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Designate the flood zone as green space that can be used for trails and recreation or to augment small scale agriculture or flood water retention.
Top: Buildings at Old Town (Unsplash, Ryan Ledbetter, 2021) Bottom, from left to right: Electric bus (DASH), construction, bikes and trolleys (City of Alexandria), and rooftop solar installation (Unsplash, Bill Mead, 2022)
