)Building a Sustainable Baltimore (pdf) (2.16 MB)
• Camille Mittelholtz- How is USDOT supporting Urban Waters communities? (pdf) (764.39 KB)
• Carol Armstrong - Los Angeles River Revitalization and the Urban Waters Federal Partnership (pdf) (11.91 MB)
• Cedric Grant - Climate Adaptation/Resiliency New Orleanss Story (pdf) (6.13 MB)
• Chris Muller - Grand Rapids Restoration, Returning the Rapids to the Grand (pdf) (7.96 MB)
• Danny Wiegand - New Orleans / Lake Pontchartrain: Lessons from the Ambassador (pdf) (5.58 MB)
• Dwane Jones - Integrating Urban Agriculture & Urban Stormwater: An Anacostia Pilot (pdf) (5.62 MB)
• Erika Spanger-Siegfired - Encroaching Tides: How Sea Level Rise and Tidal Flooding Threaten U.S. East and Gulf Coast Communities over the Next 30 Years (pdf) (11 MB)
• Frank McLaughlin – Combining Resourcesto Implement Urban Water Projects in Camden, NJ (pdf) (8.98 MB)
• Jad Daley - CLIMATE-SMART CITIES - Climate Solutions through Green Infrastructure (pdf) (1.4 MB)
• Joann Burke - Reconnecting Urban Communities with Waterways in New Orleans (pdf) (4.26 MB)
• John Thomas - Community Engagement with Sustainable Communities Strategies (pdf) (2.77 MB)
• Joe Bruss - Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training Grant Program Overview (pdf) (2.23 MB)
• Linda Cox - Collaboration and Community on the Bronx River (pdf) (4.12 MB)
• Michael Leff - Greater Philadelphia Area / Delaware River Watershed: Lessons from the Ambassador (pdf) (2.11 MB)
• Michael Wenstrom - Environmental Justice Meets Urban Waters - Westerly Creek (pdf) (1.2 MB)
• Mustafa Santiago Ali - Strategies for Effectively Engaging Underserved Communities (pdf) (690.66 KB)
• Na'Taki Osborne Jelks - Northwest Atlanta's Proctor Creek Watershed: From Peril to Possibilities (pdf) (5.04 MB)
• Na'Taki Osborne Jelks - Progress in Northwest Atlanta's Proctor Creek Watershed (pdf) (7.88 MB)
• Naomi Friedman - Hidden Gems - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (pdf) (1.98 MB)
• Pauline Louie – Los Angeles River Watershed: Lessons from the Ambassador (pdf) (2.43 MB)
• Sheila Lewis - Urban Waters Federal Partnership National Training (pdf) (111.52 KB)
• Tracy Stanton - Green Duwamish Watershed Seattle, WA (pdf) (1.81 MB)