SUBJECT:
Title
The STEAD School and Aimbridge Energy Presentation: Resilience Hubs
Department
DEPARTMENT: Environmental Services
Presenter
PRESENTER(S): Rachel Balkom, The STEAD School
Aimbridge Energy
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Time
TIME ESTIMATE: 20 minutes
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Fiscal
FISCAL SUMMARY: NA
Policy
POLICY ISSUES:
This presentation supports general Town efforts to increase resilience as started through Erie's first Sustainability Plan, adopted in 2019, and its recently adopted Resilience Action Plan (March 2026). Resilience Hubs are a strong resilience strategy and resource to support increased Town resilience in the threat of increasing extreme weather events affecting all residents but especially those that are more vulnerable and impacted disproportionately during and after these events.
Recommendation
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommend board members engage with Rachel's presentation materials, sharing any questions and concerns, and exploring more information and details about resilience hubs in Colorado and beyond.
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SUMMARY/KEY POINTS
* This discussion was requested by Councilmember Pesaramelli after an initial discussion with Rachel about the STEAD school resilience hub efforts to date.
* Resilience hubs are identified in Erie's recently adopted Resilience Action Plan (RAP) as an important strategy to explore and develop to increase the Town's overall resilience in the threat of amplifying extreme weather and climate change related events (flood, fires, heat events, etc.).
* The Town continues to explore resilience hub opportunities including from a facility perspective where possible while also working with graduate students on Phase 1 implementation of the RAP on various identified strategies such as upcoming resilience neighborhood pilot workshops and developing related evergreen resources.
BACKGROUND OF SUBJECT MATTER:
According to the Colorado State Department of Local Affairs "Resiliency hubs are physical spaces that serve as comm...
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