Building community-driven flood resilience
Projects in Hampton, Virginia, and Kinston, North Carolina, highlight the importance of community engagement to accelerate local park improvements — including for ways to reduce flooding.
What’s in Florida’s new resilience package
The Florida Legislature passed the Statewide Flooding and Sea Level Rise Resilience bill, which permanently establishes a statewide resilience office.
Faced with rising seas, this Florida city is building a resilience fund
Coral Gables, Florida, created a resilience fund to finance adaptation and resilience projects down the road.
Adapting to flooding and sea level rise through wetland conservation
Wetlands provide a long list of benefits for nearby communities, including protection against floods.
Preparing for BRIC: How to position your community for resilience funds
What’s FEMA’S BRIC program and how can your community prepare an application? Here’s everything local leaders need to know about the program.
Fighting floods in Texas: How a regional partnership advances resilience in the Coastal Bend
Texas’s Coastal Bend is no stranger to flooding and sea level rise. To build flood resilience, the Regional Resilience Partnership was formed.
2021 in Review
2021 was again a year of challenges. Still, we have more reasons for hope than ever.
4 takeaways from the 2021 hurricane season
This year’s Atlantic hurricane season has come and gone, but its impacts will last for years. The season affected communities from the Gulf to the East coasts and everywhere in between.
How to leverage American Rescue Plan funding for resilience
The American Rescue Plan can help communities recover with greater resilience and fund once-in-a-generation projects for a stronger future.
5 themes for elevating fairness in federal flooding response
AFC and I-DIEM recently hosted a roundtable series, where participants shared experiences and recommendations for equitable flood policy at the federal level.
