Building more resilient communities

Our region has experienced some devastating flooding events. With the likelihood of flooding increasing, what can we do to ensure we are developing in a more resilient way?

That's the question our June 2nd forum tackled. Watch the forum here...

The panel consisted of:

• Zach Bartscherer, Officer, Flood-Prepared Communities, The Pew Charitable Trusts

• Tom Brashear, AICP, CFM, Director of Development Services, Wilson County, Tennessee

• Janey Smith Camp, PhD, PE, GISP, CFM, Research Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Associate Director, Vanderbilt Engineering Center for Transportation and Operational Resiliency (VECTOR) Vanderbilt University

• Patrick Dobbs, Project Manager | Water Resources Engineer, Stantec

• Roger Lindsey, Metro Davidson County Public Works

• Cindy Poppelwell, Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions, Inc.