BP Founder / Board Chair Scott James, City of Bainbridge Island Emergency Management Coordinator Anne LeSage, and City Climate Mitigation Officer Autumn Salamack attended a workshop on resilience hubs at Seattle’s Centro de la Raza yesterday, December 12. The seminar was hosted by the Urban Sustainability Director’s Network (USDN) and attended by USDN members from Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia.

USDN facilitates collaboration among local government sustainability practitioners to accelerate the work of local sustainability. The City of Bainbridge Island is a member of USDN.

Resilience hubs are just like our local Disaster Hubs except that they operate continuously, not just during a disaster, and they are focused broadly on preparing for and dealing with the effects of climate change. Resilience hubs operate under three conditions: everyday, during disruption, and during recovery. Each hub serves its community with core services & programs (building relationships, promoting community preparedness, and improving residents’ health and well-being), communications technologies, the hub building & its landscapes, electrical power, and the facility’s operations (staff and processes).

About resilience hubs, James said, “Their concept of resilience hubs is an interesting mix of both community preparedness and climate adaptation—something we know will go hand in hand in the coming decades.”

He added that the seminar was “confirmation that we’re already well down the path compared to most regions of the United States with our network of Disaster Hubs and the dynamic duo of Autumn and Anne.”

Learn more about resilience hubs here.

Featured photo shows Salamack, James, and LeSage.