Amy Chester, Managing Director of Rebuild by Design will present the history of the Hurricane Sandy Design Competition and the original vision of the BIG U at Manhattan Community Board One’s Environmental Protection Committee. Monday, December 16th Location: Community Board 1 – Conference Room 1 Centre Street, Room 2202A-North For more information click here.
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The Hudson Reporter: A project that aims to protect Hoboken from flooding caused by storm surges like Hurricane Sandy may miss its funding deadline. According to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, which hosted a public meeting on the project on Dec. 12, the Rebuild By Design project team has already requested an extension from
The NJDEP and the City of Hoboken invites residents to a public meeting on the $230M Rebuild by Design project December 12, 2019 124 Grand St. Multi-Service Center, Community Room Hoboken, NJ 7 pm – 9pm The meeting will update the public on the flood protection design, which includes a new park at Harborside Cove.
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—–Press Release—– In the past 10 years, every county in New York State was impacted by major flooding; more than half were affected five or more times, a total of 19 disaster declarations totaling $37 billion in State and Federal Funds. A Resilient Infrastructure Fund will connect planning and implementation to ensure new infrastructure reduce flooding, enhance
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New York State is already feeling the effects of climate change. This report outlines impact of flooding events in the past decade, and proposes the creation of a “Resilient Infrastructure Fund which includes a transparent and equitable approach to address climate impacts that communities throughout New York are already experiencing. The new study finds that
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Henk Ovink, Special Envoy for International Water Affairs, Kingdom of The Netherlands; Sherpa to the UN/WB High Level Panel on Water “We have no time to waste. Every indecisive day means more despair, more disasters and less time to mitigate and adapt. The situation is worsening fast and improving it is becoming more costly by
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CB 1’s Environmental Protection Committee will hold a discussion on Lower Manhattan’s resiliency plans Monday, November 18, 2019with speakers: Klaus Jacob, Columbia Earth InstituteKate Boicourt, Waterfront Alliance and Signe Nielsen, Principal, Landscape Architect, Mathew Nielson. Location: Manhattan Borough President’s conference room, 1 Centre Street, 19th floor at 6:00 pm.
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The Architect: The New York City Council voted to approve the East Side Coastal Resiliency (ESCR) Project yesterday, with little opposition from officials. Local councilwoman Margaret Chin, who represents the affected area, fell in favor of the $1.45 billion project, which will raise East River Park to 8- to-10 feet above sea level with landfill from Montgomery Street to 25th
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Greek City News: Athens’ Lycabettus Hill, an iconic landmark on the Athens landscape, and Omonia Square in the city centre are undergoing a major overhaul designed to make it safer and more attractive to visitors and local residents, the City of Athens announced on Thursday. The work on Lycabettus Hill are scheduled to begin immediately and
LYCABETTUS HILL AND OMONIA SQUARE RECEIVING MAJOR UPGRADES TO ATTRACT MORE VISITORS Read More »
Times Union: Every one of New York’s 62 counties over the past decade have experienced a flooding disaster. Flooding has ravaged urban, suburban, and rural communities, with devastating harm to black, white, Hispanic, Asian and Native American residents. Affluent communities are damaged by floods and low-income communities are hurt the most. We can’t stop the rain.
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