The Local Implementation team is coordinating public outreach in the tri-county region, facilitating local communication between teams and managing media relations for the project. Our goal is to educate stakeholders about the project’s purpose and importance and to develop ways to engage the local population in planning processes. Most of our attention has been focused on a few key outreach brochures and facilitating initial meetings and events. Some of our key accomplishments to date are:

• Helping to create and maintain the project website: http://resilient-communities.org and our e-newsletters

• Created an introductory brochure Click here to view this brochure

• Set up, scheduled and participated in meetings in January with local stakeholders including municipal and county officials, technical team partners and land conservation organizations

• Developing inventoried resources and created an online collection of water quality and hazard preparation materials for Stakeholders targeted to various stakeholder groups in our region.

• Planned and hosted an Ecosystem Based Management Tools Expo featuring the Creating Resilient Communities projects.

• Participated in a booth held at the BCD COGS Our Region Our Plan’s Public Kickoff event.

• Setting up meetings to review natural hazards, community vulnerability and biodiversity GIS data for our region in September and October