Recent Publications

	Building Outside the Box was a public presentation made by Margo Farnsworth, Senior Fellow for the Cumberland River Compact, on Tuesday, march 6, 2007. This was the first in a series of Low Impact Development events sponsored by Upstate Forever and the Home Builders Association of Greenville. Click here to view the handouts from the presentation. Click here to view the PowerPoint presentation. (Note this is a very large file [4MB] please be patient while it downloads.
	The Saluda-Reedy Watershed Consortium and Upstate Forever developed a series of LID Fact Sheets that highlight the Low Impact Development practices that reduce the impact of both the development process and the developed landscape on the environment here in the Upstate. Click here to learn more about these sheets and download copies of them.
	The Saluda-Reedy Watershed Consortium sponsored a Watershed Leaders Forum in September entitled "Treading Lightly on the Shore: The Role of Residents and Developers in Keeping Lakes Healthy" and developed an issue summary in partnership with the Upper Savannah COG. To download and view the issue summary, click here (this link will open a large PDF). To learn more about this Forum , click here.
	The Economic Benefits of Greenways for Greenville County is a public presentation made by Charles Flink [Founder and President of Greenways Incorporated and Co-author of Greenways: A Guide to Planning, Design and Development] at Furman University on Tuesday, November, 28, 2006. To download and view the presentation as a PowerPoint Slide Show, click here. To download and view the presentation as a smaller PDF file, click here.
	Planning a World-Class Greenway System for Greenville County is a follow-up presentation prepared by Charles Flink [Founder and President of Greenways Incorporated and Co-author of Greenways: A Guide to Planning, Design and Development] to help Greenville County in a greenway planning process. To download and view this presentation, please click here.
	The Saluda-Reedy Watershed Consortium sponsored a Watershed Leaders Forum in June entitled "From Floodplains to Greenways: A half-day Symposium on Creating Parks Along River Corridors" and created this interactive Reedy River Greenways Map. To view a printable version of the Reedy River Greenways Map developed for the Forum , click here (this link will open a large PDF).
	“Life at the Water’s Edge: A Shoreline Resident’s Guide to Natural Lakeshore and Streamside Buffers for Water Quality Protection” is a 150-page handbook with information on lakeside and streamside landscaping practices that help maintain water quality. Unfortunately, this publication is not available in pdf or html format. It is, however, available through the Clemson University Public Service Publishing website. Click here to access this website and purchase your copy today or check your local library for a copy. See our Resources and Reports page for more information on this topic.

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