Spotlights for Resilience and Adaptation in New England (RAINE)

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Title Location
A Local Ordinance Provides a Gateway to Flood-Resilient Stormwater Infrastructure (pdf) (513 KB) Milton NH
Building Climate Resiliency through Simpler, Lower-Cost Green Infrastructure Designs (pdf) (885 KB) Dover, NH
Buyout Program Helps Floodplain Homeowners Relocate (pdf) (591 KB) West Haven, CT
Coastal Hazard Resiliency Tools (CHRT) Project (pdf) (373 KB) State of Maine
Collaborating for Results and Inspiration: The New Hampshire Coastal Adaptation Workgroup (pdf) (476 KB) State of New Hampshire
End of Road Retrofits (pdf) (529 KB) Warwick, RI
Federal Agencies Come Together to Address Sea Level Rise Threat to Infrastructure (pdf) (323 KB) Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point, ME
Financial Incentive for Increasing Building Height (Freeboard) (pdf) (450 KB) Hull, MA
Flood Resilience Planning (pdf) (380 KB) Berwick, ME
From Property Buyouts to a Local Park: A Work in Progress (pdf) (441 KB) Northfield, VT
New Study Prompts Updates to Heat Advisory Policy (pdf) (393 KB) State of Rhode Island
Scituate's Coastal Resource Officer: Every Coastal Town Should Have One! (pdf) (488 KB) Scituate, MA
Weather Ready Mattapoisett: How One Community Prepares for Extreme Weather by Learning About its Past (pdf) (405 KB) Mattapoisett, MA

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