Policy Change on Storm water

We had our first meeting of the Rain Barrel committee last week and it was refreshing to see so many great ideas on how to achieve best practices on dealing with stormwater. Great minds from our environmental and lakefront commisions participated along with Councilman Levenfeld and myself.

Why do we want to just flush the water down the river or into the lake directly when we can hold it back and use it for gardens, lawns, and simply nourish the local ecosystems that serve as our neighborhoods?

I will keep you in touch on our discussions of Rain Gardens, proposed ordinance changes, rain barrels, etc as they occur......

How about a Rain Garden in between City Hall and our Library.

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