JOE SANCHEZ IS RUNNING FOR MIAMI-DADE COUNTY COMMISSION DISTRICT 5

I STAND WITH THE LONGTIME SERVANT – WHO GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK AS A SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR WHEN WAS A MIAMI CITY COMMISSIONER

I stand with Joe Sanchez — the People’s Commissioner — for Miami Dade County District 5.

I have been a proud resident of this district for a quarter century.

I also had the rare privilege of working the better part of a decade as Joe’s policy advisor with the City Of Miami.

I was proud when Joe Sanchez listed a few of the people-centered initiatives that we completed when he was a Miami Commissioner.

He could have listed dozens.

All embraced our diverse population and were done for people—not partisan politics.

Far more than 100 people stood shoulder-to-shoulder to support Joe Sanchez for Miami-Dade County Commissioner.

The lifelong public servant spoke from the heart about fighting corruption, reducing taxes, increasing, homeownership affordability

A packed house of diverse community members attended Joe Sanchez for Miami-Dade County Commissioner District 5 campaign kickoff this month.

The county commissioners robbed us of the democratic process when they appointed a person to the position.

We get to vote on who represent us in August 2026.

https://votejoesanchez.com/

IT'S NOT EASY GOING GREEN

MUNICIPALITIES MUST GET CREATIVE TO FUND RESILIENCY IN A                TIME OF BOTH GREATER NEED AND REDUCED FEDERAL FUNDING

In Seattle, Tahne Corcutt is leading Jacobs’ work on the Duwamish River, a heavily polluted waterway surrounded by Seattle’s industrial area.

The river also floods, further negatively impacting the city’s largest Hispanic community as well as lower-income, disadvantaged areas.

Jacobs is working with the U.S. EPA and other entities to restore habitat and remove contamination as part of the environmental justice project.

 

IT'S NOT EASY GOING GREEN

MUNICIPALITIES MUST GET CREATIVE TO FUND RESILIENCY IN A                TIME OF BOTH GREATER NEED AND REDUCED FEDERAL FUNDING

Tahne Corcutt, of the Jacobs engineering firm, said some cities may partner with private property owners who will benefit from flood protection or other resilient infrastructure.

Cities could also work with private property owners to raise building foundations out of the floodplain or to encourage less paved surface and more plants that are good at absorbing rainwater.

The Water Infrastructure and Innovation Act (WIFIA) is an EPA program that funds water and wastewater infrastructure projects.

Minimum project size for large cities is $20 million and $5 million for small communities.

IT'S NOT EASY GOING GREEN

MUNICIPALITIES MUST GET CREATIVE TO FUND RESILIENCY IN A                TIME OF BOTH GREATER NEED AND REDUCED FEDERAL FUNDING

“The old adage that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure is so true with water and green infrastructure. It costs a lot less to avoid a problem than to pay to rebuild after the catastrophe,” said Tahne Corcutt, of the Jacobs engineering firm.

"[Resilient infrastructure] can create inclusive places where people want to come." 

Corcutt said as local and regional governments seek voter approval for levies, bond issues and loans, they must sell stakeholders on the value of green infrastructure.

IT'S NOT EASY GOING GREEN

MUNICIPALITIES MUST GET CREATIVE TO FUND RESILIENCY IN A                TIME OF BOTH GREATER NEED AND REDUCED FEDERAL FUNDING

Tahne Corcutt is an expert in state revolving fund programs and public-private partnership funding at Jacobs, the top project management firm in the nation as ranked by Engineering News and Record.

She is creating a comprehensive multi-year funding strategy for Seattle Public Utilities’ Duwamish River Valley Resilience Program.

It will be funded by a combination of federal, state and local grants and loans to design and build $16 million in nature-based solutions and water resiliency.

IT'S NOT EASY GOING GREEN

MUNICIPALITIES MUST GET CREATIVE TO FUND RESILIENCY IN A                TIME OF BOTH GREATER NEED AND REDUCED FEDERAL FUNDING

The Resilience Authority of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County can work regionally to try to avoid gray, unattractive, single-use seawalls and bulkheads.

With the big picture in mind, it can create nature-based systems that provide habitat while enhancing a living shoreline and supporting natural ecosystems such as oyster beds that filter the bay’s water.

IT'S NOT EASY GOING GREEN

MUNICIPALITIES MUST GET CREATIVE TO FUND RESILIENCY IN A                TIME OF BOTH GREATER NEED AND REDUCED FEDERAL FUNDING

“People often talk about resilience in fatalistic terms.

But it can build on the strength of a community,” said Matthew Fleming, director of the Resilience Authority of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County. “[Resilient infrastructure] can create inclusive places where people want to come.”

“One of our first completed projects was an ecological restoration of a stream that was getting blown out with every storm.

We restored the floodplain, putting in habitat that allows water to soak in instead of flooding.

We are getting better water quality and flood protection plus a wetland complex with a walking trail in a natural area that abuts a state park,” Fleming said.