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EPA Hosts Green Street Design Walking Tour, Workshops

and Meetings in Joplin, Mo.

By Kris Lancaster

(Lenexa, Kan., June 24, 2013) - EPA hosted a green street

design workshop and meetings June 18-19, 2013 that will

provide Joplin, Mo., with technical assistance to considergreen complete street eatures or the citys 20th Street

Corridor rom Main Street to Highview Avenue. Beore

the workshops, EPA and city sta conducted a walking

tour o the 20th Street Corridor on June 18 to dis-

cuss green options that support vibrant and healthy

neighborhoods.

Te workshops and public meetings were held to

stimulate ideas and conversations based on street

management strategies, with an emphasis on dem-onstrated results that have worked in other com-

munities.

A green complete street can be saely used by

pedestrians, cyclists, transit and cars and man-

ages stormwater in an environmentally appropri-

ate manner. Te 20th Street Corridor is presently

primarily used only by automobiles.

Features and options discussed included widening

Karl Brooks, EPA Region 7 administrator and city sta tour the 20th Street Corridor onJune 18, 2013 in Joplin, Mo. EPA hosted a green street design workshop and meetings,June 18-19 that provided the city o Joplin technical assistance to consider green com-plete street eatures. (USEPA Photo by Kris Lancaster)

Karl Brooks, EPA Region 7 administrator and city sta tour the 20th Street Corridor on June 18, 2013 in Joplin, Mo. EPAhosted a green street design workshop and meetings, June 18-19 that provided the city o Joplin technical assistance toconsider green complete street eatures. USEPA Photo by Kris Lancaster)

o sidewalks, bike paths, and

green inrastructure. Green

inrastructure eatures such

as rain gardens, permeable

pavement and the use o na-

tive plants help to minimize

stormwater runo while

removing pollutants. Te

intent is to manage stormwa-

ter through environmentally

benecial practices, which

can divert stormwater into

the ground or store it or

uture use.

Visuals were displayed at the

meetings o initial design

schematics and descriptions

o street design options. EPA

and its contractors SRA and

HDR provided examples o

green street designs rom other communities,

trends and direct input or nal design plans.

Te ocus o the project is the development o asustainable streetscape plan or a two-mile seg-

ment o 20th Street rom Main Street to Highview

Avenue. Much o this corridor was destroyed dur-


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Karl Brooks, EPA Region 7 administrator delivers a presentation about green street design options at a meeting, June 18, 2013 in Joplin, Mo. (USEPA Photo by KrisLancaster)

ing the 2011 tornado and is a ocus o redevelop-

ment eorts by the city.

Joplin has embraced sustainable developmentthrough the eorts o the Citizens Advisory

Recovery eam and other local stakeholders and

much o this technical assistance takes these eorts

into consideration.

EPA is partnering with the Federal Emergency

Management Agency, the City o Joplin and the

ollowing design rms SRA and HDR to support

the overall mission o long-term community re-

covery afer the tornado. Also, a variety o individ-uals have been invited to be involved in this project

including local builders, bankers, engineers, real-

tors, residents, city council, neighborhood groups,

property owners, business owners and architects.

Afer the workshop and public meetings, EPA and

its contractors, SRA and HDR, will provide recom-

mendations to the City o Joplin or redesign o the

20th Street Corridor to have it become an attraction or

business development.


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