On May 23, representatives from Tetra Tech, the California-based engineering and consulting company tasked with developing plans for the Living with the Bay initiative, presented the Citizen’s Advisory Committee with a system that ranks 36 proposed projects that would improve the quality of life for communities along Mill River.
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By Melissa Koenig
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6/1/17
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At the second meeting to discuss the Rebuild by Design program to make Mill River more storm-resilient, citizens brainstormed ways to involve the surrounding communities, and the design team …
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By Mary Malloy and Rebecca Melnitsky
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8/31/16
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At the first public meeting to discuss the Rebuild by Design project for Mill River, government officials revealed their new plans for the waterway and Hempstead Lake State Park, which keep with the goals and theme of the original project.
The meeting on May 24 was the first gathering of the project’s Citizen Advisory Committee, which will help to plan and implement the project. All of the CAC members are residents from towns surrounding Mill River, and they all have a stake in the project and unique expertise: the group is made up of community organizers, marine biologists, environmental engineers, college students and...
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By Alex Costello
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6/1/16
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The Village of Rockville Centre will soon be awarded $100,000 from the state, continuing the process of the Rebuild By Design project that began in 2014.
Rebuild by Design was an initiative by …
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By Alex Costello
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4/27/16
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In June, a proposal to strengthen Long Island’s waterways, starting with Mill River in Rockville Centre, was awarded millions of dollars in federal funding.
The project, called Living with the …
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By Alex Costello
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10/30/14
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Rockville Centre’s Mill River will be the beneficiary of $125 million in federal grant money from the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Rebuild By Design contest, which aims to …
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By Alex Costello
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6/4/14
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“I think now is the time for bigger-scope projects to move forward,” City Manager Jack Schnirman said, referring to Rebuild by Design, a competition initiated by President Obama’s Hurricane …
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By Anthony Rifilato and Vanessa Parker
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4/10/14
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Three members of the Interboro Rebuild by Design team showcased plans to restore and reinforce Nassau County’s southern shorelines at an event sponsored last Saturday by Freeport SPLASH (Stop Polluting Littering and Save Harbors).
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By Vanessa Parker
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4/1/14
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The clarion call has grown louder since Superstorm Sandy: We must beat a “managed” retreat from the coast, or face certain peril as global warming takes hold and sea levels rise.
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1/9/14
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