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Local GSI projects & changemakers honored during the annual GSI Awards

Sustainable Business Network hosted their 7th annual ceremony on Thursday evening at the Indepemdence Seaport Museum

What are the projects and people that bring the triple bottom line (environmental, social, and economic benefits) of green stormwater infrastructure to life? The Sustainable Business Networks GSI Awards celebrate how local organizations are protecting Philadelphia’s waterways.

GSI awards made by ReMark Glass

Winners for the 7th Annual Excellence in GSI Awards

  • Public Project: 53rd and Baltimore Complete and Green Streets, Philadelphia PA – Submitted by: Hazen and Sawyer, in association with the PA Department of Transportation, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, Streets Philadelphia, Philadelphia Water Department, KSE Engineers, P.C., CGC Geoservices, and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
  • Private Project: Jenkintown Creek Restoration – Submitted by: Tookany-Tacony/Frankford Watershed Partnership, in association with Mertz Engineering, AD Marble Design, Cerulean LLC, and ThinkGreen LLC.
  • Innovation: OLIN & Remark Glass: Circular Soil Initiative – Submitted by OLIN, in association with Remark Glass and Circular Philadelphia.
  • GSI Champion Award: Julie Slavet, Executive Director of the Tookany-Tacony/Frankford Watershed Partnership

Photos by J. Captured


Julie Hancher

Julie Hancher is Editor-in-Chief of Green Philly, sharing her expertise of all things sustainable in the city of brotherly love. She enjoys long walks in the park with local beer and greening her travels, cooking & cat, Sir Floofus Drake.

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