the etowah initiative: fall 2001
watershed-friendly development award

Christyne Scofield, Paul Hirsch.

Upper Etowah River Alliance 2001 Watershed-Friendly Development Award - brochure, Fall 2001, Paul Hirsch, Christyne Scofield. (PDF file.)

Upper Etowah River Alliance Watershed-Friendly Development Award - Application, Fall 2001, Paul Hirsch, Christyne Scofield. (PDF file.)

Slide Show: Upper Etowah River Alliance Watershed-Friendly Development Award, Fall 2001, Paul Hirsch, Christyne Scofield. (56 KB PPT file.)

Need

The Etowah Watershed is currently experiencing rapid development pressure. In addition to legal controls on development, there also is an opportunity for a reward-based program to encourage watershed friendly development practices.

Goal

Our goal is to provide incentives to promote watershed friendly development in the Etowah watershed through a reward-based program.

Objectives

Develop a vision for future development in the Etowah Watershed
Educate people to watershed friendly practices
Develop a watershed development award

Activities

Overall activity: Create a user's manual for the Etowah Watershed Development Award

• Research watershed friendly practices
• Prioritize practices in terms of which ones we want to encourage
• Envision the Etowah Watershed if everyone won our award - create a vision statement, find a picture or image that represents the vision
• Develop award philosophy - come up with mission statement
• Create a weighted checklist of practices that reflect our philosophy
• Make technical information easy to understand and feasible
• Develop market plan
  

Workplan (Adobe PDF)

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