In 2007, Dubuque, Iowa hosted a Sustainable Design Assessmyent Team (SDAT) to look at a number of issues ranging from smart growth and sustainable development to stormwater management and flood mitigation. Ten years later, the city is seeing the outcomes of its implementation work. Between 1999 and 2011, the city was subject to six presidential disaster declarations as repeated flooding events occurred in the Bee Branch Creek Watershed. Today, the city is celebrating the opening of the Bee Branch Creek Greenway, “one of several infrastructure improvements Dubuque is making as part of the multi-phased Bee Branch Watershed Flood Mitigation Project to address severe and frequent flash flooding in the Bee Branch Watershed. It features a 1,938-foot long creek and floodplain, a multi-use trail system, amphitheater, urban orchard and garden, spillway, scenic overlooks, bio-infiltration swales, rain garden boardwalk, permeable parking lot, several benches and seating areas, and a play area with slides.” The project received $98.5 million from the Iowa Flood Mitigation Board and $31.5 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the Bee Branch Healthy Homes Resiliency Program and stormwater infrastructure improvements. When combined with other state and federal grants and local donations, the City has received $160 million to help fund the $219 million project. At this year’s U.S. Conference of Mayors’ meeting, Mayor Roy D. Buol was awarded an Outstanding Achievement Award for the Bee Branch Watershed Flood Mitigation Project during the City Livability Awards Program. For more information about the project, including a short film describing the issues and its impact, go to http://www.cityofdubuque.org/1812/Bee-Branch-Watershed-Flood-Mitigation-Pr