Upcoming Flood Forum Events:

Join us on September 23, 2010 for one of two final flood forums titled Focus on Floods: The Lehigh Valley Community Response to Flooding.

Hear what Lehigh Valley communities had to say about life along the river and local flooding. Add your voice to the discussion and be heard by local decision-makers. These events will feature an exhibit developed by NNC using stories collected during the flood forum project, as well as keynote speaker, Marshall Frech, an award-winning filmmaker who specializes in films about flooding. Decision makers will participate in a short forum that will also be held as part of these events. Guest scientists will be on hand for the discussion.

For more information, please click here. To register for one of the two forums on September 23, 2010, please contact Kate Brandes at 610-253-4432 oremail at kbrandes@nurturenature.org. Registration is required.

Background:

The September 23, 2010 forums will include a summary of a series of focus groups and forums on flooding that the Nurture Nature Foundation hosted in the cities of Allentown and Easton, and Lower Mount Bethel Township, three communities at high risk for flooding. This programming has been funded by the National Science Foundation and was conducted to help NNF develop the Flood Project by providing an opportunity for discussion about community specific issues related to flooding. The focus groups and forums included young people, first responders to flood events, and residents at the greatest risk for flood loss. Work on the project began on August 1, 2009 and will continue through July 31, 2011. For more information on the project click here.

For more information on the focus groups and forums held in the community of Lower Mount Bethel please click here, and for Easton and Allentown, please click here.

Registration Required