2024 Urban Waters National Training Workshop
"Ambassadors are the very heart of every Urban Waters Partnership, acting as the nexus of information and connecting resources and tools to match local needs.” – Mindy Eisenberg, Associate Director of the Oceans, Wetlands and Communities Division, EPA
The 2024 Urban Waters National Training Workshop (NTW) is a national training and learning conference to share and learn from other innovators and diverse urban waters leaders about how they are working across sectors. The 2024 NTW focused on three major areas: The Power of Partnerships, Federal Resources and Initiatives, and Increasing Partnership Impacts. These areas were identified in the 2021 Workshop as areas the community and our partners would like the Urban Waters Federal Partnership to focus on in he future.
Power of Partnerships sessions include:
- Urban Water Ambassador Panel: Power of Partnerships
- Urban Waters Partners World Café
- Green Infrastructure
- Workforce Development
- Trash Prevention and Clean-up
Federal Resources and Initiatives sessions include:
- USDA Forest Service Partnership Panel
- U.S. Geological Survey Cooperative Matching Funds Program
- Climate Resilience Planning with the Equitable Resilience Builder Tool
- Equitable Development and the Role of Arts & Culture
Increasing Partnership Impacts sessions include:
- Coordinating Collaborative Proposals
- Communicating Successes
- Partnership Impact Framework
2024 Urban Waters Federal Partnership National Workshop Agenda (pdf)
2024 Urban Waters Federal Partnership National Workshop Report (pdf)