FEMA recently designated 483 ‘Community Disaster Resilience Zones’ (CDRZ) across the country that will open up these areas to expanded opportunities for federal infrastructure and hazard mitigation funding. Community Disaster
The FHWA has a number of open funding opportunities which may be of interest. Applications are open for the first round the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s PROTECT Discretionary Grant Program. PROTECT
The University of Illinois Extension program has created a Disaster Planning Integration Toolkit. This resource enables rural communities to use an asset-based approach to developing their Community Development Resilience Plan
The NADO Research Foundation has curated a series of resources related to equity and regional economic development and planning that may be useful to RDOs on our NADO.org website.
The page includes examples of RDOs’ work, as well as resources on data, engagement, economic development, planning, transportation, and resources to shape policy and program design. It will be updated over time with more information.
A new analysis of 30,000 towns under 40,000 population identifies risks to evacuation from overcrowded roads or a lack of route options. From StreetLight Data, the analysis used anonymous cell
The Federal Highway Administration has released a new resource called Resilience in Transportation Planning, highlighting opportunities within the planning process to consider vulnerability of the transportation system to disruptions and
In 2011, two federally declared major disasters inundated central Pennsylvania towns and destroyed roads, rails, and bridges. With budgets already stretched thin and the threat of more frequent and intense storm events in the near future, the SEDA Council of Governments has undertaken a number of efforts to build resilience throughout their regional infrastructure networks.
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