Duwamish Valley Resilience District

A place-based strategy focused on climate change adaptation, community wealth building, and community stabilization.

Sand bags stacked along the edge of the Duwamish River in South Park after the flooding in December 2022. SPU installed a semi-permanent flood barrier of sandbags to help mitigate the impacts of future flood events.

Sand bags stacked along the edge of the Duwamish River in South Park after the flooding in December 2022. SPU installed a semi-permanent flood barrier of sandbags to help mitigate the impacts of future flood events.

Background

In 2020, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) awarded the City of Seattle a $600,000 grant to work with community partners in the Duwamish Valley on a strategy that will improve health, increase community resilience, and adapt to the impacts of a changing climate. This work will specifically deliver on key actions identified in the City-community shared Duwamish Valley Action Plan that was released in 2018.

The Resilience District visioning funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is now complete! Learn more in the Duwamish Sea Level Rise Adaptation Vision and Strategy Report. 

This report is a roadmap for the City of Seattle to advance holistic Sea Level Rise adaptation in the Duwamish Valley. It envisions equitable, community-driven investment in physical infrastructure that will provide multiple benefits, while protecting business and residential communities from increasing coastal flood risk. 

View the Report

Sustainability and Environment

Lylianna Allala, Director
Address: 700 5th Avenue, #1868, Seattle, WA, 98104
Mailing Address: PO Box 94729, Seattle, WA, 98124-4729
Phone: (206) 256-5158
OSE@seattle.gov

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