2025 Colorado Resiliency Framework Update
To ensure that we are staying proactive, keeping our actions relevant, and maintaining a long-term view, the Colorado Resiliency Framework is updated every five years. The 2025 updates will improve Colorado communities’ ability to adapt to changing conditions by helping reduce risk, enhance collaboration, and identify solutions with co-benefits.
Colorado Definition of Resilience
“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 a quality of life, healthy growth, durable systems, economic vitality, and conservation of resources for present and future generations.”
Engagement Opportunities!
Interested in informing the Colorado Resiliency Framework update? We will have a wide range of opportunities and methods in which to participate!
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To help inform the update to the Colorado Resiliency Framework and to gather insights directly from local governments, the Colorado Resiliency Office (CRO) issued the Local Government Survey on Resilience Planning from April 7 to May 9, 2025. The Survey was first distributed in 2019.
Results for the 2025 Survey are now available.
The CRO hosted three virtual resiliency summits to gather ideas and feedback to shape the update to the CRF. You can find the materials from and additional details about each summit below.
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*NEW* Review the summary of the first and second Resiliency Summits to learn more about the ideas that have emerged thus far.
Virtual Resiliency Summit #1 (2025 Update Kick-Off)
This summit provided updates on progress and accomplishments from the 2020 Framework, laid the groundwork for what can be expected from the 2025 Framework, and solicited feedback and input from participants to help shape planning priorities and identify gaps.
The planning process is focused on key resiliency priorities to refine strategies and actions such as those identified in the 2020 Framework that include future-ready economy and workforce, housing attainability, improved community capacity, and more. This process will help inform how these priorities may evolve in 2025.
Date: July 17, 2025 | 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Post-Summit Takeaway Materials
- Unfortunately we experienced technical difficulties with the Summit 1 recording and are unable to share it at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience!
- Launch presentation slides
Virtual Resiliency Summit #2 (Mid-Point)
This summit built upon the first and engaged participants in helping the planning team shape and vet strategies that will be in the 2025 Framework.
Strategies are specific approaches that can be taken to advance a priority. For example, two strategies identified for improving community capacity in the 2020 framework were:
- Develop and deploy community engagement and civic capacity tools; and
- Strengthen local resilience planning & peer networks.
Date: August 14, 2025
Daytime Summit: 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Evening Summit: 5:30-7:00. Due to low registration numbers, this summit was canceled.
Please note: Due to low registration numbers the PM summit has been canceled.
Post-Summit Takeaway Materials
Virtual Resiliency Summit #3 (Draft Framework Session)
This summit was an opportunity for participants to provide feedback on the draft strategies and actions for the 2025 CRF update. The session was also an opportunity for participants to network with each other and share best practices with one another.
Date: November 13, 2025
- Daytime Summit: 1:00 pm - 3:00 p.m.
- Evening Summit: 5:30 pm - 7:00 p.m.
Watch the Summit 3 Daytime Recording | Launch the Summit 3 Slides
Resiliency Roundtable discussions brought State agencies and key partners from across the state together to brainstorm specific, concrete strategies that advance resilience within each priority area.
The roundtables took place between September 18th and October 2nd and covered the following topics.
- Resiliency Hubs | September 18, 2-4pm
- Economic Resilience | September 23, 1-2:30pm
- Resilient, Affordable Housing | September 25, 9-11am
- Strategic Growth | September 29, 1-4pm
- Mitigating Risks to Hazards | September 30, 1-3pm
- Resilient Critical Infrastructure | October 2, 1-3pm
The CRO also collaborated with individual Coloradans and Colorado-based organizations through the 2025 Colorado Resiliency Survey. This survey was an opportunity for people to share their feedback on the strategic direction of the CRF, their ideas for specific strategies to build resilience, and to share their resiliency stories.
These ideas and insights are being incorporated into the Framework update and, by extension, are influencing Colorado’s future.
Public Comment Period (available in early 2026)
We are in the process of integrating all the feedback we’ve received from the public engagement process and conversations with state agencies into the update of the Colorado Resiliency Framework.
The draft of the updated Framework will become available for public comment in early 2026. Check the website regularly for details or join our email-list to be notified when it is available for comments.
Stay Informed
The Colorado Resiliency Office’s monthly newsletter will include information and regular updates about the 2025 Colorado Resiliency Framework Update planning process.
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