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The PORTICO Community Church site, located in Mississauga, ON. was one of the first site to develop an LID parking lot in the province, in accordance with [https://sustainabletechnologies.ca/app/uploads/2013/01/LID-SWM-Guide-v1.0_2010_1_no-appendices.pdf|CVC/TRCA LID Stormwater Guidelines]. The 2 hectare parking lot at Portico Community Church features [[Permeable pavement]], [[Bioretention]] and two [[Bioswales]]. These LID features help to treat and reduce runoff flowing into the Credit River. Read more about this site and how the church , CVC and volunteers worked together to set up an ongoing maintenance schedule for the LID installations mentioned by clicking the button above.
The PORTICO Community Church site, located in Mississauga, ON. was one of the first site to develop an LID parking lot in the province, in accordance with [https://sustainabletechnologies.ca/app/uploads/2013/01/LID-SWM-Guide-v1.0_2010_1_no-appendices.pdf|CVC/TRCA LID Stormwater Guidelines]. The 2 hectare parking lot at Portico Community Church features [[Permeable pavement]], [[Bioretention]] and two [[Bioswales]]. These LID features help to treat and reduce runoff flowing into the Credit River. Read more about this site and how the church , CVC and volunteers worked together to set up an ongoing maintenance schedule for the LID installations mentioned by clicking the button above.
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O’Connor Park is located on Bala Drive in the west end of Mississauga, ON. in the Sawmill Creek subwatershed, that later flows into the Credit River and Lake Ontario. The primary LID installation completed in the park were [[Bioretention]], [[Bioswales]], [[Permeable pavement]], and [[Infiltration trenches]], running along the soccer fields on site that later drains into the pre-existing small natural [[Wetlands]] and nearby pond. The O’Connor Park
Development Project Team received the Brenda Sakauye Environment Award in recognition of the park’s advancement of the City of Mississauga’s Living Green Master Plan, as well as the 2012 Mississauga Urban Design Award of Merit for Community Scale, Living Green, Innovation and Execution. Learn more about the award-winning design that went into O'Connor Park by clicking the button above.