Planning and Building Livable, Safe & Sustainable Communities The Patchwork Quilt Approach

We must all work together to bring about a successful safe development and redevelopment. This safe development can involve simple landscaping, elevation, wet or dry floodproofing, relocation, demolition/reconstruction, acquisition/relocation, or some sort of selective voluntary buy-out program for a neighborhood or even an entire community. To achieve this goal of safety, we must utilize what can be called a “Patchwork Quilt” approach. This concept is based on the American idea that scraps of “this and that” can be turned into a useful, warm, and very valuable object, by one or more persons, who possesses a vision of the final product.

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