Goal: Empower Colorado communities to improve local resilience, equity, and capacity.
Strategy 1: Integrate equity into resilience planning & actions.
What this looks like: Build partnerships to integrate equity into State and local resiliency activities through equitable representation, language justice, and community co-production. Partner with community trusted organizations who focus on engaging BIPOC communities to assess systemic issues and identify interventions.
Strategy 2: Develop and deploy community engagement and civic capacity tools.
What this looks like: Strengthen community connections and civic capacity by providing community engagement tools, resources, and training. Emphasize the importance of building community trust through engagement activities.
Strategy 3: Strengthen local resilience planning and peer networks.
What this looks like: Complete local and regional resiliency assessments and promote integrated planning efforts that lead to more resilient infrastructure, economies, and social systems while creating a culture of resilience. Create regional resiliency peer learning and exchange opportunities and ensure that regional plans and actions are grounded in community-driven values, needs, and recommendations.