Little did I know what was in store in January, 1973, when I walked into OEC’s SW Water Street office. Judie (Neilson) Hansen was efficiently managing in a small area full of mis-matched furniture. I explained that Oregon Environmental Council sounded like a good place to volunteer because “environmental” was part of its name. I went away from that first encounter with a copy of Senate Bill 100, which I read that night in a toy-cluttered NE Portland living room after my preschoolers were tucked in.
This Low Impact Development (LID) Atlas was created for the National
Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials (NEMO) Network by the
Connecticut NEMO Program and the California Center for Water and Land
Use to highlight innovative LID practices around the country. Its goal
is to encourage and educate local officials and others about low impact
development practices by providing specific, local examples of their
use.