02/24/2020BAY AREA UPDATE: SOUTH BAY – DUMBARTON BRIDGE WEST APPROACH & ADJACENT COMMUNITIESThe Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) received an SB1 Advanced Adaptation Planning Grant from Caltrans, and is providing matching…
02/24/2020HOBOKEN FLOOD RESILIENCY PARK AWARDED $14 MILLION GRANT TO HELP COMPLETE PROJECTWPIX: A $14 million grant is headed for Hoboken to help the city build a park designed to capture stormwater. The park will be the c…
02/24/2020BAY AREA UPDATE: SAN FRANCISCO – ISLAIS CREEKThe City of San Francisco is progressing on “The Islais Creek Adaptation Strategy,” a two-year community planning process in the Islais Cree…
02/24/2020BAY AREA UPDATE: NORTH RICHMOND – HORIZONTAL LEVEE & SHORELINE PUBLIC ACCESSComing off the energy and ideas generated through the Resilient by Design Challenge, Contra Costa County Supervisor John Gioia has taken the…
02/24/2020BAY AREA UPDATE: ALAMEDA CREEKState, Federal and local agencies are working together to implement components of the Public Sediment for Alameda Creek project which origin…
02/19/2020HOBOKEN WORKSHOP FOR DESIGN ZONES 1 & 2Join the City of Hoboken and NJDEP for a design workshop for design zones 1 & 2 (Cove Park/Weehawken) is rescheduled to Feb 19, 2019 …
02/19/2020LOWER EAST SIDERS WORRY ABOUT LOSS OF TREES, PARK SPACE AT MEETING ON EAST SIDE COASTAL RESILIENCYAMNY: Representatives from the Parks Department, the Economic Development Corporation (EDC), and the design firm AECOM addressed Manhat…
02/19/2020LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS SHIFT EMPHASIS TO THE ECOSYSTEMABC: Landscape architects are finding themselves on the front lines of the climate change crisis, having to come up with creative ways …
02/10/2020OPINION: ‘RESTORE MOTHER NATURE’ ACT WILL SAFEGUARD OUR ENVIRONMENTby Basil Seggos Buffalo News: In his State of the State address, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo proposed the first environmental bond act in N…
02/10/2020BOND ACT IS THE FIRST STEP TO NY DEALING WITH CLIMATE RISKCity Limits: Opinion by Carlos Scissura, New York Building Congress In December, Governor Andrew Cuomo issued disaster declarations for 1…
02/08/2020EAST RIVER PARK FLOOD PROJECT OPPONENTS SUE NYC IN BID TO STOP ITNY 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 proj…
02/07/2020LOWER EAST SIDE FLOOD PROTECTION PLAN THREATENED BY LAWSUITCurbed: A transformational plan to fill in and raise East River Park by eight feet is facing a legal battle that threatens to stall flo…