Climate Resilient Communities (CRC), in partnership with Fresh Approach and Grassroots Ecology, ran a rain garden project in East Palo Alto focused on flood prevention. The initiative helped 25 households manage the impacts of flooding in a FEMA-designated flood zone area near the bay.
The project recognised that while individual rain gardens can protect single homes, flooding is a community-wide challenge requiring scalable, community-led solutions. Rain gardens were identified as an attainable, sustainable, and effective approach to building neighbourhood resilience.
The partnership produced a project guide setting out recommendations and key takeaways to help other community-based organisations replicate and scale similar initiatives.
