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Challenges and Opportunities to Building Resilience in Virginia’s Communities

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Challenges and Opportunities to Building Resilience in Virginia’s Communities

Home » Publications and Media » Resilient Virginia Publications » Challenges and Opportunities to Building Resilience in Virginia’s Communities

Challenges and Opportunities to Building Resilience in Virginia’s CommunitiesAt Resilient Virginia, we update our strategic plan every 5 years. To inform the development of our 2022-2027 strategic plan, we held listening sessions in October and November of 2021 with our four key constituencies: government agencies, nonprofits, private sector companies, and educational institutions.

Our Government listening session included mostly local representatives from across the state.

Read the report.

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