Great Lakes communities experience frequent severe storms, flooding, and degraded water quality from expanding urbanization. Marginalized communities of low income, communities of color, and those lacking access to safe and stable neighborhoods are most impacted yet often have the fewest means to adapt to water quality and quantity concerns. Three Sea Grant programs (Illinois-Indiana, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania) and key collaborators and community partners addressed the impacts of flooding and extreme weather events through paired projects in four communities, focusing on local project coordination at the scale of a city block. 

For more information, visit the Purdue Extension One Block at a Time website.