There are eight neighborhoods included in Phase 1: 

• Dorsey-Riverbend
• Durrs
• Edgewood
• Melrose Manors/Riverland
• Progresso Village
• River Oaks
• Southeast Isles
• Victoria Park

The status of each neighborhood can be found within the monthly Fortify Lauderdale newsletter at www.fortlauderdale.gov/fortifylauderdale.  

Resilience is the ability to prepare for natural disasters, adjust to changes and recover from disruptions. Building resilience requires teamwork between the City and property owners (private resilience). 

As part of Fortify Lauderdale, the City hired a consultant to review private resiliency programs from other communities and states as well as on the federal level. The consultant will also speak with homeowners, business owners and developers about challenges to improving private resiliency. Finally, the consultant will create guides to aid both residential and commercial property owners in strengthening their private resilience. 

• Visit www.fortlauderdale.gov/fortifylauderdale where you’ll find monthly newsletters, presentations and project updates. 

• Attend a Neighborhood Public Outreach Meeting. You can find scheduled meetings on the Fortify Lauderdale website. Don’t worry if you missed your neighborhood meeting! All meetings are open to the public and will provide information about the overall program. 

• If you have further questions, you can submit them through FixIt FTL using the “Fortify Lauderdale Inquiry” category. 

Neighborhood outreach meetings will continue into early 2025. In early 2025, the findings from these meetings, along with conceptual designs for all Phase 2 projects, will be presented to the City Commission. Design work for the first set of projects will also begin in early 2025. 

There will be additional opportunities for community input when project designs are developed and when construction starts. These meetings will follow a similar format to the initial neighborhood outreach sessions and will be posted on the Fortify Lauderdale website.