Two living shoreline projects demonstrate the power of resilient capital stacks
In Maryland’s coastal town of Crisfield, a $36 million flood mitigation initiative stalled after April 2025, when the Trump Administration terminated FEMA funding and attempted to reclaim disaster-mitigation resources nationwide.
However, up the coast in South Baltimore, a comparable project that received the same FEMA grant continues moving forward despite federal funding reductions. This contrast reveals important lessons about financing local climate-resilient infrastructure.
Through HIP Investor’s guest series exploring funding strategies for climate action, this piece compares these two shoreline projects to demonstrate how diversified capital sources help communities withstand financial disruptions that single-source funding cannot weather.
