Flood Survivor: Krystal Holmes
by RainReady
Apr 26 2017 - 11:42am
Until recently, Krystal Holmes thought that the constant flooding in the basement of her newly constructed Robbins home was due to an underground river or a well. “I can hear water flowing beneath my house from here,” Ms. Holmes says, from her upper story living room.
The... more
RainReady Receives CCBJ 2016 Business Achievement Award!
by RainReady
Jan 31 2017 - 12:18pm
RainReady receved the CCBJ 2016 Business Achievement Award in the NGO category. They wrote: The RainReady program of the Center for Neighborhood Technology for catalyzing legislation and municipal action to prevent flood damage in Cook County, Ill., and for... more
Flood Survivor: Bob Evans
by RainReady
Jan 12 2017 - 2:37pm
The Evans' moved into their Dolton home in 1985. Mr. and Mrs. Evans raised their children in this home. These days, the home is where they spoil their grandchildren. Until 2012, they had only flooded one time. That flood followed a particularly bad storm, and affected nearly everyone in... more
Flood Survivor: Peggy Scott
by RainReady
Nov 21 2016 - 3:08pm
Peggy Scott and her son watched as water gushed like a fountain from her basement drains. She was sad, but unsurprised. When she first bought her home in 1994, no one told Ms. Scott about the flooding. Yet during every big storm since she first moved in, she finds water seeping... more
RainReady Home breaks ground
by Harriet Festing
Oct 26 2016 - 6:11pm
Cost-sharing for rain readiness
Famous for its architecture, including the world’s largest concentration of architecture designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and other progressive architects, Oak Park, IL is now also home to CNT/RainReady’s first cost-share initiative for rain... more
Flood Survivor: Lili Juskevice
by RainReady
Oct 11 2016 - 10:44am
When Lili Juskevice bought her two-story stucco home, she never imagined that she’d spend the next 14 years fighting sewage and seepage in her basement. But she has. At times, it’s gotten so bad that after she and her daughter mopped up the muck, they immediately got sick. Now that... more
ASCE's Game Changers Award
by Harriet Festing
Sep 20 2016 - 4:19pm
We are honored to share the news that RainReady Midlothian has been designated as one of 15 new Infrastructure Game Changers by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The new Game Changers are “groundbreaking infrastructure projects that represent the latest trends in... more
RainReady earns praise of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
by Burrell Poe
Aug 30 2016 - 11:12am
The MWRD Board of Commissioners has honored CNT leaders and staff with a resolution at the August meeting following news that CNT's RainReady program had been recognized this summer with the Association of State Floodplain Managers' 2016 James Lee Witt Award for Excellence in... more
Flood Survivor: Catrina Farr
by Adrienne Samuels Gibbs
Aug 20 2016 - 1:20pm
Catrina Farr is one of the lucky ones. Two years ago, the Calumet City resident was able to come up with the $6,900 needed to install an overhead sewer system at her home. She also paid to have her basement retarred around the exterior perimeter, a method some homeowners use to stop seepage.... more
RainReady at the White House!
by Harriet Festing
Aug 1 2016 - 11:35am
RainReady at the White House!
I am delighted to be presenting RainReady at the White House Forum on Smart Finance for Disaster Resilience. The event is next week - August 3rd. The forum will discuss innovative finance options to help flood victims with pre-disaster mitigation. ... more