This month’s One Water Webinar will feature stories from some of the US Water Alliance’s Water Equity Taskforce cities about how they are working on the ground with community organizations to apply strategies from the Alliance’s Equitable Water Future National Briefing Paper.

The Water Equity Taskforce is comprised of a network of cities, each anchored by a US Water Alliance member utility. This webinar features leaders from three of these anchor institutions and focuses on their collaborative efforts to develop and advance more equitable water policies and practices. Webinar attendees will learn more about how cross-sector partners in Camden, Buffalo, and Louisville are using equitable water management to promote job creation, workforce development, climate resiliency, improved public health, and more.

Location: Online

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Join AARP Public Policy Institute for a livestream, interactive event on extra living spaces, from basement apartments to backyard bungalows that can meet the growing need for flexible housing. Formally known as accessory dwelling units (ADUs), these spaces can provide living options for everyone from caregivers to older adults and young families.

At this special AARP Future of Housing livestream event, you’ll gain insights into the latest design options and hear from families who are taking advantage of this growing solution to affordable housing.  Whether you know them as ADUs, granny flats or in-law suites, these spaces are playing an innovative role as housing options for people of all ages.

Location: Online

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Join Jersey Water Works at their Membership Meeting to celebrate the work of the collaborative, network with members, learn from experts, and discover how we can better talk about water infrastructure to our friends, colleagues, and other stakeholders.

Location: American Water Corporate Headquarters, 1 Water St., Camden, NJ 08102

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The Opportunity Zones program may be the largest and most significant federal community development initiative in U.S. history, with trillions of dollars in new private investment about to flow into pre-designated low-income communities around the country. Join the Smart Growth Network for a webinar about investment and policy recommendations to ensure opportunity zones create inclusive, sustainable communities.

Location: Online

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Event will spotlight & celebrate women of influence in the green building sector; discuss via panel where women are, what women are doing, what impact women are making, and women’s position in leadership within the realm of sustainability and energy.

Location: James W Merli Executive Conference Center, Feliciano School of Business, Montclair State University, 1 Normal Ave., Montclair, NJ 07043

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Civic engagement for urban design projects is often difficult to do well. Not everyone can attend a public meeting, and not everyone feels comfortable speaking up at one. Lou Huang, creator of Streetmix, leads Next City’s webinar to discuss how technology can break down these barriers to participation and make engagement a more collaborative and cooperative process.

Location: Online

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Co-hosted by The Watershed Institute and the NJ American Water Resources Association, this free event will bring together experts in the field to share their knowledge and experience working with green infrastructure, stormwater regulations and stormwater utilities. The symposium will consist of two parts: a morning session, which will cover topics including draft revisions to the NJ Stormwater Rule, the NJ Stormwater BMP Manual, the NJ Future Green Infrastructure Municipal Toolkit, and impacts of urban flooding; and an afternoon session dedicated to the nuts and bolts of creating a stormwater utility, from communications and collaboration opportunities to rate setting and technical considerations.

Location: The Watershed Institute, 31 Titus Mill Rd., Pennington

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“The Value of Downtown: Capitalizing on Your Assets to Realize Success”

Location: Westminster Arts Center, Bloomfield College, 449 Franklin St, Bloomfield, NJ 07003

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Newark’s Call to Collaboration brings together diverse individuals from across the City for a 2-day gathering under the central guiding question:

How can we work creatively and inclusively to grow healthy and sustainable neighborhoods, create inter-generational connection and economic opportunities for adults and your, and encourage community planning that is transparent and equitable in order to continue growing a vibrant city?

(Commitment to the full span of the two days is essential.)

Dates & Times:
Thursday, June 6, 2019 runs from 8:30am-3:30pm
Friday, June 7, 2019 runs from 8:30am-1:00pm followed by optional networking.

Location: The New Jersey Institute of Technology’s WEC Center Practice Court, 104 Lock St., 2nd Fl., Newark, NJ 07102

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NJTOD.org and Downtown New Jersey will be hosting a panel discussion on implementing successful TOD projects in New Jersey.

Location: Edward J. Bloustein School
James J. Florio Forum
33 Livingston Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08901

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