Accelerating resiliency planning in communities across the Commonwealth
8/15/22: Press Release
9/21/22: Let’s Talk Environmental Justice at Get Downtown in Lynchburg
9/28/22: Neighborhoods Chosen for Lynchburg Rising: From Survival to Environmental Justice
4/5/23: Lynchburg Residents Share Strengths and Concerns About Their Communities
4/25/23: Lynchburg Rising Project Culminates at Race and Social Justice Conference
In this session, we will discuss how to engage and center the needs of the most vulnerable community members when developing climate resilience plans. We will share examples of community-driven plans that advance community…
So much is happening that it’s easy to miss something. This is our brief weekly highlight of a few things we’ve see happening across Virginia.
Resilient Virginia is officially launching a regional collaborative for Central and Southwest Virginia – the Resilient Virginia Collaborative Alliance (RVCA).
President Biden has taken a groundbreaking step in the nation’s response to climate change by directing the creation of the National Climate Resilience Framework. What does this framework mean for Virginia, and how can it help build resilience in the state?
This report identifies four relevant categories of actions that could be taken to promote resilience in non-coastal Virginia: community organizing, education initiatives, economic productivity, and improving access to resources.
After severe flooding in 2021 and 2022, Buchanan County applied for and received grant funding from the Community Flood Preparedness Fund to develop a Flood Resiliency Plan.