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DESIGN COMPETITION TACKLES SITES AROUND BAY AREA TO ADDRESS RISING WATERS

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San Francisco Chronicle: Channelized creeks opened up so that sediment can spill into the bay and bring marshes back to life. Landscaped waterways lined by high-rise housing. Floating buildings grouped inside new lagoons along the shore. These visions, of a region where cities and nature are entwined more closely than ever before, aren’t the work of […]

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5 BERGEN TOWNS TO BENEFIT FROM DEP MEADOWLANDS FLOODING PLAN

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North Jersey: A plan to protect five towns in the Meadowlands region from chronic flooding has reached its final stages and could begin construction as early as 2020 and be completed by 2022. In the Robert L. Craig School gym, engineers and representatives from the Department of Environmental Protection presented the final plan for the “New Meadowlands”

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LOWER MANHATTAN COASTAL RESILIENCY DECEMBER PUBLIC MEETING

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Tuesday, December 19, 20176:30PM PS 184 Shuang Wen, 327 Cherry Street The Lower Manhattan Coastal Resiliency (LMCR) Project is an integrated coastal protection initiative aimed at reducing flood risk due to coastal storms and sea level rise in Lower Manhattan. This meeting will focus on the waterfront from Montgomery Street to the Brooklyn Bridge. This upcoming

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BUILDING FORWARD LA FINAL FEEDBACK OPPORTUNITY

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Wednesday, December 13th6:00pm – 8:00pm PSTLos Angeles Cleantech Incubator Los Angeles, CA 90013 The City of Los Angeles will present draft recommendations for further stakeholder input during Building Forward LA’s final feedback opportunity on December 13th. The recommendations come as a culmination of a six month outreach process that included five public events and discussions with architects,

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ISLAND OFFERS PLACES FOR UNIQUE CLIMATE SOLUTIONS

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Alameda Sun: Several Alameda locations have been nominated to be part of a study that aims to provide unique solutions to locations most vulnerable to climate change and natural disasters. The Resilient by Design-Bay Area Challenge is a collaborative research-and-design initiative that connects leaders in design and urban planning with local community members to tackle specific

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RESILIENT BRIDGEPORT COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING

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Tuesday, December 5th12:00pm 7 Middle StreetBridgeport, CT 06604 Bridgeport’s Project Team formalized community engagement this month by creating a Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC) of more than 40 individuals representing a diverse cross section of the city. The CAC includes elected officials, representatives from religious and cultural institutions, small business owners, and neighborhood association leaders. 

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RESILIENT BY DESIGN UPDATE FOLLOWING PRESENTATION OF DESIGN OPPORTUNITIES

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On November 15th, 10 international interdisciplinary design teams revealed their preliminary research findings for the Resilient by Design Bay Area Challenge. The proposals were the result of an intensive research stage where each team–composed of of architects, landscape architects, designers, engineers, and other experts–spent the past 3 months exploring the Bay Area, from Coyote Creek in San Jose

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