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Broward’s Business Leaders meet to discuss NFIP

Our Co-Founder, Alec Bogdanoff, recently joined Broward’s Business Leaders to discuss the National Flood Insurance Program with Congressman Ted Deutch, the Co-Chair of the Climate Solutions Caucus. WLRN reported on the event with the article, “South Florida Business Leaders Strategize Responses To National Flood Insurance Plan Crisis.” Alec Bogdanoff, the co-founder of Fort Lauderdale engineering […]

Resilience Success Stories

Alec serves as the Co-Chair for the Economic Resilience Committee for the Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce. His predecessor, Ina Lee, wrote an Op-Ed on resilience success stories in Broward County. When I was asked to spearhead the Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce’s sea-level rise and resiliency initiative two years ago, I knew […]

Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador

Brizaga is now proudly a Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NOAA defines the program as an initiative to “formally recognize NOAA partners who are improving the nation’s readiness against extreme weather, water, and climate events. As a Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador, your organization is committing to work with NOAA and […]

Happy New Year, 2018!

From our Brizaga family to you and yours, Happy New Year. We ended 2017 on an optimistic note with Alec’s opinion piece, “Sea level rise: Take a measured, not manic, approach” published in the Sun Sentinel.

Six Months & Miami Herald Feature

It’s hard to believe that it has been six months since we started Brizaga. Looking back at when we launched, we had one desire – to help our community understand the risks of rising seas and figure out what to do to reduce that risk. While our core mission is the same, our company evolved […]

Brizaga announces
Sea Level Rise Ready Community Program

Through a strategic partnership with the Bagué Group, we are pleased to announce the Sea Level Rise Ready Community Program. The Program is designed as a public outreach and engagement campaign blended with the best available science and forward-thinking solutions. Our experiences working with individuals, businesses, and local governments have taught us that complex problems, like […]

Hurricane Irma Preparation

Hurricane Irma continues to churn in the Atlantic as a dangerous storm and gain strength. While there is still uncertainty in the path that Irma will take, South Florida and the Southeastern United States more broadly should watch the storm carefully. The storm could impact South Florida as soon the end of this week. Watches […]

After the Storm: Sea Level Rise & NFIP

Hurricane Harvey nearly has the nation’s complete attention. Beyond the immense human suffering caused by the flooding, wind, and surge, the storm’s massive impact sparked a flurry of discussion about a changing climate and the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). No one can and should claim with certainty that a changing climate caused Hurricane Harvey. […]

Brizaga launches Sea Level Rise Ready™ Program

Brizaga is excited to officially announced the start of the Sea Level Rise Ready™ program, designed to partner with individuals and businesses to adapt to rising sea levels. Under the program, buildings that are prepared for the next few decades of sea level rise are identified as Sea Level Rise Ready™. Buildings that are not […]

Cutting Carbon to Save South Florida?

South Florida media loves talking about about sea level rise, and that’s a good thing. We need to continue to make educating the public on the effects of sea level rise a top priority. However, there’s an important distinction to make between local adaptation actions and global climate policy that needs to be discussed. An […]