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Sustainable Maryland presents:
SUSTAINABLE THURSDAYS
SUSTAINABILITY GUIDED TOURS IN OCTOBER
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Join the SM Team and local experts on a series of guided tours aimed at elected officials, municipal staff and Green Team members. You'll get a chance to see up close what a sustainable town or city looks like, and here from the people who run them. You'll be able to examine sustainable developments and green infrastructure and learn from the people that built and maintain them. Hands on, real world sustainability projects, that you can take back to your community and replicate. | Green Roof, Riverdale Park Station | |
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Schedule
Thursday, Oct. 3, 4-6pm
Small Town Sustainability Tour - Washington Grove
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This tour of a small town (population 500) will include:
- History: camp origins, unique National Historic District
- Interior pedestrian walkways
- EV charging stations
- Maple Lake: town-sponsored summer swimming, lessons for kids
- West Woods: town-owned forest, stormwater management
- Meadow: conservation land, bike path
- Community Art: handmade natured-themed street signs
- Community Garden: edible garden, pollinator garden, food donations
- Compost pilot program
- Acorn Library: sustainability books in childrens' library
Thursday, Oct. 10, 4-6pm
Small City Sustainability Tour - Takoma Park
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This tour of a small city (population 17,000) will include:
- First all-electric (EV charging) service station in the US
- Community Center: green roof, community garden, future solar
- DPW: LEED building, recycling, composting, solar, EV charging stations, corn silo coop, EV fleet (including electric street sweeper)
- Ritchie Avenue Roundabout: bio-retention, rain gardens
- Brashears Run: stream restoration
- Hampshire Towers: resilience hub
- Takoma Stream Restoration: stormwater management, stream restoration
- Circle Woods: ecological restoration
- TPSS Coop: food coop
Thursday, Oct. 17, 4-6pm
Mixed Use/Transit-Oriented Sustainable Development - Riverdale Park Station
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This tour of a mixed use development (retail, office, residential) will include:
- Green infrastructure: bio-retention facilities, green roof, pervious asphalt, rainwater harvesting (cisterns), native plants, new parkland
- Transit-oriented development (proximity to MARC, Metro, and Purple Line stations)
- Electric vehicle infrastructure (charging stations)
- Public art (several examples; part of the Gateway Arts District)
- Bicycle/pedestrian connectivity (Trolley Trail, pedestrian overpass, bicycle repair station and parking)
- Electric vehicle infrastructure (charging stations)
- Job creation (463 retail and food service jobs)
- New public playground
Thursday, Oct. 24, 4-6pm
Green Infrastructure/Pervious Intersection - Colmar Manor
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This tour will include:
- Pave Drain pervious intersection, the largest of it kind in the area
- Tree plantings
- Rain garden
- Also: municipal pet waste station; EV charging station
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All tours are free. Itineraries subject to change
***Tour participants are welcome to join tour guides and SM staff for a drink or a bite to eat at a local establishment afterwards. Details, including where to meet and park, will be emailed to registrants several days prior to the event date.
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Space is limited. Inclement weather cancels the event.
For more information contact mikeh75@umd.edu
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Electric vehicle charging station, Takoma Park | |
Thank you to Sustainable Maryland's partners: | |
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Thank you to Sustainable Maryland's sponsors:
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