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DEVELOPMENTS
environmental vulnerabilities in
communities across the United
States.
Leaders representing 11
recent technical assistance
efforts participated in ULI's
Catalyzing Resilience Workshop
in February to share their
progress-and to spur further
action-on implementing
resilience-focused recommendations.
Attendees included
representatives from community
groups, local governments,
real estate development
firms, and others, all of whom
previously participated in ULI
technical assistance efforts
between 2018 and 2023. These
activities were made possible
through generous grants from
The JPB Foundation, which
support ULI's work to foster
greener, more resilient, and
more equitable communities
across the United States.
Participants included representatives
from the following
technical assistance efforts:
Rondo Land Bridge, Saint
Paul, Minnesota (2018). Provides
restorative development
recommendations related to
reconnecting and revitalizing
the Rondo neighborhood with
a " land bridge " to reignite a
vibrant African American cultural
enterprise district along
the corridor of Interstate 94.
Parks and Boulevard
System, Kansas City, Missouri
(2019). Focuses on strategies
to create an equitable park
system, including by leveraging
parks to invest in green
infrastructure and stormwater
management.
Downtown Fort Lauderdale,
Florida (2019). Explores how
to enhance parks and open
space in the city's urban core,
including by redeveloping
downtown's Huizenga Park
and addressing sea-level rise,
tidal inundation, extreme precipitation,
and extreme heat.
Camden, New Jersey
(2019). Provides recommendations
on operating and maintaining
Cramer Hill Waterfront
Park and leveraging the park
as a community asset.
Equitable Park Access,
Grand Rapids, Michigan
(2019). Focuses on developing
a land acquisition strategy to
support equitable park access
and investing in park space to
manage stormwater.
Improving the Cuyahoga
River Infrastructure: Bulkhead
Management Practices, Cleveland,
Ohio (2021). Explores
best practices for financing,
rebuilding, and maintaining
bulkhead infrastructure along
the Cuyahoga River.
Elizabeth River Trail, Norfolk,
Virginia (2021). Centers
on recommendations to
enhance equitable access to
the 10.5-mile (17 km) Elizabeth
River Trail and to use the trail
to provide flood control and
mitigation infrastructure.
Coalition-Drive Path to
an Equitable City-wide Greenway,
Brooklyn, New York
(2022). Examines opportunities
to formalize the New York
City Greenways Coalition to
create a 400-mile (644 km)
citywide greenway network
to support climate resilience
through design and landscape
elements, such as native plantings
and shade trees lining the
pathways.
Rosedale Park, San Antonio,
Texas (2022). Provides
strategies for redesigning and
activating Rosedale Park, a
60-acre (24 ha) park serving
San Antonio's Westside, historically
a predominantly Hispanic
and low-income area of the
city.
Glen Echo Park, Maryland
(2022). Highlights opportunities
to strengthen Glen Echo
Park's arts programs and facilities,
including by integrating
climate adaptation strategies
into the park's mission.
Riverfront North Partnership:
Preparing for a More
Resilient Frankford Boat
Launch, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(2023). Explores
the redevelopment of the
Frankford Boat Launch and
focuses on resilient and green
infrastructure and improving
access to the Delaware River
waterfront.
Attendees identified several
key strategies-and explored
potential stumbling blocks-
to advancing resilience and
increasing equitable access
throughout the community,
including working to gain
community buy-in, accessing
funding sources for resiliencefocused
investments, and navigating
multiple stakeholders.
Identifying community
assets and promoting
buy-in
ULI's Ten Principles for Building
Resilience report highlights the
need to leverage community
assets to enable communities
to bounce back from extreme
events and to be more prepared
for shocks-sudden and
extreme events or disasters.
Community assets include
physical features, as well as
relational assets, such as local
leadership, social networks,
and an area's culture and history.
Gaining community buy-in
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" We build trust
by connecting
at the table.
There's music,
storytelling, and
food. Community
members get
to know you
because you're in
the community. "
- Della
Schall Young,
founder and
CEO at Young
Environmental
Consulting Group
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