The Hayward Eden Area Shoreline Resilience Collaborative — which includes the San Francisco Estuary Partnership — hosted its second public workshop providing community members with updates on sea level rise projects planned for the Hayward shoreline.
Sea level rise and more intense storms are flooding an increasing number of shoreline communities. As a community neighboring the San Francisco Bay, Hayward and its surrounding areas are particularly vulnerable to shoreline flooding.
One powerful tool in combating sea level rise is participation in a series of public workshops held through the Hayward Eden Area Shoreline Resilience Collaborative.
The late June workshop at the San Lorenzo Community Center provided community members with updates on the First Mile Horizontal Levee, Hayward Nature-based Solutions Project and the HASPA Shoreline Adaptation Implementation Plan. The workshop drew almost 100 community members to review flood risk maps and provide input on near-term projects and community benefits.
SFEP has played several roles in the Hayward Eden Area Resilience Collaborative, including coordinating agencies, consultant teams and community groups, as well as being the funder and project manager.
In addition to SFEP, the collaborative consists of a wide range of public and private partners, including the Greenbelt Alliance, East Bay Dischargers Authority, Teach Earth Action, Plantify, The Watershed Project, and members of the Hayward Area Shoreline Planning Agency (HASPA): City of Hayward, East Bay Regional Parks District, Hayward Area Recreation and Park District, and Alameda County Mosquito Abatement District. This collection of private and public partners was brought together through their mutual work on projects that prevent sea level rise.
To learn more about the project and future events, visit: https://www.sfestuary.org/hayward-eden-area-resilience-collaborative/ and Hayward Eden Area Community Gathers to Advance Sea Level Rise Solutions - Greenbelt Alliance
About the San Francisco Estuary Partnership
The San Francisco Estuary Partnership is a regional governmental organization with a federal mandate to protect and restore the nationally significant San Francisco Estuary, and is part of the National Estuary Program, a non-regulatory program of the EPA created through the Clean Water Act. The planning area encompasses the San Francisco Estuary and its watersheds, from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to the San Francisco Bay. The Estuary Partnership sits within the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), the regional housing, land use, and transportation planning agencies.
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