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Location
Lake Nokomis Watershed, Minneapolis
Status
completed
Timeline
2012 – 2017
Funding
Minnehaha Creek Watershed District, City of Minneapolis, Clean Water Fund, Hennepin County, participants
Partners & Contractors
Conservation Corps of Minnesota and Iowa, Borgert Products, JL Theis, Earth Wizards, Cummins, Bluecross Blueshield Center for Prevention, Nokomis East Neighborhood Association, Friends of Lake Nokomis
Program
Blooming Alleys
Tags
backyard or alley, community engagement, permeable pavers, raingarden
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Nokomis Neighbors for Clean Water

Lake Nokomis Blooming Alleys was a citizen-based, neighborhood-focused project to engage local property owners in efforts to improve water quality. The focus of the work was to use raingardens and pervious pavement systems to capture and infiltrate runoff from impervious surfaces on private property. This involved analyzing entire alley blocks for their potential to produce runoff in a rain event. We also recruited alley ‘captains’ in targeted alleys to engage their neighbors in the project and educate them about the potential for runoff capture on their property.The project resulted in the installation of 105 raingardens, 71 new native plantings and 85 pervious pavement systems.

 

Nokomis Neighbors

Metro Blooms
Grow. Bloom. Inspire!

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