NYC Special Initiative for Rebuilding and Resiliency

Host: Trinity Lutheran Church, Co-sponsored by UPROSE

Workshop date: April 24, 2013

Residents attended to provide on-the-ground insight that helped our Community Rebuilding and Resiliency Team develop a deeper understanding of the priorities and challenges of Sunset Park.

We received hundreds of comments, but several collective priorities clearly emerged:

• The importance of mitigating flooding of industrial buildings to protect against spillage of hazardous materials;
• The importance of improving communication and protocol around disaster preparedness and recovery; and
• The importance of creating more green infrastructure (to aid water run-off and absorb storm impacts) and:
  • Add more community rain barrels, more green roofs; and
  • Revitalize brownfields.

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