Households/individuals across the country are paying the costs of extreme weather, it extends beyond disaster recovery and hits families through rising costs of housing, health care, food, and insurance and affects their livelihoods – hitting the most vulnerable the hardest.
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Iowa Watershed Approach Iowa Category: Infrastructure, Plan, Fund Year: 2016 Funding: $97 million from the National Disaster Resilience Competition (NDRC), a Community Development Block Grant program motivated by the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, administered by the Iowa Economic Development Authority BACKGROUND Following major flooding in 2008 leading to federal disaster declarations in 85 of Iowa’s
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RainReady Newark New Jersey Category: Infrastructure, Plan Year: 2024 Funding: Funded in part by the New Jersey Water Bank, and the New Jersey Infrastructure Bank BACKGROUND In response to New Jersey’s 2020 updated stormwater regulations and Newark’s goal of reducing flooding and combined sewer overflows, City of Newark’s Department of Water & Sewer Utilities developed
Yakima Basin Integrated Plan WASHINGTON Category: Infrastructure, Plan Year: 2009-ongoing Funding: The plan is projected to cost about $1 billion and is funded through an innovative and collaborative federal-state-local-private funding partnership, funders include the State of Washington, the Federal government, irrigation districts, county and local governments, the Yakama Nation, and non-governmental organizations BACKGROUND In response
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East Newark Riverfront Park New jersey Category: Infrastructure Year: 2025 Funding: As part of an environmental remediation and community settlement agreement, BASF Corporation funded the design and construction of the park and arranged for the long-term maintenance of the East Newark Riverside Park BACKGROUND As part of an environmental remediation and community settlement agreement, BASF
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Forked River Beach Living Shoreline Project New jersey Category: Infrastructure Year: 2025 Funding: Funded primarily through a $1,000,000 grant from NJDEP with additional contributions and donations from local, regional, and federal partners BACKGROUND In response to a nearly extinct oyster population and decades of eroding shoreline in Barnegat Bay in New Jersey, the American Littoral
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South Jamaica Water Square New York Category: Infrastructure Year: 2025 Funding: Funded through New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Cloudburst Management Program BACKGROUND In response to chronic flooding disrupting daily life for residents in the South Jamaica Houses in Queens, NY, the NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the NYC Housing Authority
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I See Change Nationwide Category: Research Year: N/A Funding: N/A BACKGROUND ISeeChange is a platform for climate data and community engagement. Residents share real-time observations—from flooded streets to heat waves. ISeeChange combines these with sensor data and uses AI to turn them into actionable insights. These insights help cities, engineers, and utilities prioritize investments and design
purple air Nationwide Category: N/A Year: N/A Funding: N/A BACKGROUND PurpleAir makes sensors that empower communities who collect hyper-local, real-time, air quality data and share it with the public. PurpleAir provides affordable air quality sensors and real-time data, empowering a wide range of people to make big and small steps towards advancing air quality knowledge.
Join us for a conversation with Jonathan Busch, Mayor of Metuchen, to discuss the challenges municipalities face and strategies to advance resilience for a more safe and affordable New Jersey. When: June 9th, 1-2pm Where: Virtual Watch Event Recording HERE>>
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