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Rebuild by Design–in partnership with the City of Oakland, West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project, and Streetwyze–is developing new principles for community engagement to identify and address the needs of residents and communities. To facilitate this process, we kicked-off an engagement workshop series with Oakland this month. “Building a Resilient Oakland: It Takes a Town” is a four part series […]

On February 6, we held our third workshop with the City of Oakland and partners West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project (WOEIP) and Streetwyze. City and community leaders joined together to begin to design an engagement strategy that takes a community-centered approach to determining how the city can respond to the critical challenge of addressing Sea Level

Mayor de Blasio launched the OneNYC plan during an event at THE POINT CDC – a key collaborator in the winning Hunts Point Lifelines project – placing resilience at the forefront of NYC’s strategy for the future. OneNYC highlights both Hunts Point Lifelinesand the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project (the funded portion of the Big U), and is aimed at securing

New York City’s Economic Development Corporation (EDC) hosted a community meeting where community members participated in a workshop designed to advance decision-making on a pilot project. Members of the community discussed the timeline for the decision-making process, and necessary criteria to be considered for the pilot project. As the Hunts Point Lifelines Project progresses, EDC will post updates online.

New York City’s Economic Development Corporation (NYC EDC) has released a Consultant Services RFP for the Hunts Point Peninsula Resiliency Evaluation and Pilot Project of the Hunts Point Lifelines project. EDC will be hiring a Consultant for engineering, planning, feasibility and economic analysis, environmental planning, design, cost estimating and public engagement services to advance efforts to make

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced a plan to fortify and enhance the region’s food supply network with “a major financial commitment that will make the site resilient and sustainable, improving New York’s readiness for natural disasters like Superstorm Sandy.” The news comes as the Hunts Point Lifelines project enters its first stages of implementation, and

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the kickoff off a $60 million “Living Breakwaters” barrier that will provide critical defenses against coastal erosion and grow the natural habitat for finfish, shellfish and crustations on the south shore of Staten Island. The Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery will today begin gathering data to assist in construction of

Layered Flood Risk Reduction Measures to meet Local Needs NJ submitted their final application to the National Disaster Resilience Competition, which focused on layered flood risk reduction measures to meet local needs. The application highlighted the New Meadowlands Project as an innovative way of addressing issues of housing, business, infrastructure, and the environment in flood-prone

The New Meadowlands team has released a Draft Scope of Work to prepare an EIS which outlines the proposed project’s purpose and need, initial range of alternatives, resource areas to be addressed, proposed analytical methodologies, and other elements. The Draft Scope of Work has also been published in the Federal Register. The State is asking for public comments on the Draft

New Jersey’s Phase 2 application for the National Disaster Resiliency Competition will propose a pilot project area with concepts that will provide flood protection, enhance natural areas, provide recreational opportunities, enhance disaster resilience, revitalize the community and create economic development opportunities to areas impacted by Superstorm Sandy. These areas are specifically in and around the