Green Streets and Clean Streams
The Green Streets and Clean Streams project will utilize street tree installation as equal parts intervention, research and education.
Chattahoochee Riverkeeper and Trees Atlanta partnered to launch an initiative that simultaneously addresses the pressing needs of enhancing Atlanta’s tree canopy while improving urban stormwater management. The “Green Streets and Clean Streams” project implemented five street-side tree planters designed to retrofit existing conditions to infiltrate and clean stormwater runoff, the largest contributor of pollution to our rivers and streams.
Water sensors installed in the tree planters will provide valuable data about the benefits of green infrastructure for reducing runoff and improving water quality. The planters themselves serve as a learning tool for the public and other practitioners about green infrastructure and its potential applications.
The pilot project resulted in five planters testing four green infrastructure retrofits:
Two intersection bulb-outs
A hell strip between the street and sidewalk
A tree planting well
A front yard rain garden
The project concluded with a neighborhood green-infrastructure workshop presenting results to the community.
My role involved:
Project visioning
Assistant grant writing
Budget preparation
Grant management and reporting
Community outreach and community meetings
Landscape and hardscape design
Drafting and graphics
Installation management
Volunteer coordination
Community/public presentations
Road mapping projects into a program
*All work was completed while employed at Trees Atlanta, 2018-2019
HIGHLAND AVE BULB OUTS
WESTWOOD HELLSTRIP
RDA TREE PLANTING WELL
