RESILIENT SIDNEY
Community Inspired & Vision Driven
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Sidney’s diverse initiatives including the Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP), the model Sidney GreenPlain Project and the plan recently developed with The Nature Conservancy to Envision Sidney's Resilient Riverfront will help the Village adapt to change and meet challenges with resilience.
Sidney’s new Comprehensive Plan, Zoning Code and the model Sidney GreenPlain Project, including a new initiative with The Nature Conservancy to revision the GreenPlain, will help the Village adapt to change and meet challenges with resilience.
50%
Village Land in High-Risk Floodplain
140
Acres in the Sidney GreenPlain
3,800
Residents
1
Village for Us to Love and Protect
SIDNEY GREENPLAIN
The Sidney GreenPlain project, recognized as a statewide and national model of green infrastructure floodplain reclamation, uses green infrastructure to reduce and treat stormwater at its source, improve the ecosystem, and offer opportunities for recreation, education, entertainment, and economic development that will be valuable assets to the Village, its neighbors and the region.
ABOUT RESILIENT SIDNEY.
“Resilient Sidney” brings together many projects that the Village of Sidney is advancing that increase its ability to adapt to change and meet challenges with resilience including:​
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The Sidney GreenPlain Project – A climate adaptation initiative (managed retreat) to relocate 100 families, buy out 140 properties and build upstate NY’s largest green infrastructure ecosystem on the Susquehanna riverfront. Village Lead: John Redente and Clarissa Walrath. Project Manager: Margaret Irwin, River Street Planning. Technical Team Manager: Andrew Bohne, PLACE Alliance Northeast
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Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP) – A new land and water strategy for Sidney's Susquehanna riverfront is being developed under a grant provided by New York State Department of State (DOS). Village Lead: John Redente and Clarissa Walrath. Project Manager: Margaret Irwin, River Street Planning. ​
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Envision Sidney's Resilient Riverfront – A 2021-2022 initiative with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) offered an intensive revisioning of the Village of Sidney's 2014 Managed Retreat Program.
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