In 2020, the City of Cedar Falls, Iowa, hired the team of Perkins & Will, Barr, and LHB to help develop a resilience plan to achieve its goal of being a proactive, prepared, and flexible community in the face of a rapidly changing world. The plan provides an action guide to evaluate existing community plans and actions and identify additional actions needed to improve the city’s prosperity and stability.
The project engaged city staff and community members to identify actions and goals to move Cedar Falls toward a more climate-resilient community. The plan provided recommendations for local economics, community, weather, nature, energy, and mobility. Barr led the development of actions and strategies tied to extreme precipitation, climate change, flooding, green stormwater infrastructure, and the vulnerability of neighborhoods and critical infrastructure.
The Cedar Falls resilience plan is now available online.