… has developed a first of its kind guide for creating flood-resilient landscapes. The guide, which was developed in partnership with faculty at Rutgers University, is aimed at helping community officials and leaders turn vacant, flood-prone properties into usable community assets. In 2020, the city of Waubay was in a crisis. Homes were underwater, and the city's … these properties were purchased by the federal government through FEMA funding. "They now have waterfront property that only a few years before were nearly a mile from the lake and open water," Bergstrom said. "When you see the pictures, it’s fairly dramatic how much the lakes have increased in size in a short amount of time." Class project During this time, … of Waubay. "The goal of this planning effort was to provide the city of Waubay a series of unique visioning strategies and design concepts that could be used by the community to reimagine open space areas and invest in these new community assets," Bergstrom explained. "We hoped this could inform a dialogue among Waubay residents about the potential development …