Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven is proud to announce that we are 1 of 14 awardees that were selected to be recipients of the Long Island Sound Resilience Planning Support Program!
Project: Strategic Plan for a Stormwater Management Consulting Program
Contractor: TPA Design Group
Award Amount: $35,000
Neighborhood Housing Services (NHS) of New Haven will use this support to develop a strategic plan for a Stormwater Management Counseling Program to help Connecticut residents in Long Island Sound coastal communities reduce stormwater runoff and related flooding risks. Building on NHS’s existing HomeEnergy ConneCT energy efficiency counseling program, the project will assess gaps and opportunities, design systems, plan outreach, and explore partnerships that could facilitate a sustainable program. Efforts will focus on communities within or partially within the Long Island Sound coastal boundary that face heightened flooding challenges due to combined sewer overflow systems and other stressors (e.g., Bridgeport and New Haven, and potentially Norwalk and Norwich). The resulting strategic plan will outline an implementation path for a program that empowers residents to adopt green infrastructure practices while enhancing the region’s resilience.
We’d like to thank the Connecticut Sea Grant, New York Sea Grant, and the Long Island Sound Partnership.
Map showing the locations of the 14 projects awarded support through the second round of the LIS Resilience Planning Support Program. Nine New York projects are shown with purple markers and five Connecticut projects with teal markers.
