04/02/2020BOND ACT PASSES NYS LEGISLATURERebuild by Design has been working with a coalition of leaders representing various interests to alert the State of the growing need to conf…
04/01/2020NEW YORK LAWMAKERS PASS HISTORIC $3 BILLION ENVIRONMENTAL BOND ACT AS PART OF 2020-2021 STATE BUDGETCoalition of 100+ Organizations Supported Historic Commitment to Clean Water and Flood Reduction for ALBANY, NY …
03/13/2020ACCELERATING ADAPTATION PRACTICEOver the last 10 years, 60 out of 62 counties in New York State were impacted by severe storms and flooding, tropical storms, or hurricanes.…
02/25/2020BAY AREA UPDATE: CITY OF SAN RAFAELThe awareness of city and county staff, community residents and other local stakeholders to the City of San Rafael’s significant vulnerabili…
02/25/2020BAY AREA UPDATE: EAST OAKLAND AND ALAMEDAAll Bay Collective (ABC) team member and UC Berkeley Professor Kristina Hill worked with the East Oakland Neighborhood Initiative to explore…
02/24/2020BAY AREA UPDATE: THE PEOPLE’S PLANSince the Resilient by Design Challenge ended, graduates from the “Designing Our Own Solutions” course developed as part of the challenge, c…
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…
02/24/2020BAY 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…
01/08/2020STATEMENT FROM REBUILD BY DESIGNStatement from Rebuild by Design on Gov Cuomo's Restore Mother Nature Bond Act “With ninety percent of New York State’s population residi…
12/09/2019CALL FOR A RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE FUND TO ADDRESS FLOODING IN NEW YORK STATE-----Press Release----- In the past 10 years, every county in New York State was impacted by major flooding; more than half were aff…