Design decisions for buildings and communities are critical to efforts to increase local and regional resiliency. Building designers — of residential, institutional, and commercial structures — should strive to incorporate passive and active survivability concepts into new and renovated structures.
Community planners and developers need to incorporate concepts that increase the capacity to maintain transportation flow, strategies to handle water management, and infrastructure approaches that will withstand a variety of risks.
Resilient Virginia News: Summer 2024
Annual Meeting; Fall Events; Program and Project Updates; Board of Directors Updates; Resources and Funding; National Heat Strategy; Share Your Flood Story; Climate Change Indicators in the U.S.; DOT Climate Change Center Webinar Series; EPA’s Meaningful Engagement Policy; Community Change Grants; Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program; ‘Build to Scale’ Funding Opportunity; An Unlikely Defense During Heat Waves: Food Banks; more.
Resilient Virginia News: Spring 2024
Creating a Climate-Ready Virginia; Program and Project Updates; Board of Directors Updates;
Resources and Funding; EJ TCTACS; Solar for All; USDA Grants and Loans; FEMA National; Resilience Guidance; National Climate Resilience Framework; MARISA Tools; All Hazard Mitigation Planning Program; Charlottesville, Virginia Shows How Small Cities Can take a Lead on Zero-Emissions Public Transit; Rural Universities Experiment with ‘Innovation Hubs’; FEMA Announces $300 Million to Strengthen Community Resilience to Flooding; Biden-Harris Administration Invests $4.55 Million for Community Heat Resilience Through Investing in America Agenda; more.
Resilient Virginia News: Winter 2024
Spring 2024 Resiliency Academy | Program and Project Updates | Understanding the Intersection of Climate Risk, Food System Resilience, and Racial Equity | Community Change Grants Program | State of Clean Energy | Pathways to Resilient Communities: Infrastructure Designed for the Environmental Hazards in Your Region | Virginia Flood Resilience Funding Outreach Assessment | Journal of Disaster Studies | Resilient Virginia Resources | Muted: Climate Marginalization in America | Sinking Land on East Coast Threatens Critical Infrastructure | As the Number of American Farms and Farmers Declines, Agriculture Secretary Urges Climate Action to Reverse the Trend | 2023’s Billion-Dollar Disasters List Shattered the US Record with 28 Big Weather and Climate Disasters Amid Earth’s Hottest Year on Record
Resilient Virginia News: Fall 2023
Collaborative Alliance for Central and Southwest Virginia + Funding Hub + Program and Project Updates + Listening Session + Strengthening Virginia’s Communities + EPA IRA Community Change Grants Program + Coastal Resilience Web Explorer + NOAA Restoration Atlas + GMU Local Climate Action Planning Initiative + MARISA Data, Tools, and Climate Adaptation Resources + Resilient Virginia Resources + Resilience News + The Fifth National Climate Assessment + Small Communities, Big Challenges: Rural Environmental Public Health Needs Prize Competition + Communities LEAP Cohort 2 + Unpacking Biden’s Climate Framework + more
Resilient Virginia News: Summer 2023
Economic Opportunities for Community Resilience + 2023 Conference Summary + Resilience, Reality, and a Student’s Perspective + Join us at Roanoke’s Prepareathon + USDA to Invest $9.7 Million in Rural Virginia Infrastructure and Community Services + Abingdon, Bluefield receive state grants for revitalization projects + Conservation Groups Sue to Keep Virginia in RGGI Program + Wildfire-Preparation Tactics Every Community Should Consider + more
Resilient Virginia News: Spring 2023
2023 Conference: Economic Opportunities for Community Resilience; Lynchburg Rising Project Culminates at Race and Social Justice Conference; Website Relaunch + The Resilient Virginia Resource Hub; Resilient Virginia Joins MARISA Year 8 Advisory Committee; State and Local News; Resources and Funding; more.
Resilient Virginia News: Winter 2023
2022 Year in Review; VADOT Resilience Plan; Climate-Proof Towns; Community Flood Preparedness Fund Grant Awards; Economic Development Funding; Events; more.
Resilient Virginia News: Fall 2022
Fall Resiliency Academy; Don’t Let Virginia Fall Behind; Virginia Tech CLiGS Students Help With Shaping Our Collaborative Alliance; Environmental Justice in Lynchburg; Virginia Tech Receives Record $80 Million Grant to Help Farmers Implement Climate-Smart Practices; Electric School Bus Success in Rural Virginia: Louisa County Public Schools; More Than $4 Million in Federal Funds to Southwest Virginia; Virginia Opens 30-Day Comment Period on Two Key Coastal Resilience Documents State and Local News; National and International News; Resources and Funding.
Resilient Virginia News: Summer 2022
Annual Meeting Recap; Environmental Justice in Lynchburg; Preparing to Work in the Adaptation Field; Fall 2022 Resiliency Academy – We Need Your Input; Albemarle County Publishes Climate Vulnerability and Risk Assessment; RGGI Delivers Benefits to Address Flooding and Reduce Costs for Low-income Families; Was it Really ‘all hands on deck’ for Rural Virginia?; Randolph Solar Granted Land Use Permit; more.
Resilient Virginia News: April 2022
Resilient Virginia News – April 2022: Partnering with Universities for Greater Resilience; Curtis Brown Joins Resilient Virginia’s Board of Directors; Charlottesville’s Climate Action Plan; Richmond’s Climate Equity Plan; UVA ERI Climate Restoration Initiative; Solar Fund for Appalachia Awards First Grant; Global Assessment Risk on Disaster Risk Reduction; IPCC Finalizes Third Part of the Sixth Assessment Report; TetraTech Wins Six Climate Change and Environmental Industry Awards; Environmental Racism: A Tool for Exploring the Enduring Legacy of Redlining on Urban Environments; Virginia Coastal Resilience Web Explorer; Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) Funding in Virginia 2022; more.
