2023 Green Infrastructure Coalition Meetings
- Statewide Meetings: January 19 and June 1, from 11:00am-12:30pm on Zoom: (Zoom Link) Meeting ID: 915 8301 2392
- Providence GIC: February 21, April 18, June 20, August 22, October 17, and December 19, all 2:00-3:30pm on Zoom: (Zoom Link) Meeting ID: 960 0484 4003
- East Bay Meetings: April 25, July 25, and October 24, all starting at 10am.
- PSIC: See the Stormwater Innovation Center website
The Coalition on Facebook

2023 Stormwater Innovation Expo
October 18, 2023
8:30AM-3:30PM
Roger Williams Park Casino
1000 Elmwood Avenue Providence, RI 02907
Join the Rhode Island Green Infrastructure Coalition, the Providence Stormwater Innovation Center, and the Providence Parks Department for the Fifth Annual Stormwater Innovation Expo. This is a great opportunity to discover new and innovative products and services being used in the construction and maintenance of green stormwater infrastructure across Rhode Island and the industry. General admission tickets include lunch and a light breakfast. Sponsorships and exhibition opportunities are available, contact gerritt@mindspring.com for information.
RIDOT is covering the admission fee for Rhode Island state and municipal employees. If you are in this group, please select the General Admission – State & Municipal Employees ticket option.
RI Green Infrastructure Coalition
The Green Infrastructure Coalition (GIC) includes not-for-profit organizations, architects, designers, builders, city planners and state and local policymakers as partners, who work together to promote nature based solutions for cleaning runoff pollution. Nature based solutions create pathways for rainwater, melting snow, and other run-off to avoid pavement and infiltrate into the earth.
The GIC leadership represents a wide range of Rhode Island environmental organizations, including John Berard of Clean Water Action, Topher Hamblett of Save the Bay, Sheila Dormody of The Nature Conservancy, Sara Churgin of the Eastern RI Conservation District and Lauren Carson of the Eastern RI Conservation District. Their role is to guide the coalition, seek funding for projects and provide long term strategic objectives.
Our free membership is open to any Rhode Island organization, pubic, private or governmental, that supports our work and encourages the use of green infrastructure. You can see a list of our members here and you can become a member by contacting Sara Churgin at schurgin.ericd@gmail.com. To join our mailing list contact Lauren Carson at lcarson.ericd@gmail.com.
The Green Infrastructure Coalition is committed to nature based solutions for cleaning runoff pollution.
- Creating projects
- Leveraging policy in state and municipal governments
- Educating others about the movement of rain, snow, and resulting stormwater through the urban and suburban environment
Thank you to our funders:
- Rhode Island Foundation
- van Beuren Charitable Trust
- Prospect Hill Foundation
- Environmental Protection Agency

2023 Stormwater Innovation Expo
October 18, 2023
8:30AM-3:30PM
Roger Williams Park Casino
1000 Elmwood Avenue Providence, RI 02907
Join the Rhode Island Green Infrastructure Coalition, the Providence Stormwater Innovation Center, and the Providence Parks Department for the Fifth Annual Stormwater Innovation Expo. This is a great opportunity to discover new and innovative products and services being used in the construction and maintenance of green stormwater infrastructure across Rhode Island and the industry. General admission tickets include lunch and a light breakfast. Sponsorships and exhibition opportunities are available, contact gerritt@mindspring.com for information.