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