Lunch & Learn: Town of Olive uses NYC-Funded Flood Buyout Program to Build Resiliency
On September 18, Jim Sofranko, Supervisor of the Town of Olive, and Heidi Emrich, Ulster County Environmental Planner working to support the Ashokan Watershed Stream Management Program, shared the town’s experience working through the New York City-funded Flood Buyout Program (FBO), and the decisions the town and landowners have faced when planning for the future of flood-prone properties, especially along Route 28 in Boiceville.
A Stormwater Solution in Hastings-on-Hudson
In 2024, the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson was recently awarded $2.5 million through the NYS Green Resiliency Grant (GRG) Program for the construction of a detention pond and drainage bypass that will reduce peak flows and mitigate the persistent and destructive flooding experienced in a residential area.
Lunch & Learn: Piermont’s Neighbor to Neighbor (N2N) Alert System
The Piermont Waterfront Resiliency Commission created the Neighbor to Neighbor (N2N) Alert System to share information on flood risks with residents.
Flood Resilience Network Five-Year Strategic Roadmap
At this Lunch & Learn on May 11, we launched the Hudson Valley Flood Resilience Network (FRN) new five-year Strategic Roadmap. The webinar described FRN’s mission and goals, the new membership structure, and ways we will be expanding the network and its offerings in the years ahead.