Bill Wenk


















Bill
Wenk is founder of Wenk Associates, Inc., a Denver-based landscape architectural
firm. For over 40 years, Bill has been influential in the restoration and
redevlopment of urban river and waterfronts, the implementation of green
infrastructure systems, and the design of public parks and open spaces. He is
recognized nationally for utilizing stormwater as a resource.

Bill's extensive portfolio includes a master plan
for the reclamation of the 32-mile Los Angeles River corridor in California;
green infrastructure planning and implementation for the redevelopment of
abandoned railyards, and restoration of the Menomonee River in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin; and transformation of the South Platte River Valley in the heart of
Denver into a mosaic of parks, open spaces, and in-fill development. All
projects focus on site and district-scale infrastructure systems that
incorporate stormwater as a multi-benefit resource.

Bill
lectures frequently at universities and conferences across the nation on the
integration of stormwater systems and public space as a component of green
infrastructure. He served on a National Science Foundation committee assembled
to recommend revisions to Federal rules and regulations governing nonpoint
source stormwater pollution. He has served as a visiting professor at several
universities. Bill holds a Master of Landscape Architecture from the University
of Oregon and a Bachelor of Science, Landscape Architecture from Michigan State
University and is a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape
Architects.

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