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The Colorado Resiliency Office’s 2025 Resiliency Recap

As we close out 2025, we are taking the final weeks of the year to reflect upon all we have accomplished together with our partner agencies and communities, and what we look forward to in 2026. Check out the recap in December’s Resiliency Conversation.

November Resilience Conversation: Colorado Resiliency Framework (CRF) Progress Update

The Colorado Resiliency Framework (CRF) is a 5-year, multi-agency plan that helps the State of Colorado 1) proactively respond to future changes, 2) coordinate actions across agencies, and 3) advance economic, social, and environmental resilience for all Coloradans. The CRF is updated every five years to ensure that the State is staying proactive, keeping the actions relevant, and maintaining a long-term view.

October Resilience Conversation: Resiliency Stories from Across the State

There are many initiatives across Colorado as governments, non-profits, businesses, and communities successfully address current challenges and proactively prepare for future challenges. These initiatives weave together to steward and safeguard all of Colorado’s communities.

Today, we’ll share some inspiring resiliency stories from over the past five years that can help us better envision the resilient future Colorado is working towards and spark ideas for new projects within our community.

September Resiliency Conversation: Whole Community Recovery

"Whole community recovery" is a framework that recognizes that every group within a community (neighborhood groups, age groups, income groups) and sector (businesses, governments, nonprofits) has a unique context, which leads to each group experiencing a disaster differently.

August Resiliency Conversation: A Deep Dive into the Resiliency Criteria

There are many tools you can use to help your community address current and future challenges and opportunities. A key tool Colorado State agencies use is the ‘Resiliency Prioritization Criteria. These nine criteria help agencies apply core aspects of resilience to their initiatives, grant programs, and strategies. These criteria can also help communities advance several resiliency benefits with limited resources.

June Resiliency Conversation: Financial Resilience and Budgeting for Uncertainty

The evolving landscape of funding availability for governmental entities can present significant challenges. However, if we approach this disruption similar to that of preparing for a “traditional” disaster such as a wildfire or flood, we can better position ourselves for financial resilience.

May Resiliency Conversation: Wildfire Awareness Month

Wildfire is a top hazard in Colorado, and May is Wildfire Awareness Month. This is a time we can collectively build awareness of risk and prepare ourselves and our communities for impacts of wildfire. Read more about what the State is doing to take action as well as additional wildfire preparedness resources in May’s Resilience Conversation.

April Resiliency Conversation: Continuing to Plan for Colorado's Future

It is hard to believe that it has already been five years since 2020. It feels like both a lifetime ago and just yesterday. We know a lot has happened since the Colorado Resiliency Framework was introduced, which is why we’re so excited for the newest update.

March Resiliency Conversation: Launching Guidance for Local Climate Adaptation

The Colorado Resiliency Office collaborated with the Governor’s Office of Climate Preparedness and Recovery and many other State agency partners to develop guidance across six sectors to support local governments in identifying tangible ways in which they can take action.

February Resiliency Conversation: Resilient Colorado Communities

Resilient Colorado Communities is the program encompassing technical expertise and services the CRO provides for local governments to better support them to adapt and thrive in the face of future conditions.