BRS Projects

Virtual Public Engagement

BRS, Inc. worked with EPA’s Office of Community Revitalization using the Regional Resilience Toolkit through the Building Blocks Program in four projects to help multiple jurisdictions come together to identify shared natural disaster risks and a common action plan for the region. Through virtual workshops, BRS and EPA supported communities and their partners as they set resilience goals, prioritize assets to protect, and develop resilience strategies and funding plans.

BRS’s Role:

• Provide direct technical assistance to four(4) regions using the EPA and FEMA Regional Resilience Toolkit;
• Create a set of actionable steps that a region can take to further resilience to natural disasters in their region;
• Stimulate a dialogue about disaster resilience in communities;
• Strengthen local capacity to implement resilience actions; and
• Provide information that will lead to change in local policies and procedures to mitigate impacts from natural disasters.

In addition to supporting the workshop partners, BRS, Inc. facilitated the virtual workshop delivery through zoom and developed project webpages to share materials and support additional engagement.