Brightstorm News

On March 14, 2025, Brightstorm’s Director of Strategic Partnerships, Matt Rea, was one of four experts to present during webinar hosted by the Florida Stormwater Association. The following is a brief description of the presentation, titled AI in Action for Stormwater Management: “New Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning systems have the potential to enhance…

On Sept. 17, 2024, Craig Holland, who is Brightstorm’s lead and senior director of investments for The Nature Conservancy (TNC), provided a presentation during Arup’s “Digital Horizons”—a three-day event series that brings together industry leaders, NGOs and government experts to discuss the adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in developed areas to…

This blog is co-authored by Walmart’s Director of U.S. Environmental, Health and Safety Compliance, Toni McCrory, and Craig Holland, who is the Senior Director of Investments for The Nature Conservancy’s Healthy Cities Program and CEO of the Conservancy’s Brightstorm Program. © Josh Davidson On May 17, 2023, during the BlueTech Forum in Edinburgh, Scotland, Walmart and…

Green Infrastructure Improvements at Green-Wood Cemetery—a 478-acre National Historic Landmark—will create additional capacity in Brooklyn’s sewer system. The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation (EFC) are pleased to announce a major stormwater resiliency initiative—one of the largest in scale to be undertaken at a private property…

In June 2022, several Brightstorm collaborators, including Opti, received an Innovation Award at the annual Maryland Quality Initiative (MdQI) conference. The project that earned the award was for the creation of three smart stormwater retention ponds in Maryland that use Opti’s onsite sensors and cloud-based technology in order to improve the quality of the water…