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Houston, We Have Winners!
The winners in each category of the Houston Land/Water Sustainability Forum's Low Impact Development Design Competition are:
GREEN ROADWAY DESIGN CHALLENGE
AECOM
SID EDMONDS, JIM SIPES, RUSSELL BYNUM, JENNIFER HUNDL, ROSS GORDON,
JUNE TSOU, ADAM GUERRA, YOUNG-AE CHUNG, ANNA HANSEN, JOHN SEXTON, KURT SMITH

URBAN REDEVELOPMENT DESIGN CHALLENGE

WALTER P. MOORE
KEVIN SULLIVAN, GARETH YOUNG, ANIRUDDHA DUTTA
GENSLER
RIVES TAYLOR, DAVID WILLIAMS, KIM KELLY, LISA GRAIFF
CLARK CONDON ASSOCIATES
JOSH LAMARTINA, ETHAN PRIMM, MATT DAWSON, JOHN SCHNURE, PAUL WEATHERS, ELIZABETH GILBERT, RILEY ANDERSON
DAN POPE ASSOCIATES
DAN POPE
SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL DESIGN CHALLENGE

EDMINSTER HINSHAW RUSS & ASSOCIATES
JUSTIN RING, CHRISTOPHER BROWNE, STACI DUNCAN
LEGEND HOME CORPORATION
DAVID CARLSON
DAVIDSON LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
KOLBY DAVIDSON
Finals presentations, conducted in rapid-fire ‘lightning’ format were judged on January 27th by a Jury made up of some of the area’s top developers, along with civic and governmental leaders interested in the direction of Houston area development.

The winners, finalists and all of the participants in the Competition proved very clearly that Low Impact Development (LID) practices can be adapted to Houston area conditions, and that doing so can bring a host of benefits, including improving water quality in our streams, bayous and bays; reducing rainfall runoff flows that contribute to flooding; creating and restoring natural habitat; enhancing the natural aesthetics of our surroundings and improving quality of life in a variety of other ways. Their presentations also demonstrated that all of these benefits can be had at a lower cost to developers, which bodes well for their rapid adoption and implementation.
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Who we are and the constituencies we represent
  
   
 

Monthly meetings of the Forum are held at a rotating roster of conference facilities offered by supportive agencies and organizations located throughout the Houston area. Presenting speakers have expertise or hands-on experience to share on land/water sustainability issues. [more]

 

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SUSTAINABILITY  From the verb to sustain, meaning: to hold up; to bear; to support; to provide for; to maintain; to sanction; to keep going; to keep up; to prolong the life of.   SUSTAINABLE Capable of being sustained; capable of being continued with minimal long-term effect on the environment.

 

Our mission is to enhance, enable and integrate sustainable use of land and water for the Houston area's continued growth and economic vitality.

Across this country and the world, new ideas, methods, materials and technologies aimed at positively impacting the sustainability of land and water resources have been widely adopted, some are even being developed right here in Houston. This forum has been formed to provide exposure to the full range of these practices, to encourage their adoption, their adaptation where needed for the conditions found in our community—and to foster creativity in both the development of new solutions and the regulatory infrastructure that enables them.

Maintaining the pace of growth and development in the greater Houston area requires that those with a vested interest adopt new ideas and employ new methods that will insure that growth can be sustained. The forum seeks to engage the broadest possible range of constituent groups, in a collaborative effort that focuses on practical application rather than abstract theory in the exploration of incremental answers to some of the Houston area's most significant land/water sustainability issues.
     
 
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