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.
Economic Opportunities for Community Resilience in Virginia
We chose to focus this year’s Resilient Virginia Conference on the numerous economic opportunities that currently exist for building community resilience in the state. Let’s be clear – businesses and communities will increasingly face risks in infrastructure damage, supply chain disruptions, and the toll on workers. However, by taking advantage of economic opportunities, they can begin to address the risks they are facing.
Resilience, Reality, and a Student’s Perspective
Resilience, Reality, and a Student’s Perspective – A student’s thoughts on the 2023 Resilient Virginia Conference: Economic Opportunities for Community Resilience
Lynchburg Rising Final Report
In 2022 and 2023, the Lynchburg Rising project, funded by the US Environmental Protection Agency Office of Environmental Justice , engaged historically disinvested neighborhoods in the City, which are disproportionately impacted by these hazards, to better understand their risks and to develop community capacity to address them.
Economic Opportunities for Community Resilience
There is no question that our communities are experiencing the impacts of change – change in climate; population shifts; technological advancements; displaced economies; to name a few. This coupled with aging infrastructure, lack of capacity to address these new challenges, and long-established inequities combine to reduce a community’s livelihood.
Lynchburg Rising Project Culminates at Race and Social Justice Conference
The Lynchburg Rising project concluded with the 7th Annual Race and Social Justice Conference. Resilient Virginia partnered with Many Voices One Community and the University of Lynchburg to host the conference and kicked off the conference with a Lynchburg Rising Roundtable Discussion.
Investing in Virginia’s Communities to Secure a Livable Future
When we invest our time, resources, and energy into addressing climate, social, and economic risks, this investment can positively impact communities for generations.
Lynchburg Residents Share Strengths and Concerns About Their Communities
As part of the Lynchburg Rising project, Resilient Virginia partnered with Sobis Inc and Leslie King Consulting to host neighborhood meetings in the Lynchburg neighborhoods of Diamond Hill, Fairview Heights, Tinbridge Hill, and White Rock Hill.
Earth Day 2023 Around Virginia
Saturday, April 22, 2023, is the 53rd year of observing Earth Day and many Virginia communities and organizations are celebrating across Virginia – some for the day, some for the week, and some for the month of April.
Creating Resilience Hubs for Community Safety
On December 15th, local and regional speakers will provide information about resilience hub initiatives and their benefit for community safety when disasters occur. This final Fall Resiliency Academy session is especially relevant for our communities as we deal with increased disruption from more frequent severe weather, flooding, and power outages.
Mitigating Climate Impacts with Forests, Farms, and Fields
Join us for a virtual event on November 17th to hear how communities can use forests, farms, and fields in their mitigation efforts.
Economic Opportunities for Community Resilience in Virginia
We chose to focus this year’s Resilient Virginia Conference on the numerous economic opportunities that currently exist for building community resilience in the state. Let’s be clear – businesses and communities will increasingly face risks in infrastructure damage, supply chain disruptions, and the toll on workers. However, by taking advantage of economic opportunities, they can begin to address the risks they are facing.
Resilience, Reality, and a Student’s Perspective
Resilience, Reality, and a Student’s Perspective – A student’s thoughts on the 2023 Resilient Virginia Conference: Economic Opportunities for Community Resilience
Lynchburg Rising Final Report
In 2022 and 2023, the Lynchburg Rising project, funded by the US Environmental Protection Agency Office of Environmental Justice , engaged historically disinvested neighborhoods in the City, which are disproportionately impacted by these hazards, to better understand their risks and to develop community capacity to address them.
Economic Opportunities for Community Resilience
There is no question that our communities are experiencing the impacts of change – change in climate; population shifts; technological advancements; displaced economies; to name a few. This coupled with aging infrastructure, lack of capacity to address these new challenges, and long-established inequities combine to reduce a community’s livelihood.
Lynchburg Rising Project Culminates at Race and Social Justice Conference
The Lynchburg Rising project concluded with the 7th Annual Race and Social Justice Conference. Resilient Virginia partnered with Many Voices One Community and the University of Lynchburg to host the conference and kicked off the conference with a Lynchburg Rising Roundtable Discussion.
Investing in Virginia’s Communities to Secure a Livable Future
When we invest our time, resources, and energy into addressing climate, social, and economic risks, this investment can positively impact communities for generations.
Lynchburg Residents Share Strengths and Concerns About Their Communities
As part of the Lynchburg Rising project, Resilient Virginia partnered with Sobis Inc and Leslie King Consulting to host neighborhood meetings in the Lynchburg neighborhoods of Diamond Hill, Fairview Heights, Tinbridge Hill, and White Rock Hill.
Earth Day 2023 Around Virginia
Saturday, April 22, 2023, is the 53rd year of observing Earth Day and many Virginia communities and organizations are celebrating across Virginia – some for the day, some for the week, and some for the month of April.
Creating Resilience Hubs for Community Safety
On December 15th, local and regional speakers will provide information about resilience hub initiatives and their benefit for community safety when disasters occur. This final Fall Resiliency Academy session is especially relevant for our communities as we deal with increased disruption from more frequent severe weather, flooding, and power outages.
Mitigating Climate Impacts with Forests, Farms, and Fields
Join us for a virtual event on November 17th to hear how communities can use forests, farms, and fields in their mitigation efforts.