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Help us Build an Equitable Recovery! The pandemic has impacted all of our lives, in some cases very tragically. And though the pandemic’s impacts have been widespread, the health and economic impacts have not fallen equally among different communities. The pandemic further exposed historical inequities in Boulder County- disparities in health and economic outcomes by race,

The Resilient Bridgeport team has been working on the design of the pilot project in the South End, beginning with the solicitation of a topographic survey for the project area. This survey will be critical to the design team’s effort to advance the pilot project design to 30% completion. The team’s engineers also are continuing

In early December, the Resilient Bridgeport team convened in Hartford, Connecticut, for the project kickoff. Team members, HUD, Connecticut Department of Housing (CT DOH), and the City of Bridgeport are eager to embark on a two-pronged process that pairs the development of an integrated resilience strategy for Bridgeport’s low-lying coastal neighborhoods with the design and

Bridgeport children were front and center in designing the programmatic uses of the stormwater retention park that will be a feature of the resilience strategy. The project team hosted two participatory planning charettes to gauge input from children and local residents on designs that they would like to see incorporated into the stormwater resilience park.

In the last week of March, the Resilient Bridgeport design team convened a weeklong workshop that focused on design conditions, design strategies, and community engagement in downtown Bridgeport and in the South End. The workshops included sessions with other entities conducting planning and resilience efforts in the city. On the afternoon of March 24, the