New Belgium Brewing Co. recently built a brewery on a Brownfield site on the French Broad River in Asheville. A focus on sustainable development including low impact development has been a guiding force for the redevelopment of the site. During the planning and design phases, emphasis was placed on creating a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified project and providing design solutions to avoid impacts to natural systems. A partnership between New Belgium Brewery and the City of Asheville fostered a holistic approach to redeveloping the site with sustainable improvements such as multimodal transportation, including a complete streets design approach, stormwater improvements and a greenway in the floodplain.

Presented by Equinox President David Tuch, this workshop and tour will focus on the implementation of the key aspects of this project that make it a model development including stormwater improvements, stream restoration, phytoremediation plantings, and a greenway along the French Broad River. Innovative elements such as “green streets” and the integration of stormwater best management practices such as water quality swales, bioretention areas, and a constructed wetland throughout the site will be presented. This will also include a discussion around the restoration of an urban stream. The design and planning process will be discussed with examples of how the design professionals adapted low impact principles to the challenges of the site.

Cost: $50 for WNCGBC members, $65 for non-members
Class size limit: 28 attendees
AIA and ALSA continuing education credits are available.

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