NEMO around the NationOriginally Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials

Challenges for Communities• Legal Mandates• Pace of Growth• Full Plate• High Turnover• Complexity of

Environmental Issues

• Tracking of Cumulative Impacts

• Access to help

Helping Communities Link Land, Water & Growth

Helping Your Community Link Land, Water & Growth

Middle Peninsula

PDC

VA DCRSoil & Water

. . . and more

VA Department of Forestry

National Fish & Wildlife

Foundation

Maryland DNR

Virginia Cooperative Extension

Chesapeake Bay Program

NETWORK for Education of

Municipal Officials

Who We Are

Helping Your Community Link Land, Water & Growth

LocalGovernments

Economic Development

Board

Citizens

Historic Preservation Organization

Local Land Trust

Local Watershed

Organization

Farm Board

etc.

Developers

Our Core Client

Helping Your Community Link Land, Water & Growth

Build capacity for applying natural resource-based planning as a core underpinning of local land use decision-making

EducationTechnical

Assistance+Associated Financial

Assistance+

Help communities foster well-planned growth, preserve water quality and protect natural areas

+ +

What We Do

Helping Your Community Link Land, Water & Growth

Presentations & workshops

For local decision-makers on land use planning and better site design

Tailored to local needs in local communities

Delivered by network partners

By local invitation

Education

What We Do

Helping Your Community Link Land, Water & Growth

Customized:

Community visioning

Stakeholder engagement

Watershed assessments

Land conservation

Stormwater management

Better site design & LID

Comprehensive planning & code & ordinance changes

Core:

The land use – water relationship

Natural resource-based planning

TopicsEducation

What We Do

Helping Your Community Link Land, Water & Growth

Assistance teams from NEMO partners & TA provider pool

Helping local initiatives at local invitation/request

• Developing community vision and goals

• Natural resource assessments & inventories

• Developing & implementing land use management strategies

Stakeholder involvement strategies

Community visioning

Strategic planning

Conservation planning

Urban forestry master planning

Low-impact development

Code and ordinance development

Technical Assistance

What We Do

Helping Your Community Link Land, Water & Growth

Association with Financial Assistance Programs

Linking with selected programs focusing on like objectives

Education & technical assistance support for potential applicants & recipients

Help generate better proposals

Help support funded projects to ensure success

What We Do

Helping Your Community Link Land, Water & Growth

Non-grant NEMO Clients Accessing

Services

Targeted Watershed Grantees

SmallWatershed Grantees

Eligible Recipients of Contracted Providers

NFWF/NEMOContracted Providers

Network “In House” Assistance Providers

What We Do

• Facilitation & public process• Community visioning• Planning (comprehensive, LID,

watershed, land conservation)• Natural resource assessment• Watershed management

• Restoration techniques• BMP planning & design• Low-impact development• Code and ordinance development• Land, forest and resource conservation• Social Marketing

Expertise of Contracted Providers

Helping Your Community Link Land, Water & Growth

How We Work

Informal contacts

Knowledgeable experts

Financial assistance tie-ins

Web

Initial Contact Scoping

Mutual Commitment

Service Provision

Follow-up Assistance

Quick match assessment

Identify potential network partners

Scoping meeting(s) with local officials

Propose approach

Agree upon SOW

Mutual roles (community/NEMO)

NEMO partner roles

Varies by need

Short initial workshop

More engaged series

• Education

• TA

• FA

Varies by need

• Education

• TA

• FA

Helping Your Community Link Land, Water & Growth

Education & Technical Assistance: Mathews County VACumberland MDCalvert County MD

Technical Assistance(LID Ordinance Reviews):Goochland County VACharles County MD

How We Work – Pilot Projects

Mathews County

The Need:• Upcoming comprehensive plan revision

• Prepare citizens & officials

• Bring GIS up-to-date

Civic Education Program

Mathews County Comprehensive Planning Process2007 2008September October November December January February March April May

FormalPlanningProcess

1 2 3 4 5

Public Presentations/Conversations

Citizens’ Planning Academy

GIS & Information Development

Schedule Planning Process

Advise As Needed

Mathews Civic Education Program

Objectives:

• Stimulate engagement

• Introduce topics expected to influence county in coming five to twenty years

• Create understanding of value and function of planning

• Build knowledgeable cadre of existing and future planning commission members

Program Components

Public Conversations• Five monthly evenings • October to February• Presentations & discussion

Citizen’s Planning Academy• Single-day session• April• Topics in planning & regulation

Talking About The FutureSecond Tuesdays In Mathews

October 9: Linking Land, Water and Growth

November 13: Growth – What’s Happening In & Around Mathews?

December 11: Mathews Economy: Fostering Sustainable Economic Development

January 8: Mathews Valuable Resources

February 12: Planning the Direction of Your CommunityMCSEED

Mathews Memorial Library

Sponsors:

Talking About The FutureSecond Tuesdays In Mathews

Talking About The FutureSecond Tuesdays In Mathews

October:

Linking Land, Water &Growth

Network Partners:

Presentation:

Chesapeake NEMO

Facilitation:

Virginia NEMO

Talking About The FutureSecond Tuesdays In MathewsThe Network at Work

Network Partners:

Presentation:

Middle Peninsula Planning District Commission

Facilitation:

Chesapeake NEMO & Virginia NEMO

November:

Growth – What’s Happening In & Around Mathews?

Talking About The FutureSecond Tuesdays In MathewsThe Network at Work

Network Partners:

Presentation:

Virginia Cooperative Extension

Facilitation:

Virginia NEMO

December: Mathews’ Economy – Fostering Sustainable Rural Economic Development

Talking About The FutureSecond Tuesdays In MathewsThe Network at Work

Network Partners:

Presentations:

VA Cooperative Extension

DCR Soil & Water/VNEMO

DCR Natural Heritage

VA Dept. of Forestry

Mathews Historical Society

Maritime Heritage Fndn.

Facilitation:

Chesapeake NEMO & Virginia NEMO

January:

Mathews Valuable Resources

Talking About The FutureSecond Tuesdays In MathewsThe Network at Work

February:

Planning the Direction of Your Community

Network Partners:

Presentation:

Chesapeake NEMO

Facilitation:

Virginia NEMO

Virginia Cooperative Extension

Talking About The FutureSecond Tuesdays In MathewsThe Network at Work

Five Sessions

Nine Presentations

Seven Participating Network PartnersVirginia Cooperative Extension

Middle Peninsula Planning District Commission

DCR Soil & Water

DCR Natural Heritage

Department of Forestry

Mathews Historical Society

Maritime Heritage Foundation

Chesapeake NEMO

Virginia NEMO

Talking About The FutureSecond Tuesdays In MathewsThe Network at Work

Cumberland

The Need:• Urban Tree Canopy Restoration &

Conservation

• Prepare citizens & officials for goal setting and implementation strategy

Organize

City of Cumberland Tree Canopy Initiative2008 2009Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter Spring

Implementation

1 2

Plan processDevelop presentationsPerform GIS analysis

Stakeholder Consultations

Collaborative EducationGoal Setting

Strategy Development

NEMO presentationsInterview stakeholders

Workshop(s):• Educational presentations• Visioning charrette• Goal Setting• Strategy Development Potential financial

assistance

Helping Your Community Link Land, Water & Growth

Fewer Network Partners:

MD DNR Forest Service

NFWF/NEMO Contracted Technical Assistance

Chesapeake NEMO

More Narrow Topic:

Conserving Tree Canopy

Cumberland Tree CanopyThe Network at Work

Helping Your Community Link Land, Water & Growth

What’s Coming Up?

www.chesapeakenemo.net