Building a Resilient Downtown | Orleans' Ecological Infrastructure Project (S3, 09)

Orleans: Behind the Scenes · May 28, 2026 · 23m

What does it take to make Downtown Orleans more resilient to flooding, water quality threats, and a changing climate?

We sit down with Elizabeth Jenkins from the Town's Planningand Community Development department along with Peter Flinker and Nate Burgess from landscape architecture firm Dodson & Flinker to find out - and along the way, we uncover some surprising local history.

In this episode:

• The difference between ecological, green, and grey infrastructure

• Why saltmarshes are one of Orleans' most important climate defenses

• The buried story of Jeremiah's Gutter - the Cape's first…