WPIX: A $14 million grant is headed for Hoboken to help the city build a park designed to capture stormwater. The park will be the city’s largest recreation space, once it’s done. Officials say it may even be the largest park designed to hold flood water in the country. “This construction site will turn into a […]
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The City of San Francisco is progressing on “The Islais Creek Adaptation Strategy,” a two-year community planning process in the Islais Creek area that will develop actionable strategies that address sea level rise and coastal flood risk through a robust public engagement process. Building on the Resilient by Design proposal and other city and regional
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Coming off the energy and ideas generated through the Resilient by Design Challenge, Contra Costa County Supervisor John Gioia has taken the lead in bringing together key stakeholders, including the West County Wastewater District, to advance the concept of creating a horizontal levee and shoreline public access in North Richmond. The San Francisco Estuary Partnership(SFEP) is
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State, Federal and local agencies are working together to implement components of the Public Sediment for Alameda Creek project which originated out of the Resilient by Design Bay Area Challenge. One exciting project is the design for a 300 linear foot “Gravel Beach and Berm” pilot project at the Eden Landing Ecological Reserve in South
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Join the City of Hoboken and NJDEP for a design workshop for design zones 1 & 2 (Cove Park/Weehawken) is rescheduled to Feb 19, 2019 7pm 22 Hackensack Ave, Weehawken
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AMNY: Representatives from the Parks Department, the Economic Development Corporation (EDC), and the design firm AECOM addressed Manhattan’s Community Board 3 last week, following a lawsuit filed by several local organizations calling for the annulment of the City Council’s November approval of the East Side Coastal Resiliency (ESCR) Project. While the presenters could not comment on that status
ABC: Landscape architects are finding themselves on the front lines of the climate change crisis, having to come up with creative ways to adapt and help mitigate problems like rising oceans and extreme weather as they design projects across the country. “The focus on sustainability has been building slowly for a long time among landscape architects,
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by Basil Seggos Buffalo News: In his State of the State address, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo proposed the first environmental bond act in New York since 1996, and the timing couldn’t be more critical. It’s an aggressive, proactive solution to navigating New York’s new normal – one that’s delivered five “100-year storms” over the last decade and devastating
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City Limits: Opinion by Carlos Scissura, New York Building Congress In December, Governor Andrew Cuomo issued disaster declarations for 12 upstate counties due to heavy rain, high winds and flooding that left hundreds of thousands without power. In the summer, flash floods in Broome and Seneca counties damaged homes and properties. Heavy rain led to
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NY Post: Opponents of the plan to bury East River Park in the name of flood protection are suing the city to stop the $1.4 billion project. A coalition of community groups filed the suit last week in Manhattan State Supreme Court claiming that the state Legislature needs to weigh in because the Lower East Side
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