The Colorado Resiliency Office’s (CRO) goal is to support a long-term adaptable and vibrant future for all Coloradans by building stronger, safer, and more resilient systems in the face of natural disasters and other shocks and stressors. Here you will find a variety of tools, resources, and information to help empower your community to become more resilient in the face of changing conditions.
Resilient Communities
Resilient communities can adapt and thrive in the face of any disruptions. Our CRO staff are experts in adaptation and resilience, and we are here to assist with any questions your community may have.
Resilient Recovery
To be resilient, it is important for local communities to consider recovery before an event happens to better ensure access to resources and support can be in place to help recover more quickly and effectively.
Join the Next Event
The CRO hosts trainings, workshops, webinars, and events to help Colorado communities build their own capacity. We invite you to sign up today and participate in an upcoming event.
Who is the CRO?
The CRO helps communities increase their adaptive capacity through resiliency planning.
The Colorado Resiliency Office (CRO), part of the Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) Division of Local Government, helps communities understand the shocks and stresses they face, make connections across sectors to leverage resources and ideas, develop solutions that address multiple challenges, and build adaptability and preparedness into plans. We coordinate and collaborate across State agencies and with local, state, federal, private, and non-governmental partners to ensure that Colorado communities are resilient to disruptions and adapt to changing environmental, social, and economic conditions.
Programs
Resilient communities are able to adapt and thrive no matter what disruptions they face. CRO staff are experts in the fields of adaptation and resilience. We offer a range of support for local training and technical assistance services.
The Roadmap Program offers communities an opportunity to work together to support diversifying and strengthening their economies while building their region’s resiliency.
Prosperity is a key focus of the CRO’s core mission. The Rural Prosperity strategy supports economic resilience and diversification in rural communities and helps communities navigate change and economic transitions, disruptions, and recovery.
The CRO hosts a virtual Local Government Peer Exchange for Colorado county and municipal leaders and recovery teams who are working to advance resiliency and recovery around Colorado.
Learn
What is resiliency? Why does it matter?
To truly answer this question, it is important to first identify your community's risks and understand your community’s exposures and sensitivities.
Next, read the updated 2020 Colorado Resiliency Framework (Framework) which serves as the State’s roadmap to a more-resilient future. It lays out the State’s resiliency vision and goals, and explores risks and vulnerabilities across four themes: adapting to our changing climate, understanding risks from natural and other hazards, addressing social inequities and unique community needs, and pursuing economic diversity and vibrancy.
Finally, read case studies highlighting how Colorado communities prepared for, responded to, and recovered from natural hazards and other major disruptions.
Prepare and Adapt
Is your community prepared for natural hazards and major disruptions?
Resiliency is the ability of communities to rebound, positively adapt to, or thrive amidst changing conditions or challenges—including human-caused and natural disasters—and to maintain quality of life, healthy growth, durable systems, economic vitality, and conservation of resources for present and future generations.
Community Resilience Planning Toolkit Pre-Disaster Recovery Planning State Agency Resiliency Playbook
Recover
Is your community recovering from a disaster or disruption?
The post-disaster recovery toolkit will help kick-start your community’s recovery efforts and incorporate resilience into your recovery planning process. The toolkit includes six steps to be taken by local governments after a small or large disaster event.