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Environmental Finance: How Do You Pay? Community Development Academy
Jeff Hughes Environmental Finance Center
UNC School of Government 919.843.4956
[email protected] www.efc.sog.unc.edu
Objectives
1. Discuss the nexus between environmental challenges and how you pay in NC local communities.
2. Test drive financial management strategies used by local governments to fund environmental programs (focus on wastewater).
EFC Resources (www.efc.sog.unc.edu)
l Pricing dashboards l Financial planning tools l Blog l Listservs
Agenda
l Hot Topics and challenges l The tools l Example: Green Grass Lane
A few environmental challenges…
l Drinking water ¡ Unserved areas ¡ Infrastructure that
needs replacing ¡ Rising cost of service
l Stormwater ¡ Impaired surface water ¡ Stricter regulations
l Energy ¡ Cleantech ¡ High cost of energy
l Wastewater ¡ NPES/Permitting ¡ Unserved areas ¡ Infrastructure
replacement ¡ Nutrients
Some tools
l Rates l Taxes l Grants l Subsidized Loans
¡ USDA ¡ DENR/SWIA (including
CDBG Infrastructure)
l Interlocal agreements l Assessments
Green Grass Lane
l Who’s responsible? l Who pays? l How do different groups work together?