Informational Tour of a Silva Cell Installation

What:

Please join us for informational tours that highlight a Silva Cell installation. The Silva Cell is a subsurface integrated tree and stormwater system that holds unlimited amounts of soil while supporting traffic loads beneath paving and hardscapes. The healthy soil housed within the Silva Cell serves two important functions: growing large trees and treating stormwater onsite. The integration of green utilities like soil, trees and water into our urban areas substantially improves their design sustainability and helps alleviate some of our most pressing ecological challenges – including air and water quality, rising temperatures, flooding and erosion from daily rainfall events. The Silva Cell meets H-20 loading standards, and is ideal for most applications, including plazas, streetscapes, break-out zones and parking lots.

The Silva Cells are currently being installed in downtown Minneapolis on Second Ave. and Marquette Ave. Please come join us to observe this local installation. The tours will help to explain appropriate applications for Silva Cells, how they are installed, and how they function.

When:

We will offer the free tours on the following Dates. Please RSVP to sfaiks@tkdg.net if you are able to attend and mention the date of the tour in your reply.

Tuesday, June 23rd at 11:30

Wednesday, July 1st at 4:00

Tuesday, July 7th at 11:30

How Long:

We estimate that the tours will last between 1 and 1.5 hours.

Where to Meet:

The 100 Block of 5th Street in the Plaza along the south side of the 5th Street Towers

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=100+South+Fifth+Street,+Minneapolis,+MN&sll=44.978263,-93.267499&sspn=0.006481,0.013089&ie=UTF8&ll=44.978354,-93.268776&spn=0.006481,0.013089&t=h&z=17&iwloc=A

More about the Silva Cell:

http://www.deeproot.com/template.php?sec=products&nav=silva&content=sc_app&sub=1&lsel=1

Thank you and we hope to see you soon.