Featured Work
Community Visioning following Managed Retreat Proposal Selected by The Nature Conservancy
2021
DEVELOPMENT
ENGAGEMENT
PLANNING
Partners: RISE, CCCE, Edgemere Community Civic Association, Edgemere Coalition Community Garden, and others
Funder: The Nature Conservancy
DEVELOPMENT
ENGAGEMENT
PLANNING
Partners: RISE, CCCE, Edgemere Community Civic Association, Edgemere Coalition Community Garden, and others
Funder: The Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy awards our team’s proposal for an inclusive, equitable community visioning process for vacant land following managed retreat in Edgemere, Queens. The highly competitive NYS-focused program selected only two projects in the state. The project—which will be led by Rockaway Initiative for Sustainability & Equity with technical assistance by the Collective for Community, Culture, and Environment—will
initiate a co-creation process for socially and ecologically equitable use of vacant, flood prone areas with local partners. The project seeks to strengthen relationships within the community and to city agencies; grow awareness about “living with water” and community involvement in land stewardship; provide a forum for deeply community-driven visioning and a wide variety of voices; and align community priorities around a community land trust model.
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Images couresy of RISE. Photos by Benjamin P. Martin, Giles Ashford, and the Rockaway Field Guide.
Images couresy of RISE. Photos by Benjamin P. Martin, Giles Ashford, and the Rockaway Field Guide.