Longmont Times-Call: The Boulder County commissioners this week approved an initial slate of 10 projects to address disparities exposed by the pandemic using American Rescue Plan Act relief money. Projects include providing direct cash assistance to families with young children, creating a new mental health services navigation hub and supporting affordable housing projects. The projects, totaling …
Examiner Plus: In November, New York voters have the opportunity to greenlight a landmark $4.2 Environmental Bond Act, which, if approved, will provide communities across the state with much-needed dollars to fortify themselves in the fight against climate change. New Yorkers have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to voice their support for building resilience and mitigation strategies …
Newsweek: There are a million ways to die in New York City but drowning in a rainstorm is not something many New Yorkers have ever worried about. That changed last September when the remnants of Hurricane Ida hit the Big Apple, unleashing 80- mile-an-hour winds and dumping three-and-a-half inches of rain in a single hour, almost …
Cities Brace for Apocalyptic Flooding As New Age of Super Storms Dawns Read More »
Longmont Leader: A $1.5 million infusion of “seed money” for an early childhood community village in southeast Longmont is one of the proposals being weighed by the Boulder County Commissioners, who will decide where to distribute pieces of $63 million in American Rescue Plan Act relief money. The early childhood center would encompass training for …
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Daily Camera: Providing direct cash assistance to low-income families, investing in affordable housing projects and creating a mental health community response team are among the proposed Boulder County projects to address disparities exposed by the pandemic. Three working groups, tasked with developing ideas to spend the just over $63 million in American Rescue Plan Act …
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Washington Post: When last summer’s devastating flood put the town of Waverly, Tenn., underwater, Richard Rye was standing on the roof of the junior high school. The junior high school where, if it had not been a Saturday morning, entire classrooms of kids would have been submerged in five feet of water as a rising …
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Hurricane Ida left a path of destruction and a collective head scratching – wondering what could have been done to prepare, what can be done to help those most affected, and what should be done to prevent a similar event from happening again. However, we already have the answers. Experts in water management, data, transportation, …
Please join Region 2’s Climate Adaptation Initiative Committee (CAIC) for our next Lunch & Learn on Urban Planning for Climate Change: Resilience, Adaptation and Mitigation. Moderated by John Miller from the Mitigation Division, this event will feature Subject Matter Experts who will speak on urban planning, adaptation measures and practices, flood risk management and green …
FEMA REGION 2: Urban Planning for Climate Change: Resilience, Adaptation and Mitigation Read More »
Wednesday, March 23, 20227:00 – 8:30 PMZoom Webinar link: Please click this URL to join!Webinar ID: 977 4531 7233Join by phone: 1-301-715-8592Enter Webinar ID: 977 4531 7233 The Connecticut Department of Housing and the Connecticut Department of Transportation invite you to join the Resilient Bridgeport Team for a virtual Public Information Meeting on Wednesday, March 23 …
On a recent Saturday afternoon, diners at the Brooklyn restaurant Grand Army slurped oysters drizzled in mignonette and lemon juice against a soundtrack of hip-hop classics and funk. Unbeknown to many of them, they were also supporting a new effort to use oyster shells as building blocks for new, living coastal reefs – a transformative …
Can oysters save New York City from the next big storm? Read More »
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