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A resource for helpful tips and sustainable ideas.
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The goal is to make this blog a resource for helpful tips and sustainable ideas. We create original content that shows projects in progress and the behind-the-scenes of installation.
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What is Rain Park?
Rain parks are a new way to design & install green infrastructure. They use as many best practices as possible to create habitat and manage stormwater within a single site. This way the benefits multiple and enhance each other. Rain parks transform green infrastructure from a purely functional apparatus into a community amenity.
Gip-c Program: Our First Project
the first project in the GIP-C program is in South Orange, NJ and it’s called the Rain Park.
Gip-c Program Launches
The GIP-C Program wants to help rehabilitate, improve and beautify existing green infrastructure throughout Essex, Union and Morris County. We partner with organizations and municipalities to offer regular maintenance for targeted rain gardens that creates obvious benefits.