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We received $500,000 from Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery funding to undertake a feasibility study and develop a Master Plan on best practices to capture storm water within the community gardens of the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
The plan will combine community participation with engineering expertise, to develop a green infrastructure study and master plan to increase the permeability and storm water capture within forty-seven (47) neighborhood/community gardens located in the Lower Manhattan NYRCR planning area.
The majority of the gardens are located within an area that was severely flooded during Super Storm Sandy, and many were impacted directly by the storm. Gardens Rising is the working title for this Lower East Side Community Gardens Green Infrastructure Study and Master Plan.