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DAVID YOCCA REPLACES SARA LOVELAND AS GIF CHAIR
After two years as GIF Chair, Sara Loveland has stepped down from the Board of Directors.
Replacing her is David Yocca, FASLA, Senior Partner at Conservation Design Forum (CDF).
David has served as Project Principal on many of CDF's pioneering demonstration projects.
David's focus on performance-based landscapes has guided him to serve on boards and
committees of similarly aligned organizations, including SITES and GIF, where he has been
an instrumental part of the LAPT's development. We welcome David as our new board chair.

and wall industry by advancing performance, helping public and private
investments in living architecture
achieve their intended design goals. In
spring 2018, GIF is inviting designers of living architecture projects to
submit a project for the LAPT pilot
phase. This is a great opportunity for
innovators to help refine this important tool while setting their organizations apart as leaders in the field. GIF
is also reaching out to policy makers
to engage them in using the LAPT
to achieve their policy objectives. For
more information about the terms and
conditions of the Pilot Project, please
contact rlilauwala@greenroofs.org.

GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE CHARRETTES COMPLETED
IN THREE ONTARIO COMMUNITIES; MORE PLANNED
Over the course of 2017, GIF and the Ontario Parks Association (OPA) engaged key stakeholders in Mississauga, Toronto, and Richmond Hill to build capacity around using green
infrastructure in their communities. Stakeholders in the public, private, non-profit, and
educational sectors were brought together to reimagine the future potential of actual sites
using green infrastructure. Their redesigns were subjected to a customized financial analysis
using GIF's Green Infrastructure Cost-Benefit Matrix. The redesigns showed the potential
for communities to reduce stormwater runoff and increase resilience to climate change's
impacts, all while managing growth and intensification in a sustainable manner.
The full report, which includes visuals, cost-benefit analysis, and recommendations for
future actions, is available at greeninfrastructurefoundation.org/resources. GIF and OPA
are planning to continue to engage communities and build capacity for greater green infrastructure use. In 2018 and 2019, training courses and workshops will be delivered to staff in
six communities. GIF is also developing a half day course on green infrastructure valuation
which will be available online by the end of 2018.

Rohan Lilauwala is Program Manager at the Green Infrastructure Foundation and Senior Researcher at Green Roofs for Healthy Cities.
For more information visit www.greeninfrastructurefoundation.org or email rlilauwala@greenroofs.org

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Images courtesyRana Creek Design

GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE CHARRETTE PARTICIPANTS
REDESIGNING THE COMMUNITY WITH GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE

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