Todd Gelston, Board of Finance
Bernie Gillis, Conservation Commission
Peter Govert, President, East Haddam Land Trust
Amalia Shaltiel,Sustainability Team
Michele Velez, Public Works Director

Goals and Objectives:  

Following an April 2023 workshop conducted by The Nature Conservancy, the Town and members of the community are focused on making the town resilient in meeting the ongoing challenge of a different climate.

Earth's average temperature is going up and is expected to go up for the rest of the century.  This can result in more major hurricanes, warmer winters and less snow pack, extreme rain events, dry periods and drought, extreme heat and invasive species of plants and insects.

We encourage Town residents to become part of the conversation.  It is about what we are doing and can be doing to make everyone safe in an emergency.  It is about preparing East Haddam for future weather conditions of a generally warmer, wetter climate and environment.

Community Resilience Building, Summary of Findings - April 2023.pdf 

Events:

• Tuesday, February 5, 2025 from 6:30pm - 8:30pm Public Workshop at the Municipal Office Complex, Meeting Rooms 1 & 2, 1 Plains Road, Moodus, CT
  Resilient East Haddam Meeting Notice Flyer.pdf               (YouTube Meeting Recording)
  A collaborative project between the Town of East Haddam and the State of Connecticut for remediating the flooding of Succor Brook in the Village will reach an important point with the second of two public workshops. Representatives from the Town of East Haddam, the Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation (CIRCA), and Kleinfelder Engineering Inc., will participate in an interactive workshop with town residents to discuss the Resilient East Haddam project. This interactive session will include a presentation and opportunity to discuss specific adaptation alternatives to mitigate climate risks in the project area. All residents of the Town of East Haddam are welcome. For more information contact the Selectman’s Office at (860) 873-5021. Written comments can also be sent to the First Selectman at admin@easthaddam.org
• Wednesday, December 18, 2024 from 3:00pm - 4:30pm Community & Technical Advisory Committee, Meeting #3
  Community & Technical Advisory Committee East Haddam Meeting #3 PPT.pdf 
• Thursday, October 24, 2024 from 6:30pm - 8:30pm Public Workshop at the Municipal Office Complex, Meeting Rooms 1 & 2, 1 Plains Road, Moodus, CT
  Resilient East Haddam Meeting Notice Flyer.pdf             (YouTube Meeting Recording)
  Resilient East Haddam Public Workshop Minutes.pdf
  A collaborative project between the Town of East Haddam and the State of Connecticut for remediating the flooding of Succor Brook in the Village will reach an important point with the first of two public workshops. Representatives from the Town of East Haddam, the Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation (CIRCA), Goodspeed Musicals, and Kleinfelder Engineering Inc., will participate in an interactive workshop with town residents. CIRCA and Kleinfelder consultants will present the results of a hydrological study of the brook, followed by a question and answer period and an open discussion. All residents of the Town of East Haddam are welcome. For more information contact the Selectman’s Office at (860) 873-5021. Written comments can also be sent to the First Selectman at admin@easthaddam.org
• Thursday, April 25, 2024 from 3:00pm - 4:00pm Community & Technical Advisory Committee, Meeting #1
  Community & Technical Advisory Committee East Haddam Meeting #1 PPT.pdf 
• Sunday, September 17, 2023 from 3:00 - 5:00pm at the East Haddam Grange Hall
  All are welcome to attend a community meeting for an informal discussion on climate change: local effects and responses. The meeting will be educational and also an opportunity for residents to engage in discussions regarding how changes in the climate effect families, property, town infrastructure and our natural resources of forests, lakes, rivers and streams. The discussion will be facilitated by members of the East Haddam Conservation Commission, the Sustainability Team, the East Haddam Land Trust, along with other community leaders.
  
• Monday, July 17, 2023 from 11:00am - 12:30pm  (YouTube Meeting Recording)
  Town_Resilience 07-17-2023_Minutes.pdf 
  Resiliency Workshop Follow up Meeting: The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the Summary of Findings which The Nature Conservancy submitted as a record of our priorities for building community resilience. The meeting will include identifying the most important priority actions in the summary, a review of the Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan, an update on CIRCA and Goodspeed regarding the Succor Brook corridor and a discussion about community involvement in resilience planning for the public forum in October.