Focusing on Environmentally Responsible Land Use Planning Principles and Practices

The Center for Green Infrastructure Design is a Utah based non-profit organization which helps communities plan and implement better development patterns and land use decisions.

The Center for Green Infrastructure Design is committed to providing an open forum for the discussion of environmental preservation issues and green infrastructure network design. Because we understand that a broad range of individuals with varied interests ultimately determines a community's land use pattern future, we seek to bring these individuals together to discuss, debate and arrive at solutions that will ensure appropriate preservation and connectivity for community residents while accommodating the inevitable growth.

While we are advocates for what many consider to be an ideal – environmental quality – we are also realistic. We know that many communities face rapid growth, and we want to help these communities grow in a manner that does not compromise quality of life. In fact, quality of life is so closely tied to our natural landscape that its preservation is absolutely essential.

Our ultimate objective is to assist a community in effectively implementing strategies and techniques to meet their green infrastructure goals. Our extensive experience and toolkits have enabled numerous communities we have worked with to achieve their goals and conserve valued open space and green infrastructure assets.

The Center for Green Infrastructure Design was established in 2002 as a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to education and community empowerment. Formerly known as the Center for Green Space Design, the organization began with one individual focused on changing the way people think about community growth and development. It now includes a small staff committed to providing project assistance, education and research for communities that are struggling with growth & preservation issues and green infrastructure network designs.

For further information on the Center for Green Infrastructure Design and an Overview of our Organization, click here.

Center for Green Infrastructure Design has gained notice in national and international circles, with articles in  such publications as Planning, Landscape Architecture and Urban Land and at conferences, including Western Planner, Urban Land Institute, American Society of Landscape Architects, The International Association of Landscape Ecology  American Planning Association, and even the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Design in Johannesburg, South Africa.