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Oakland County's Green Infrastructure Visioning Project
Phase IV - Funding Green Infrastructure
Communities that have created a comprehensive green infrastructure plan are faced with the challenge of identifying and securing long-term funding to implement their vision.
Successful community conservation initiatives are based on a well-diversified funding mechanism that supplements consistent, local funding revenues with a variety of federal, state, and private financing measures.
Several SE MI communities have successfully pursued and passed conservation financing ballot measures to protect and restore their remaining natural areas and open spaces.
 Successful Conservation Ballot Language: Rochester Hills (8 kb)
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Because each community is unique, the combination of funding measures used to create successful conservation programs will vary. Nonetheless, the following documents provide general but useful approaches communities should consider when securing funds to implement their local green infrastructure conservation programs.
Resource Links
EPA Environmental Finance Program
Additional References for Conservation Financing (79 kb)
Funding Sources & Grant Programs
Michigan Department of Natural Resources 2006 Grant Programs (391 kb)
The Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan: GreenWays Initiative
People and Land
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