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PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT

Disaster Resilience & Recovery

Recovery & Resilience Capacity Building

The State of North Carolina has prioritized efforts to build disaster recovery
capacity among local governments, particularly as it relates to management of recovery funds. The General Assembly provided a grant to the North Carolina Association of Regional Councils of Governments to provide financial training and conduct activities to build regional and local capacity. The Association disseminated these funds to the sixteen Councils of Government across the state to oversee capacity building in their service area. Upper Coastal Plain COG is using this funding through June 30, 2024 to build capacity in several ways, including:
 
  • Surveying local governments and key stakeholders on resilience planning, project, funding and other needs and priorities. 
  • Providing training and resources for local government staff on financial and administrative management of disaster recovery funds. 
  • Informing local governments and communities about NCORR, the related NC RISE regional UCPCOG Vulnerability Assessment and Priority ProjectsNC RISE regional UCPCOG Vulnerability Assessment and Priority Projects. 
  • Through workshops and technical support, aid interested local governments with identifying local priority resilience projects, funding opportunities, and creating practical, targeted, local documents for implementing next steps. 
  • Informing local governments on Electric Vehicle charging and Microgrid infrastructure needs, tools, and funding sources to support building a more modern and resilient energy infrastructure (see recorded webinar links below).  This includes an EV charging needs analysis along the US Hwy 64 evacuation corridor and three detailed, local, microgrid suitability analysis for chosen communities. 
  • Providing cloud-based GIS and Mapping upload services for select interested local governments. 
  • Investigating and reporting about how emergency food response works in the region and how the system may be improved to ensure adequate and timely supplies, incorporate fresh food at the local level, and include local farmers who may be able to aid the system. 
  • Identify and seek funding for local and regional disaster resilience projects in the areas of infrastructure, planning, community and economic development, housing, and other identified priorities.
Additional resources related to this effort will be posted on this page when available. 

Recovery & Resilience Resources

Disaster Recovery PA Training Overview Time Table

EVs and Resilience During Natural Disasters

Upper Coastal Plain Disaster Resilience Workshop Slides (October 2023)

Supporting Partners
Strategic partnerships that support UCPCOG's disaster resilience & recovery efforts include: