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Rain Gardens as Flooding Prevention in East Palo Alto
Authors: Kae Jensen, Theo Gress, Cade Cannedy, Chase Donnell, Elizabeth Diaz-Jacobo, Alister Sharp, Gabriel Carrada, Anthony Otonari, Vera Cordova Mandoza, Chris Corvetti, Junko Bryant, & Brian Tatsuta
Our rain garden project helped 25 households manage impacts from flooding. What’s next?
A single rain garden can make all the difference for one home, but flooding affects all residents along the bay and in FEMA-designated flood zones. Prevention for flooding requires community-led, scalable solutions; rain gardens are attainable, sustainable, and effective options to make communities more resilient to flooding.
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CRC, Fresh Approach and Grassroots Ecology provide recommendations for scaling up and key takeaways for other community-based organizations to start their own rain garden projects.
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