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DFC Leads Discuss on Adapting Urban Vacant Land to Mitigate Hazards

January 21, 2016

The Detroit Future City (DFC) Implementation Office, aligned with the Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) and the American Planning Association (APA), will lead the fifth Planning Information Exchange (PIE) webinar on February 26 at 12 p.m. PIE is a free eight-part quarterly webinar series focusing on tools, best practices, and strategies on the role of hazard mitigation planning and its connections with other community planning and hazard risk reduction initiatives.

Join DFC Implementation Office’s Dara O’Bryne, Deputy Director for Land Use and Policy, and Erin Kelly, Manager of Innovative Landscapes, along with Jenny Guillaume, an environmental planner and Growing Green Initiative Coordinator in Baltimore, Maryland, to learn what makes for successful strategies in adapting green infrastructure and hazard mitigation in areas experiencing blight and high vacancy rates.

Click here to read more about the Planning Informative Exchange (PIE) Webinar.

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