Galesville Community Resilience Initiative

This community-led ecological restoration project that would: (a) connect at-risk shoreline points via a shrub, vegetation, and boulder stormwater filtration system; (b) add shoreline to protect against flooding; (c) install green stormwater management infrastructure to protect Galesville’s Main Street Corridor and the Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church and its adjacent cemetery; and (d) develop a walkway that facilitates waterfront access for all. A Master Plan will integrate existing stormwater infrastructure with new treatment practices, such as decentralized bio-retention and bio swales well-suited for integration into the Main Street corridor, helping to address runoff discharge. A living shoreline with sand and nature-based beach features will help deter flooding. Reduced sedimentation will create more suitable habitat for oysters and submerged aquatic vegetation and highly valuable nursery and foraging grounds for key Chesapeake species.