Innovators in Rural Community Economic Development

Sustainable Infrastructure

Case Study: Sustainable Water Management

This case study profiles Yellow Wood's work with the West Central Initiative to help small Minnesota communities meet their water-related needs in a cost effective manner while protecting water resource quality.


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Case Study: Increasing the Use of Sustainable Wood Energy

This case study profiles Yellow Wood's work with the US Forest Service Wood Education Resource Center to increase the use of sustainable wood energy.  Yellow Wood worked with Richmond Energy Associates to provide independent, third party biomas feasibility…


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Why did Yellow Wood create Green Community Technologies?

Provides an overview of the need for communities to assess their infrastructure needs and make sustainable, systemic decisions about how to address infrastructure and wastewater challenges.
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Yellow Wood: Charting a Path to Durable Communities

Profiles Yellow Wood's work with the Town of Richmond and the Green Community Technologies approach, which emphasizes using a combination of a municipal inventory, green alternatives research, and life cycle costing to select the most cost effective and…
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Green Community Technologies Phase 2 Franklin

Mary Ellen Keith, Supervisor of the Town of Franklin, and Shanna Ratner, Principal of Yellow Wood Associates narrate this film highlighting the results of Yellow Wood's Green Community Technologies© work with the Town of Franklin.


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