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Webinar Presentation

March 17, 2015

Building Economic Resilience: Linking Economic Development and Hazard Mitigation Planning

Quick Facts on Kerr-Tar Regional Council • Five county region in the North

Carolina Piedmont, north of Research Triangle Park (RTP)

• 21 local government members • Serve as a staff extension of

our local governments, also: – Transportation planning – Alternative energy/fuels – Mobility management – Hazard mitigation planning

About the Kerr-Tar Region

Why we were interested?

• Person County experiences four seasons!

• Most of the commercial, professional and health service activity is in the City limits, Roxboro (County center)

• Natural and man-made disasters or disruptions are somewhat common, vary in intensity and depth of affecting local citizens, i.e. crippling winter storms vs. localized parking lot flooding

• I contacted NADO after contracting with Person County and Roxboro on a hazard mitigation plan update

• Updating the regional CEDS, so good timing!

North Carolina CEDS 2014

Plan Alignment

Kerr-Tar Region CEDS 2013 - 2017

Work plan

• The 2014 work plan tasked updating a hazard mitigation plan for city of Roxboro and Person County into a multi-jurisdictional plan

• NADO Research Foundation

and the Center for Hazard and Policy Research worked with Kerr Tar to develop a technical memo on syncing hazard mitigation planning and CEDS activities to foster improved community resiliency

What the plan communicates

Mapping Out Hazard Resilience

Socioeconomic Resilience Score Population Score

Why link economic development and hazard mitigation planning?

• Supports business and economic development that is safe and resilient to known hazards.

• Builds capacity and relationships that can lead to a quicker, stronger recovery in the event of a disaster.

• Makes each plan more effective and likely to achieve its objectives.

• Promotes creative thinking about new funding sources for programs and projects.

• Allows leaders to market the region to businesses as safe and prepared for future disasters.

Benefits of Plan Coordination

Implementing the Recommendations

HAPPENING NOW • Business continuity planning outreach – Educating our communities

on the impacts of short and long term natural and man made hazards • Add a resiliency analysis section to CEDS and update periodically • Build a case for resiliency in other planning documents – Provide

tailored research and reference information for easy-to-make resiliency planning in local government comprehensive and land-use plan updates.

COORDINATING FOR 2016 • Establish a resiliency council – Build regional dialogue between

planners, emergency services, economic developers, and citizens-at-large

Implementing the Recommendations

SELECTED AS A PHASE V REGION!

The SET States

Purpose of SET

Help rural communities/counties work together as a regional team in

developing and implementing A High Quality

Regional Economic Development Plan that builds on the

current and emerging economic strengths

of their region.

Similar to CEDS Planning Process (Not Totally Duplicative Though)

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Efforts outside of plan work and advocacy

• Small community grant making assistance

• In other words, $$$$

• Resiliency workshop planning – “For small communities, from small communities” theme

FURTHER QUESTIONS?

Will Brooks, Regional Planning Director

Kerr-Tar Council of Governments

wbrooks@kerrtarcog.org

252.436.2040