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The Smart Growth Network’s June quarterly discussion explored how communities are using infrastructure to prepare for extreme weather. Participants learned about a community-led resilience hub and a stormwater credit trading program to promote green infrastructure in Washington, DC, and a holistic flood resilience project in Kansas City, MO. The panel at the center of this discussion looked at how communities are using infrastructure to prepare for extreme weather. Moderated by Lindsay Brugger, vice president of resilience at ULI, the panel included Matt Johnson, a Supervisory Environmental Protection Specialist at Washington, DC’s Department of Energy and the Environment (DOEE), Dr. Estelle-Marie Montgomery, Executive Director of the FH Faunteroy Center & Resilience Incubator, and Andy Sauer, National Stormwater Management Practice Leader at engineering firm Burns & McDonnell.