ARD Approach as a Multi‐Benefit Solution: Subthemes and Illustrative Quotes
| An ARD can become a community asset | Almost all the properties in the neighborhood that face onto [this ARD] have cut a gate in their fence, so that they have easy, direct access to walk in the [site]. So that is a sign that it has been appropriated, you know, by the neighboring property owners. |
| ARD at schools can teach the next generation | Students [at this university] are learning, and if they can learn by observing, they’re going to take that into whatever they do. |
| It’s helped us realize, beyond the confines of Portland, that schools are an important aspect of what we could do with stormwater management and do it in an artful way. | |
| ARD can provide added value | When you can accomplish three or four things with the same amount of money it would [take] to do one thing, you’re adding value for your clients. So in this case, we needed to provide circulation, an entrance, we had to handle stormwater. And art was included. We basically said, all those are one thing. It cost more than a traditional stormwater solution, but when you add that value into all of it, all those program elements, it was the right financial and ecological solution for the [client]. |