Started in 2020, funded by the Great Lakes Protection Fund (GLPF) and founded by the CEO of CIS, the Resilient Infrastructure for Sustainable Communities (RISC) project was created to establish a resilience and finance leadership Cluster of municipal resilience...
Nature-Based Solutions
Urban Reforestation and Wetland Restoration Program: Assessing the Relevance of a Community-based Partnership
Under the umbrella of Resilient Infrastructure for Sustainable Communities (RISC), CIS, supported by the Delta Institute and the Insurance Information Institute, led the writing of a report that assessed the viability of using a community-based partnership (CBP) in a...
Detroit Tree Equity Program
American Forests is a leading nonprofit with a mission to create healthy and resilient forests, from cities to wilderness, that “deliver essential benefits for climate, people, water and wildlife." CIS staff have worked on a team led by American Forests to assist with...
A Business Plan to Establish Nation’s Third, and Great Lakes’ First Community-based Partnership in Greater Milwaukee Region
In January 2019, Resilient Infrastructure for Sustainable Communities (RISC) engaged a team that included CIS to assist the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) by developing a business plan to assess the viability and relevance of using a community-based...
Stormwater Community-Based Public-Private Partnership Feasibility Assessment and Guidebook for the State of Washington
Increasingly, state and local agencies across the United States are using community-based partnerships (CBPs) to overcome the challenges of implementing, financing, and maintaining green infrastructure to achieve water quality goals.Project Scope Research and Analyses...
Assisting Municipalities with Implementing Stormwater Community-Based Public-Private Partnerships in Washington State
Community-based partnerships (CBPs) are an innovative form of alternative procurement and delivery in which a government agency and private entity partner seek to improve both water quality and quality of life for a community through green stormwater infrastructure...
Evaluation of Large-scale Use of Green Stormwater Infrastructure as a Stormwater Controls Measure
The Stormwater Authority of the City of Chester (SAC) was founded in January 2016 “to regulate discharges to the Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) to protect the City of Chester and Delaware County’s water bodies and groundwater and to safeguard the public...