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 Register HERE>>
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Join us April 9 for a presentation on Rebuild’s latest report, NJ Underwater: Public Infrastructure at Risk, analyzing flood risk to nearly 19,000 public assets. A new county- and municipal-level analysis from Rebuild by Design reveals that the state’s infrastructure – schools, hospitals, parks, airports and wastewater facilities––is increasingly exposed to flood risk, and will
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Odie Street Green Stormwater Infrastructure North Carolina Category: Infrastructure, Plan Year: 2022 Funding: $242,624 primarily funded through a North Carolina Environmental Enhancement Grant (EEG) in addition to a partnership between the Town of Hillsborough and the Piedmont Conservation Council BACKGROUND In response to repeated road flooding on Odie Street in Hillsborough, North Carolina, The Town
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Cramer Hill Waterfront Park New jersey Category: Infrastructure, Plan Year: 2021 Funding: $22 million from the Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Fund (HDSRF) at NJDEP, $4 million in public funds during 2006-2014 to remediate the landfill, and $48 million from natural resource damage settlement monies from polluters in the NJDEP’s Office of Natural Resource Restoration to
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Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary Living Shoreline New York Category: Infrastructure, Plan Year: 2021-2025 Funding: $4 million funded by Westchester County. BACKGROUND In response to significant erosion caused by sea level rise, flooding, and repeated storm damage, Westchester County, NY created a living shoreline along the Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary in Long Island Sound
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Moakley Park massachusetts Category: Infrastructure Year: 2018 Funding: Estimated to cost $240 million over more than a decade of work done in phases, with $2.2 million already funded from federal, state and local efforts. BACKGROUND In 2018, Moakley Park, an expansive urban greenspace located on the South Boston waterfront, went through a new design process
Fisher Elementary School Fisher Elementary School Category: Infrastructure Year: 2024 Funding: $390,290 awarded to the Town of Orange through the Massachusetts Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP), a $144,168 Green Communities grant and, $160,000 grant from National Grid. BACKGROUND At the newly constructed Fisher Elementary in the Town of Orange, Massachusetts, solar panels and accompanying battery energy
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