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Explore ideas, lessons, news, and stories that highlight resilience work, emerging priorities, and opportunities across the Commonwealth.
Updates & Announcements
Updates on programs, projects, partnerships, events, and opportunities from across our work.
Making Connections at WaterJAM 2026
Resilient Virginia connected with attendees at WaterJAM 2026 to share programs, services, and opportunities for advancing community resilience across the Commonwealth. Board leaders and staff welcomed conversations about local challenges, partnerships, and ways to support more resilient communities.
Resilient Virginia Releases Regional Resilience Roadmap
Resilient Virginia has released the first Regional Resilience Roadmap for Central and Southwest Virginia, marking the culmination of nearly three years of research and engagement with regional leaders and residents. The Roadmap highlights the region’s key strengths and challenges while offering actionable strategies to help communities address emerging risks and build long-term resilience.
Identifying and Reducing Hazard Pathways
Resilient Virginia will host the second session of its 2026 Resiliency Academy webinar series on April 16 from 12:00–1:30 p.m. ET. Titled “From Change to Impact: Identifying and Reducing Hazard Pathways,” the session will continue building participants’ knowledge and skills to better understand and strengthen resilience across social, ecological, and community systems.
Resilience Journal
Ideas, lessons, and stories from resilience work across Virginia.
The Resilience Journal explores the people, partnerships, challenges, and approaches shaping whole-community resilience across the Commonwealth. Articles share practical lessons, emerging ideas, and examples that can help communities and practitioners learn from one another.
What It Took to Build a Regional Resilience Roadmap — and Why It Matters Now
What does it take to build resilience where challenges are interconnected and resources limited? This Insight shares the story behind the Regional Resilience Roadmap.
Resilient Virginia to Host Webinar on Regional Resilience Roadmap for Central and Southwest Virginia
Resilient Virginia will host an upcoming webinar, “Spotlight On the Regional Resilience Roadmap for Central and Southwest Virginia,” on April 2, 2026, at 12:00 p.m. ET.
Resilience Foundations Certificate Program — Spring 2026 Cohort
Resilient Virginia announces the launch of its Spring 2026 cohort for the Resilience Foundations Certificate Program, a 12-week professional development experience designed to equip leaders with the knowledge and tools needed to advance resilience across the Commonwealth.
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Featured Publications
Explore reports, roadmaps, briefs, and other resources developed through Resilient Virginia’s work and partnerships.
The Regional Resilience Roadmap for Central and Southwest Virginia provides a shared framework for guiding long-term investment, collaboration, and action across the region. Developed with local governments, businesses, community organizations, and residents, the roadmap identifies top priorities, key challenges, and ongoing resilience efforts.
Strengthening Critical Infrastructure for Equity and Resilience: Findings from the Environmental Justice Data Project examines how severe weather, disaster, and environmental hazards affect historically underserved communities, including communities located near critical infrastructure.
The report combines community and technical data to make disparities more visible and develop information that could support resilience planning, funding, and more equitable decision-making.
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The Virginia Energy Resilience Study: Summary of Findings & Planning Tools synthesizes key findings from community assessments, stakeholder engagement, and engineering analyses across ten Virginia localities. The report highlights vulnerabilities affecting essential services and households during prolonged power outages, explores proposed resilience solutions, and summarizes common implementation challenges. It also introduces the Community Energy Resilience Scoring Tool and accompanying Planning Guide, explaining how communities can use these resources to assess preparedness, identify gaps, and prioritize improvements.
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Inspiring Change
Insights from Community Leaders on Resilience
"Collective effort is essential in building a resilient community. Together, we can overcome the challenges we face and lead the way towards a brighter future."