Resilient Virginia News

Collaborating for a Resilient Future: RVCA Launches Priority-Setting Workshop Series in Harrisonburg

On April 8, more than two dozen professionals, extension specialists, and regional stakeholders came together at the Harrisonburg Innovation Hub to kick off the Spring 2025 Resilient Virginia Collaborative Alliance (RVCA) Priority-Setting Workshop Series. This inaugural session marked a significant step forward in building a shared vision for climate resilience across Central and Southwest Virginia.

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Collaborating for a Resilient Future: RVCA Launches Priority-Setting Workshop Series in Harrisonburg

On April 8, more than two dozen professionals, extension specialists, and regional stakeholders came together at the Harrisonburg Innovation Hub to kick off the Spring 2025 Resilient Virginia Collaborative Alliance (RVCA) Priority-Setting Workshop Series. This inaugural session marked a significant step forward in building a shared vision for climate resilience across Central and Southwest Virginia.

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The Resilience Calendar

  • Extreme Weather Events and Insurance: Insurance as Adaptation
    Date: December 12, 2025
    Location: Virtual

    This NASEM webinar will address insurance more broadly as a form of adaptation, and the limits to insurance in terms of spreading risk and risk reduction, its business model, and resilience for individuals and…

  • Spotlight On the Virginia Climate Assessment
    Date: December 12, 2025
    Location: Virtual

    Join Dr. James Kinter of George Mason University for an in-depth look at the newly released Virginia Climate Assessment!

    Learn more and register here.

  • Designing Adequate Public Facilities Ordinances (APFOs) for Sustainable Growth
    Date: December 15, 2025
    Location: Virtual

    The Maryland Department of Planning is presenting a webinar, “Designing Adequate Public Facilities Ordinances (APFOs) for Sustainable Growth”. APFOs ensure that infrastructure and community facilities can keep pace with growth, but if not designed…

  • Managing Forests as Habitat in a Changing World
    Date: December 16, 2025
    Location: Virtual

    This 12-part monthly webinar series will feature interactive panel discussions that explore shifting impacts on forest habitats and adaptation options for natural resources management. Panels will represent a diversity of scientists and natural resource…

Latest News & Resources

Introducing the Resilience Foundations Certificate: Empowering Practitioners to Build a More Resilient Commonwealth

Virginia is facing growing challenges from sea-level rise, recurrent flooding, extreme heat, and economic disruption—making coordinated resilience planning more essential than ever.
Beginning in 2026, Resilient Virginia will launch the Resilience Foundations Certificate Program, a first-of-its-kind professional development initiative that brings together leaders from government, business, academia, and community organizations to advance systems-level resilience across the Commonwealth.

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Resilient Virginia News: Fall 2025

The Power of Partnership … Spotlight On Webinar Series … Resilience Certificate Survey … Interactive StoryMaps Advance Climate Equity … RVCA Updates … Tackling Emerging Contaminants Water Technical Assistance … Closing America’s Wastewater Access Gap Initiative … Firewise Virginia Community Hazard Mitigation Grant Program … more.

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Where Data Meets Story: Mapping Equity in Virginia

VCU RISE has launched interactive StoryMaps to highlight environmental justice issues in Charles City County, Emporia, and Richmond. Learn how these equity-focused tools blend local data, maps, and community stories to support planning, resource access, and climate resilience.

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The Power of Partnership: What It Means to Be a State Affiliate of ASBN

Resilient Virginia has joined the American Sustainable Business Network (ASBN) as a proud state affiliate—connecting our local work to a powerful national movement for a just, equitable, and sustainable economy. This partnership gives us—and our members—greater access to resources, national campaigns, funding opportunities, and a stronger policy voice. Learn how this affiliation is helping us scale impact and drive sustainable change across Virginia.

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