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March 10, 2014 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Secaucus Public Library, New Jersey On behalf of the MIT CAU + ZUS + Urbanisten Rebuild by Design team, we invited you to share insights and participate at the second interactive design public workshop: New Meadowlands: Workshop for a Resilient future. This workshop was held at the Secaucus public […]

March 8, 2014 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm Bridgeport, CT Scale it Up offered two weekends of hands-on workshops that allowed people to experience the city in new ways and imagined how it could be changed. The program offered residents to take a bike tour along the Pequonnock River with architects and ecologists, looking at

March 1, 2014 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Bridgeport, CT At 7 Lafayette Circle in downtown Bridgeport’s Bijou Square the WB unabridged w/ Yale ARCADIS team engaged community members and showed design proposals for the region and opened the floor up for comments and discussion. There was a presentation at 10 a.m. presenting the team’s coastal, riparian,

March 5, 2014 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm Syracuse University Fisher Center, New York City The second of three design debates held at the Syracuse University Fisher Center Understanding and responding to the challenges of resilience necessitates collaboration not just between team members, but with community organizations, civic bodies, experts, and stakeholders at every scale

March 4, 2014 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm The Showroom, Asbury Park A presentation from Sasaki Associates, Rutgers University and ARUP explored post-Sandy ideas for improving the natural ecology, protecting the shore, preparing for weather events, and preserving the “beach” culture.  The movie trailer for the documentary “Shored Up” was be shown. shoredupmovie.com

February 27, 2014 9:00 am – 5:00 pm 7 Layafette Circle, Bridgeport A two‐day design workshop where environmental experts, policy makers, design professionals, and stakeholders worked to consider the risks, challenges and opportunities for the Connecticut Coast and Long Island Sound, and the impact of climate change on the environmental, social and economic well‐being of Connecticut’s coastal communities.  The design workshop approached these issues at three scales: the neighborhood, city and regional scale and developed innovative design ideas to address that build resilience on Connecticut’s Coast and in Bridgeport. Presentations included an overview of the project and introduction of the focus area for the workshop. Break out groups