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Resilience Authority outlines Annapolis Maritime Resilience Initiative, emphasizes nature-based solutions and community outreach
Summary
The Resilience Authority of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County on Jan. 9 told the Environmental Matters Committee it has begun a planning effort to identify nature‑based flood‑risk projects across the Spa Creek and Back Creek watersheds, with a priority on Eastport.
The Resilience Authority of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County on Jan. 9 told the Environmental Matters Committee it has begun a planning effort to identify nature‑based flood‑risk projects across the Spa Creek and Back Creek watersheds, with a priority on Eastport.
“This Annapolis Maritime Resilience Initiative kicked off in October,” said Gabe Cohen, director of programs at the Resilience Authority of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County, describing grant funding from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. “We’re looking for community scale projects that we can prioritize…so we can really take that to new funding sources to the city.”
Why it matters: Eastport has experienced repeated flooding and the authority said it will use community input, technical mapping and design concepts to generate a master plan and a short list of high‑priority, fundable projects. Committee members…
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