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CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED PLAN
GreenVest, an action-oriented entity, has launched a comprehensive initiative to facilitate and accelerate water quality improvements within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed (CBW). The GreenVest CBW Action Plan focuses on action to implement decades of CBW research and is aimed at achieving both environmental and economic benefits.

GreenVest’s CBW Action Plan is designed to advance performance-based nutrient reduction practices to achieve basin wide water quality goals, chiefly through the restoration of ecosystem services and the permanent protection of restored environmental amenities.

Proven initiatives that will be targeted under the plan include practices designed to reduce agricultural runoff, reduced storm water runoff and potentially zero net discharge of wastewater into tidal waters.

The multifaceted CBW Action Plan includes a variety of tactics including restoration/mitigation projects, financial incentives, raising awareness, public outreach and education. We will be discussing the CBW Action Plan in more detail in future newsletters. In the meantime, learn more online.


RECENT ENGAGEMENTS
In 2009 and 2010 to date GreenVest has entered into contract relationships or joint ventures with Rockefeller Development Group, Panatonni, Lupert Adler and Jay Cashman Companies. These nationally recognized companies are engaged in many forms of land use projects including conventional development, dredging, dredge wastewater management and ecosystem services.

GreenVest is also performing contract based services for Conrail, New Jersey Transit, New Jersey Turnpike Authority, Progress Energy, Landscapes Unlimited, NYC Transit, the Towns of Carteret, Pleasantville (NJ) and Brunswick (NC).

GREENVEST ANNOUNCES THE FORMATION OF SUSTAINABLE²
GreenVest has joined with The Faux Group to offer a greater array of services through SustainabLE². SustainabLE² will capture the demand for comprehensive land planning within communities where green initiatives will balance economic growth with environmental quality. While GreenVest will continue to offer it’s core ecological, real-estate, regulatory compliance and finance services, SustainabLE² will be able to offer a wider range of sustainable planning and public outreach services through the involvement of the FauxGroup. Click to learn more.


GREENVEST TALENT
William Mertz has joined GreenVest as a contract CFO. In this role, he will help orchestrate continued efficiencies in financial forecasting and optimal project implementation. William is a very resourceful, thoughtful CFO, and we are looking forward to the insight/ additional financial leverage/etc. that he brings to GreenVest.

Brian Cramer, a talented ecologist and wetland scientist, has also joined GreenVest. Brian has 10 years of experience in analyzing and permitting land use conditions with a heavy emphasis on regulatory compliance, wildlife biology, ecosystem restoration and construction. Brian brings to GreenVest a very interesting and experienced past, and here are some exceptional online photos of one of his recent projects.

Robert Kessler will be helping orchestrate regulatory approvals and handle marketing and sales of credits for GreenVest projects. Robert is a seasoned veteran of the regulatory compliance and ecosystem services industries all involving regulatory practices and the permitting activities associated with regulating wetlands. Whether in his 23 years of service with the USACOE, as a permitting specialist with Florida Power & Light or engaged in the private mitigation banking industry, Bob has always had a hand in regulatory oversight, planning and ecosystem restoration. He knows how to sell mitigation credits!

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