Floodplains by Design wisconsin Category: Fund, Infrastructure Year: 2012 Funding:Initially funded from a grant from EPA’s National Estuary Program and then funded from the State of Washington in 2013. Since then, the state has funded over $359 million in statewide resiliency efforts BACKGROUND In response to historic flooding in the State of Washington (more than
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Wisconsin Pre-Disaster Flood Resilience Grant Program wisconsin Category: Fund Year: 2023 Funding: Assessment grants of up to $300,000 and implementation grants of up to $250,000 with 75% coming from the State BACKGROUND In response to years of major flooding causing hundreds of millions of dollars in property and infrastructure damage, the Wisconsin Legislature passed SB
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Malden River Works massachusetts Category: Infrastructure Year: 2026 Funding: Approximately $13 million funded through various federal, state, local, and private sources including a Congressional grant, federal loan, grants from the MA Executive Office of Environmental & Energy Affairs (EEA) and Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) Program, and allocation from the city budget BACKGROUND Malden River Works
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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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