Mt. Tabor Middle School

This Portland project demonstrated how a cost-effective retrofit could provide direct environmental benefits and become a more attractive element for the school and surrounding neighbourhood. In this instance, a parking lot was redesigned to house a rain garden due to stormwater issues in the community. The space was redesigned to deal with the school’s stormwater issues while retaining almost all of the original parking spaces in a more efficient configuration. This retrofit, completed in phases, was built to become a low-maintenance, sustainable response for the school to ultimately save on future infrastructure costs.