Camden Talks Climate: "Resilient Waterfront Design Transformations" with Blake Sanborn

The Camden Public Library hosted another event in the Camden Talks Climate series in partnership with CamdenCAN (Climate Action Now) on Thursday, May 16, 2024, featuring Blake Sanborn, Senior Project Manager at Richardson & Associates, Landscape Architects.
Flooding is hitting Camden close to home, as it is for many Maine communities. Blake Sanborn has partnered with communities around the country to co-create actionable plans to address flood concerns and authored design strategies that map out incremental steps to a more resilient future. In his talk, Sanborn will take a look at how landscape architects address flooding while building connectivity, habitat, public art, biodiversity, knowledge, wellness, and places to gather. His talk will feature examples spanning from mega-projects in major cities to a small public schoolyard retrofit.
Sanborn now makes Camden his home, and is keenly interested in how Camden approaches the questions facing the harbor and the many opportunities presented by both sea level rise and repeated high-rainstorm flooding.
Blake Sanborn is at the forefront of the climate conversation in Maine having spent over 20 years designing and implementing public and private sector open spaces across the US and abroad. After growing up in Gorham, Blake received a degree in Landscape Architecture from Cornell University and has served as a Principal of AECOM’s Landscape Architecture and Urban Design studio prior to joining his current firm, Richardson and Associates. His work has received recognition for design excellence from the American Society of Landscape Architects where he has served as an executive committee member and chair of the sustainability committee.
Recordings of past Camden Talks Climate events can be found on this playlist on the CPL KZbin channel. Topics include Where Does Camden Stand on Climate Action?; Achieveing Climate Reslience in Coastal Communities; and Camden, the Climate Crisis, and You.