Articles by: Megan McConville
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Building Economic Resilience in the Kerr-Tar Region: Recommendations for Linking Comprehensive Economic Development Strategies and Hazard Mitigation Plans
Hazard mitigation and economic development activities—both critical to the long-term prosperity of regions and communities across the country—are often conducted separately. As a result, hazard mitigation plans and economic development strategies can be disconnected, making it difficult to ensure that...
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Lessons from the Storm: Case Studies on Economic Recovery and Resilience
This case study series highlights how regional development organizations have used 2008 disaster recovery funds from EDA to address the impacts of natural disasters, become more resilient to future events, and increase long-term economic competitiveness and quality of life in their regions.
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Webinar Recording and Slides: The National Flood Insurance Program Community Rating System: An Introduction and Discussion of the RDO Role
Did you know that municipalities can get discounted flood insurance premiums for their residents when they implement public education, mapping, regulatory, and other strategies to reduce flood risks? They do this by participating in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)...
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Webinar Recording and Slides: The Regional Development Organization’s Role in Disaster Recovery
It has often been said that the impacts of natural disasters do not stop at jurisdictional boundaries, and recent events across the U.S. have certainly shown this to be true. Nearby cities, towns, and counties usually share the same vulnerabilities...
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Strengthening Regional Economic Resilience through Business Continuity Planning: Webinar Available for Download
[Click here to download the webinar slides as a PDF.] The ability of businesses to withstand natural disasters is essential for the recovery and resilience of communities and regional economies as a whole. When businesses get back up and running...
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Building Local Government Financial Resilience to Disasters: Workshop Materials
On June 4, 2014, the NADO Research Foundation, the Rural Policy Research Institute (http://www NULL.rupri NULL.org/) (RUPRI), and the Northwest Georgia Regional Commission (http://www NULL.nwgrc NULL.org/) (NWGRC) came together to host Building Local Government Financial Resilience to Disasters in Calhoun,...
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Using Community and Economic Development Strategies to Build Disaster Resilient Economies: Webinar Available for Download
[Click here to download the webinar slides as a PDF.] In the wake of natural disasters, local and regional economies are extremely vulnerable. Businesses can suffer costly damage, be cut off from supplies, lose sales, and experience disrupted operations. In...
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Greater New Orleans: Building on Competitive Advantages to Strengthen Economic Resilience
This case study is part of a series produced by the NADO Research Foundation exploring how regional development organizations[1] have used 2008 disaster recovery funds from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) to address the impacts of natural disasters, become...
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Building Economic Resilience to Disasters in the Buffalo Niagara Region: Workshop Materials
On February 25-26, 2014, the NADO Research Foundation hosted a training workshop in Niagara Falls, New York that brought together about 25 city and county economic developers, elected officials, small business owners and development specialists, emergency managers, and other community...
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Building Economic Resilience to Disasters in the Southern Tier: Workshop Materials
On March 31, the Southern Tier East Regional Planning Development Board (http://steny NULL.org/) and the NADO Research Foundation hosted a training workshop that brought together over 40 economic developers, business owners, Chamber of Commerce representatives, and other local officials and...