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What is the Ivy City Climate Resilience Strategy?
The DC Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) is working with the Ivy City community to create a Climate Resilience Strategy to reduce the risk of flooding and extreme heat. The Strategy will include the design of a network of projects to reduce flooding and extreme heat while also providing additional benefits for the community, such as improved park space, more shade and greenery, safer streets, and better air quality.
Key Outcomes
- Create a resilience vision and goals based on community input.
- Assess flooding, extreme heat, and social vulnerability in Ivy City.
- Develop a flood and heat mitigation network plan, including concept design for streets, open space, and parking lots.
- Create conceptual designs for improvements to Lewis Crowe Park.
- Create a funding and implementation strategy for the recommended resilience actions.
- Conduct inclusive, accessible, and equitable community engagement throughout the planning process.
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The Urban Heat Island Effect occurs when natural land cover is replaced with dense concentrations of pavement, buildings, and other surfaces that absorb heat. By increasing natural surfaces like vegetation, green infrastructure can mitigate the heat island effect. |
Blue-Green Infrastructure (BGI) is a type of stormwater management that connects the water cycle (blue) with vegetation (green) and community priorities. BGI helps to mitigate the impacts of flooding and extreme heat, while also reducing the need for traditional gray infrastructure. |
Project Timeline
Fall 2024: Existing Conditions & Analysis of Flooding, Extreme Heat, and Social Vulnerability
Winter 2024: Public Workshop #1, Resilience Vision and Goals & Vulnerability Assessment
Spring 2025: Public Workshop #2, Climate Resilience Network Plan, Lewis Crowe Park Conceptual Design
Summer 2025: Public Workshop #3, Funding and Implementation Strategy, Final Climate Resilience Plan
