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100RC AND REBUILD RELEASE “SAFER AND STRONGER CITIES” POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS

Updates

Mayors from Los Angeles to Miami, New Orleans to Washington DC joined 100 Resilient Cities and Rebuild by Design to call for the federal government to adopt the policy recommendations in “Safer and Stronger Cities.” The report comes after a year of unprecedented challenges, with many cities still recovering from natural disasters and defending against […]

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TRASHING THE COMMUNITY-BACKED BIG U: EAST SIDE COASTAL RESILIENCE MOVES FORWARD DESPITE LOCAL OPPOSI

Press

Archinect: In late October 2012, Superstorm Sandy crashed into the East Coast. Causing more than $70 billion in damage, the storm ripped buildings from their foundations and flooded streets. In New York City, the hard concrete edge that separates Lower Manhattan from the East River was breached, filling the FDR expressway with brackish water and short-circuiting ConEdison’s 14th Street

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PATHWAYS FOR RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE OF ISLANDED COMMUNITIES: A SCIENCE DRIVEN APPROACH

Events

The Objective of this Workshop is to convene the academic, civilian, and stakeholders communities to review lessons learned, scientific strategies, and identify gaps for the long term and future recovery process of Puerto Rico post-Hurricane Maria, as unique case for Islanded Communities. The workshop invites the university community, community leaders, industry and government representatives to

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USE THE JOBS PLAN AS A CATALYST FOR THE TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE WE WANT | OPINION BY AMY CHESTER

Press

Newsweek: President Joe Biden‘s announcement of a $2 trillion plan to rebuild infrastructure and reshape our economy was followed by soundbites by opponents stating that any “infrastructure” plan should only cover traditional infrastructure such as transportation, broadband internet and other basics. The definition of infrastructure is a losing battle on both sides. Instead, we should be asking America: “How do we use

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OFFICIALS BREAK GROUND ON REBUILD BY DESIGN

Press

Hudson Reporter: The resilient infrastructure project, made possible by $230 million in Superstorm Sandy recovery funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, aims to protect Hoboken and portions of Jersey City and Weehawken from storm surge flooding and rising sea-level threats posed by climate change. “Superstorm Sandy devastated communities throughout the tristate

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STATE ENVIRONMENTAL BOND ACT COULD BRING BIG BUCKS TO VALLEY STREAM, ELMONT

Updates

LI Herald: With the passage of New York’s Environmental Bond Act, officially known as the Restore Mother Nature Bond Act, along with the state budget earlier this month, communities across the state are potentially slated to gain access to roughly $3 billion in bond funding for various environmental and infrastructure projects should voters give final approval

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