Resources for Resiliency
OVERVIEW
Beginning in March 2020, the world endured the worst pandemic in 100 years, a record number of tropical storms, massive flooding throughout the globe, massive wildfires in California and other western states, and freezing temperatures that crippled almost all of the State of Teas. The impacts of these events can be overwhelming to local and regional economies and must be dealt with, raising the issue of community and regional resilience. For economic development organizations and professionals, economic resilience is no longer a luxury-it is a core need to respond when prospective and resident industry inquire about disaster risk.
Recognizing this need, the Yuba-Sutter Economic Development Corporation (YSEDC) successfully obtained a grant from the US Economic Development Administration (EDA) to help communities in Yuba and Sutter Counties recover from COVID19 and increase their resilience, particularly economic resilience. YSEDC then contracted with the International Sustainable Resilience Center, Inc. (ISRC) to provide a comprehensive analysis and action agenda for both pandemic recovery and overall economic resiliency.
This resource guide was developed to provide a reference source for the region to explore resources and information to put resiliency into action. This guide is not about taking a position on climate change. It is about giving communities the tools to deal with ongoing disasters of all types, including natural, pandemic, industrial, acts of terror, and the newest threat, cyber-incidents.
This guide is a mixture of reports and reference guides designed to provide both direction and information on taking resilient actions. There are nine individual resources and most contain more detailed summaries for quick reference to their contents.
