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: 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: January 2022
Resilient Virginia News – Jan. 2022: Virginia Communities Deserve a Better Future; Jonah Fogel Joins Resilient Virginia’s Board of Directors; Spring Resiliency Academy – Save the Dates; Resilient Virginia – 2021 By The Numbers; The State of Climate and Resiliency Policy in Virginia; Shawn Talmadge Appointed New VDEM State Coordinator; National Climate Adaptation and Resilience Strategy Act; Regional Resilience Toolkit; Flood Resilience Checklist
Resilient Virginia News: October 2021
Resilient Virginia News – Oct. 2021: 2021 Resilient Virginia Conference Roundup; Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy Is Now Virginia Department of Energy; Governor Northam Announces $7.8 million in Community Flood Preparedness Grants; Two Virginia Scientists Selected for Prestigious Federal Role; Hogan, Northam Meet in Virginia Beach to Announce Climate Change Directive; Albermarle County Supports Climate Risk Assessment for Resiliency Planning; Fairfax County Undertakes Long-Term Resiliency Process; more.
Resilient Virginia News: April 2021
Resilient Virginia News – Apr. 2021: Resilient Virginia in 2021: Moving from Recovery to Resilience; The 2021 General Assembly Roundup; Study on Resilient Infrastructure Recommendations; Richmond and Martinsville Resiliency Actions; Clean Energy Development; more.
Resilient Virginia News: December 2020
Resilient Virginia News – Dec. 2020: Retrospective on 2020; Looking Ahead to 2021; Virginia Coastal Resilience Master Plan Announced; Virginia Coastal Policy Center’s Fall Webinar Series 2020; Virginia Clean Energy Summit and the Path to Decarbonization; Local Resiliency Actions Around the State; National Economic Transition Platform Supports Exit From Coal-Driven Economies; more.
Resilient Virginia News: September 2020
Resilient Virginia News – Sept. 2020: Resilient Academy Webinar Series; Annual Meeting Recap; Annette Osso Receives Award; Local Resiliency Actions Around the State; New Congressional Climate Resilience Reports; Proposed Federal Legislation Supports Resiliency; 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: January 2022
Resilient Virginia News – Jan. 2022: Virginia Communities Deserve a Better Future; Jonah Fogel Joins Resilient Virginia’s Board of Directors; Spring Resiliency Academy – Save the Dates; Resilient Virginia – 2021 By The Numbers; The State of Climate and Resiliency Policy in Virginia; Shawn Talmadge Appointed New VDEM State Coordinator; National Climate Adaptation and Resilience Strategy Act; Regional Resilience Toolkit; Flood Resilience Checklist
Resilient Virginia News: October 2021
Resilient Virginia News – Oct. 2021: 2021 Resilient Virginia Conference Roundup; Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy Is Now Virginia Department of Energy; Governor Northam Announces $7.8 million in Community Flood Preparedness Grants; Two Virginia Scientists Selected for Prestigious Federal Role; Hogan, Northam Meet in Virginia Beach to Announce Climate Change Directive; Albermarle County Supports Climate Risk Assessment for Resiliency Planning; Fairfax County Undertakes Long-Term Resiliency Process; more.
Resilient Virginia News: April 2021
Resilient Virginia News – Apr. 2021: Resilient Virginia in 2021: Moving from Recovery to Resilience; The 2021 General Assembly Roundup; Study on Resilient Infrastructure Recommendations; Richmond and Martinsville Resiliency Actions; Clean Energy Development; more.
Resilient Virginia News: December 2020
Resilient Virginia News – Dec. 2020: Retrospective on 2020; Looking Ahead to 2021; Virginia Coastal Resilience Master Plan Announced; Virginia Coastal Policy Center’s Fall Webinar Series 2020; Virginia Clean Energy Summit and the Path to Decarbonization; Local Resiliency Actions Around the State; National Economic Transition Platform Supports Exit From Coal-Driven Economies; more.
Resilient Virginia News: September 2020
Resilient Virginia News – Sept. 2020: Resilient Academy Webinar Series; Annual Meeting Recap; Annette Osso Receives Award; Local Resiliency Actions Around the State; New Congressional Climate Resilience Reports; Proposed Federal Legislation Supports Resiliency; more.