{"id":7256,"date":"2021-09-02T11:42:39","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T15:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/?p=7256"},"modified":"2022-11-03T09:46:05","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T13:46:05","slug":"eckerd-college-grant-living-shoreline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/blog\/eckerd-college-grant-living-shoreline\/","title":{"rendered":"Eckerd College receives $150,000 grant to create living shoreline"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; row_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; row_border_radius_applies=&#8221;bg&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; column_element_spacing=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; border_type=&#8221;simple&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;] [image_with_animation image_url=&#8221;7257&#8243; animation=&#8221;Fade In&#8221; hover_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; alignment=&#8221;&#8221; border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; box_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; image_loading=&#8221;default&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width_mobile=&#8221;default&#8221;][vc_column_text]<em>Eckerd College students sit along the seawall next to the Omega residence hall. 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In Phases 1 and 2, activities are to design and acquire permits for a total of 1,230 linear feet of shoreline reconstruction along the campus\u2019s seawall on Boca Ciega Bay. Phase 3 activities include demolishing 400 linear feet of seawall and replacing it with native vegetation and a gradually sloped shoreline up to a raised sidewalk along Frenchman\u2019s Creek between the Gamma and Omega Residence Hall complexes, across from Pinellas County\u2019s Maximo Park.<\/p>\n<p>Later, on the western portion, the seawall will be removed and replaced with a tiered seawall with native plantings.<\/p>\n<p>According to the proposal, student volunteers will be responsible for a minimum of 240 hours of community service cleaning up the seawall and surrounding area to prepare for demolition and installation. 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Complementing the positive environmental and aesthetic impacts of parting ways with sections of aging seawall is an academic component for Eckerd students. Eight faculty members from four disciplines have committed to integrating the living shoreline construction into their curricula during the 24-month project period\u2014including Sherry, who teaches Introduction to Environmental Studies, Green Design and Sustainable Cities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy expertise is sustainability, architecture and urban planning\u2014this stuff,\u201d Sherry says. \u201cI\u2019m very interested in the design process and hope to have the designer come as a guest speaker to my class. This is an important conversation to have about the sustainability of cities amidst the challenges of sea level rise. 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