by Josie Abugov – 9/25/2024 nola.com Read the story here.
Contact: Susannah Burley 504 616 6888 NEW ORLEANS, LA, September 19, 2024 – At the September 16 Joint Utility, Cable, Telecommunications and Technology and Public Works, Sanitation and Environment Committee meeting, convened to analyze Hurricane Francine-related Entergy New Orleans’ and SWBNO’s communication failures, trees were … Continue reading
The Urban Conservancy’s Dana Eness discussed stormwater retention and management as ways to deal with heavy rains and floods on WWL First News with Tommy Tucker on September 18th. District D Councilmember Eugene Green and SWBNO Director Ghassan Korban were … Continue reading
NOLA.com posted an article on Monday Sept. 15. The story explores the changing dynamics of modern weather systems and how those can pose unique challenges for our city going forward, and how nature-based solutions like the UC’s Front Yard Initiative can … Continue reading
Last February, BBC’s Rare Earth radio program came to visit. The result is the episode “How to Floodproof a city”. The hosts talked to homeowners, green infrastructure contractors, city staff, and our executive director about steps we’re all taking to … Continue reading
In this episode of Crosstown Conversations, some of New Orleans’ biggest tree advocates discuss the city’s iconic tree canopy and the damage that has been done to it by negligent contractors with heavy machinery during construction and roadwork.
StayLocal’s B.Alert service, which is a two-way SMS service that receives and recirculates pertinent disaster preparedness and mitigation information (e.g. availability of various supplies, post-disaster financial incentives, etc.) to local businesses, was established in 2024 in response to feedback from … Continue reading
Tagged b.alert, staylocalStreetinsider.com featured FYI Program Manager Emily Snyder in their post about the Inaugural Reduce Your Lawn Day, a national effort from American Meadows where homeowners pledge to change their turf lawn into pollinator habitats. This year, the program’s first, saw … Continue reading
Tagged Front Yard Initiative, FYI, gray to green, stewardship, stormwater management