Accelerating resiliency planning in communities across the Commonwealth
The Urban Forestry Toolkit was designed by Vibrant Cities Lab – a collaboration between the U.S. Forest Service, American Forests, and National Association of Regional Councils – to provide a step-by-step guide communities can use to implement urban forestry. The guide includes 7 stages with 17 steps that will take a community through the process from start to finish.
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.