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16 protection will be established at a local level and coordinated at a regional level to ensure that the investments made work together to protect the functioning green infrastructure on which our communities depend . The development of a Triangle GreenPrint will provide communities in the region with a means of guiding state investments to support local and regional priorities . In the process , the project will demonstrate how the Million Acre Initiative can be implemented in other regions in the state . Project Structure The GreenPnnt project is divided into three phases : Phase 1 : Developing Green Space Scenarios Teams of technical experts will be convened to sketch out several regional scenarios of the land that should be protected in order to maintain the region ' s green infrastructure . Three design workshops will be held in the fall of 2000 to carry out this work . Different green space types will be clustered together as follows : • Parks, greenways, and historic sites (to address functions such as outdoor recreation and education, cultural heritage , aesthetics , and ecosystem health) • Natural areas, gamelands, wetlands, and riparian areas (to address functions such as natural heritage, wildlife resources , ecosystem health, water quality, and flood hazard mitigation) • Farmland and forestland (to address functions such as rural communities , rural heritage, and rural economy) . Maps created during the design workshops will be overlaid to outline different scenarios and identify areas where multiple objectives can be achieved . The results will be shared with individuals and organizations throughout the Triangle and the state . Phase 2 : Drafting the Triangle GreenPrint This phase of the project will turn the scenarios developed during Phase 1 into a GreenPrmt for the region . An advisory group of stakeholders will be assembled to help guide the work . Public meetings will be held across the Triangle to solicit input . Considerable efforts will be made to actively involve the range of interested stakeholders . The resulting GreenPnnt will include descriptions of the different types of green space and generalized maps showing their location . Once priority areas have been identified, discussions will be held with the various implementing organizations at the local, regional , state , and federal level to determine which projects they can undertake first , and to identify funding mechanisms and schedules . Phase 3 : Adopting the Regional GreenPrint Once the GreenPrmt has been developed, it will be circulated to local governments throughout the Triangle for consideration and adoption as the official green infrastructure plan for the region . Presentations and workshops will be made across the region to familiarize citizens and elected officials with the contents of the proposed GreenPrint . Then each elected board will be asked to vote to adopt it . With green space protection, the whole is truly greater than the sum of the parts . An adopted rint will guide the protection of a coordinated network of green space across the regional GreenP Triangle that preserves our essential green infrastructure . In the process , it will help maximize the investments we make in green space protection and in the long-term health and prosperity of our region . 2