The competition was fierce, the efforts were strong, but decisions eventually had to be made. The winners of the Virginia Low Impact Design (LID) Competition were announced at the 23rd annual Environment Virginia Symposium held in Lexington, Virginia. And the winners are:
- Green Roadway: William H. Gordon Associates, Chantilly, VA
- Urban Infill: Williamsburg Environmental Group, Williamsburg, VA
- Suburban Mixed Use: Hinchey & Baines, PLC. Culpeper, VA
The purpose of the Virginia Low Impact Development Design Competition was to challenge teams of development professionals to demonstrate cost-effective approaches to replicating the natural treatment of stormwater on development sites. This Virginia-wide competition was held to provide landscape site designers with a hands-on experience of working in LID to reduce stormwater runoff and protect local water quality. Each winner took home a $15,000 cash prize.
These talented consultants from the Virginia LID Competition have demonstrated that minimizing the impact of development on streams is not only possible, but cost-effective. We hope that developers and regulators alike will implement these types of natural approaches on all development plans in the future. At a time when the quality of the James and its tributaries is being measured against the Chesapeake Bay Cleanup goals and development is a growing issue affecting water quality, the need to increase protections and minimize impact with cost-effective methods is more important than ever.
For more information on the first ever Virginia-wide LID Competition, check out the Competition website: www.VirginiaLIDComp.org
No comments:
Post a Comment