Resilient Virginia News: Summer 2024
Annual Meeting; Fall Events; Program and Project Updates; Board of Directors Updates; Resources and Funding; National Heat Strategy; Share Your Flood Story; Climate Change Indicators in the U.S.; DOT Climate Change Center Webinar Series; EPA’s Meaningful Engagement Policy; Community Change Grants; Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program; ‘Build to Scale’ Funding Opportunity; An Unlikely Defense During Heat Waves: Food Banks; more.
Resilient Virginia News: Spring 2024
Creating a Climate-Ready Virginia; Program and Project Updates; Board of Directors Updates;
Resources and Funding; EJ TCTACS; Solar for All; USDA Grants and Loans; FEMA National; Resilience Guidance; National Climate Resilience Framework; MARISA Tools; All Hazard Mitigation Planning Program; Charlottesville, Virginia Shows How Small Cities Can take a Lead on Zero-Emissions Public Transit; Rural Universities Experiment with ‘Innovation Hubs’; FEMA Announces $300 Million to Strengthen Community Resilience to Flooding; Biden-Harris Administration Invests $4.55 Million for Community Heat Resilience Through Investing in America Agenda; more.
Resilient Virginia News: Winter 2024
Spring 2024 Resiliency Academy | Program and Project Updates | Understanding the Intersection of Climate Risk, Food System Resilience, and Racial Equity | Community Change Grants Program | State of Clean Energy | Pathways to Resilient Communities: Infrastructure Designed for the Environmental Hazards in Your Region | Virginia Flood Resilience Funding Outreach Assessment | Journal of Disaster Studies | Resilient Virginia Resources | Muted: Climate Marginalization in America | Sinking Land on East Coast Threatens Critical Infrastructure | As the Number of American Farms and Farmers Declines, Agriculture Secretary Urges Climate Action to Reverse the Trend | 2023’s Billion-Dollar Disasters List Shattered the US Record with 28 Big Weather and Climate Disasters Amid Earth’s Hottest Year on Record
Resilient Virginia News: Fall 2023
Collaborative Alliance for Central and Southwest Virginia + Funding Hub + Program and Project Updates + Listening Session + Strengthening Virginia’s Communities + EPA IRA Community Change Grants Program + Coastal Resilience Web Explorer + NOAA Restoration Atlas + GMU Local Climate Action Planning Initiative + MARISA Data, Tools, and Climate Adaptation Resources + Resilient Virginia Resources + Resilience News + The Fifth National Climate Assessment + Small Communities, Big Challenges: Rural Environmental Public Health Needs Prize Competition + Communities LEAP Cohort 2 + Unpacking Biden’s Climate Framework + more
Resilient Virginia News: Summer 2023
Economic Opportunities for Community Resilience + 2023 Conference Summary + Resilience, Reality, and a Student’s Perspective + Join us at Roanoke’s Prepareathon + USDA to Invest $9.7 Million in Rural Virginia Infrastructure and Community Services + Abingdon, Bluefield receive state grants for revitalization projects + Conservation Groups Sue to Keep Virginia in RGGI Program + Wildfire-Preparation Tactics Every Community Should Consider + more
Resilient Virginia News: Spring 2023
2023 Conference: Economic Opportunities for Community Resilience; Lynchburg Rising Project Culminates at Race and Social Justice Conference; Website Relaunch + The Resilient Virginia Resource Hub; Resilient Virginia Joins MARISA Year 8 Advisory Committee; State and Local News; Resources and Funding; more.
Resilient Virginia News: Winter 2023
2022 Year in Review; VADOT Resilience Plan; Climate-Proof Towns; Community Flood Preparedness Fund Grant Awards; Economic Development Funding; Events; more.
Resilient Virginia News: Fall 2022
Fall Resiliency Academy; Don’t Let Virginia Fall Behind; Virginia Tech CLiGS Students Help With Shaping Our Collaborative Alliance; Environmental Justice in Lynchburg; Virginia Tech Receives Record $80 Million Grant to Help Farmers Implement Climate-Smart Practices; Electric School Bus Success in Rural Virginia: Louisa County Public Schools; More Than $4 Million in Federal Funds to Southwest Virginia; Virginia Opens 30-Day Comment Period on Two Key Coastal Resilience Documents State and Local News; National and International News; Resources and Funding.
Resilient Virginia News: Summer 2022
Annual Meeting Recap; Environmental Justice in Lynchburg; Preparing to Work in the Adaptation Field; Fall 2022 Resiliency Academy – We Need Your Input; Albemarle County Publishes Climate Vulnerability and Risk Assessment; RGGI Delivers Benefits to Address Flooding and Reduce Costs for Low-income Families; Was it Really ‘all hands on deck’ for Rural Virginia?; Randolph Solar Granted Land Use Permit; more.
Resilient Virginia News: April 2022
Resilient Virginia News – April 2022: Partnering with Universities for Greater Resilience; Curtis Brown Joins Resilient Virginia’s Board of Directors; Charlottesville’s Climate Action Plan; Richmond’s Climate Equity Plan; UVA ERI Climate Restoration Initiative; Solar Fund for Appalachia Awards First Grant; Global Assessment Risk on Disaster Risk Reduction; IPCC Finalizes Third Part of the Sixth Assessment Report; TetraTech Wins Six Climate Change and Environmental Industry Awards; Environmental Racism: A Tool for Exploring the Enduring Legacy of Redlining on Urban Environments; Virginia Coastal Resilience Web Explorer; Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) Funding in Virginia 2022; more.
