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This NYC Climate Week, Kate joined PBS’ The Laura Flanders Show to discuss Hurricane Ida’s impact in her home borough of Queens; Living Breakwaters, which just kicked off construction last week; and the need for robust funding for natural infrastructure in the reconciliation bill currently working its way through Congress. Colette Pichon Battle, Founder and

Tottenville, NY | September 13, 2021 – Today, the New York State Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery (GOSR) announced the start of in-water construction for Living Breakwaters, a $107 million project with a layered approach to risk reduction —enhancing physical, ecological and social resilience for the South Shore of Staten Island. The project consists primarily

We’re happy to share that SCAPE won three awards in ASLA-NY’s 2021 Design Awards: The Chattahoochee RiverLands received an Honor Award in Analysis, Research, Planning & Communications. Developed with a large, multidisciplinary team and a coalition of over 200 stakeholders, the RiverLands envision a 125-mile network of greenways and blueways spanning the entire Metro Atlanta

This week, Kate joined journalist Christiane Amanpour on CNN International / PBS to discuss the urgency for broad-based federal investments in natural infrastructure and frontline communities. Reflecting on the release of the latest IPCC report—which discusses the science behind climate change and its disastrous effects on earth systems—Kate said, “One emotion that I refuse to

“We’ve spent the past one hundred years dredging out everything for shipping and hardening the edges. Now we have a different climate, and we need a different approach.” In the August 9 print issue of The New Yorker, sociologist Eric Klinenberg profiled Kate and SCAPE, covering over a decade of projects and advocacy to reconceive

Climate Ready Dorchester won a Merit Award in Analysis & Planning in the Boston Society of Landscape Architects (BSLA) 2021 Design Awards. “The design team encouraged a diverse community to come together to make something collaboratively, considering best practices for resilient shorelines. An emphasis on programming was clearly incorporated into the community engagement process, and

Today, Reflection Riding Arboretum and Nature Center released a new Framework for the Future, following a seven-month engagement and planning process led by SCAPE. In conjunction with the framework’s release, Reflection Riding also launched a new website: www.reflectionriding.org. At its core, the vision characterizes a shift in conservation ethic relative to native landscapes in the

As a direct outcome of the Greater Corktown Neighborhood Framework Plan, the City of Detroit received a $30 million grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for “mixed-income housing to hedge against gentrification in Greater Corktown,” according to The Detroit News. The funding comes through HUD’s Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant program

In NYCxDesign’s 2021 Awards, Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center—a collaboration between architects Marble Fairbanks and SCAPE—was honored in the category ‘Greater Good: Social and Environmental Impact.’ Winners were announced in a virtual ceremony hosted by Interior Design, including outstanding projects from all areas of design. This year’s winners included artist Sarah Sze, Design Republic,

In an event in Gwinnett County this week, Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-Suwanee), “touted her support for greenways and other infrastructure projects she hopes will be funded by Congress as part of the American Jobs Plan (…) part of what Bourdeaux called a plan to ‘future-fit the suburbs’—a way to focus infrastructure needs outside the central