Rebuilding Smart From Sandy

EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT of the 2600 homes in Union Beach, New Jersey were flooded during Superstorm Sandy, and hundreds of them had to be demolished. “The day after the storm, I came and saw the total devastation of this community,” said Jennifer Wenson Maier, Borough Administrator and founder of GRID partner Rebuilding Union Beach. “After the initial shock, my first thought was: what an enormous opportunity to rebuild smart.” Since we launched in New York in 2013, we’ve been helping communities rebuid smart from Union Beach to Far Rockaway, Queens to Long Island.