Start Date: 10 Oct 2017 09:00 AM
End Date: 10 Oct 2017 07:00 PM
Event Venue: 7 Middle St, Bridgeport, CT 06604, USA
Resilient Strategies Exhibit
On October 10th, stop by the design center to check out the Design Strategies
Report Exhibit. This event is an opportunity to comment on the
Resilient Bridgeport Strategies final draft. Design team members
will be available to answer questions from 9 am – 7 pm. If you
are interested in a specific area of Bridgeport, short presentations
will be held at the following times:
10:00 am Cedar Creek & Black Rock Harbor
12:00 pm Downtown
6:00 pm South End
Light Refreshments Provided
Brown Bag Lunch Lecture
On October 11th, bring your lunch to the design center for a lecture on hydrology and groundwater from Roelof Stuurman of Deltares. Roelof Stuurman is specialist in “Integral management of environment, groundwater and soil”, hydro geological systems analysis at a regional and local scale in support of spatial planning, environmental and water policy planning & (ground-) water management. More than 35 years’ experience in ecohydrology (wetland and brook valley restoration) and urban (ground) water studies. Since 2006 advisor in many international projects like Urban Water Plan New Orleans, Rebuild by Design Living with the Bay (Nassau County NYS) and recently with San Francisco Bay Challenge. Deltares is also partner of 100RC (http://www.100resilientcities.org).
Roelof will discuss groundwater precedent cities and relate them to the context of Bridgeport. For more information on the lecture click the link below.
11:30 am Open House
12:00 pm Lecture