BoCo Strong Resilience Network Quarterly Meeting on May 8

Posted on: May 5th, 2015

FO R IMMEDIATE RELEASE  May 5, 2015

Media Contact: Katie Arrington, Flood Recovery Specialist, 303-441-1609

 

Attend the BoCo Strong Resilience Network Quarterly Meeting on May 8

The meeting topic for this first quarterly meeting is “Enhancing Our Connections”

Boulder County, Colo. – On May 8 from 9-10:30 a.m., BoCo Strong will be hosting an energizing morning ofIgnite style presentations and cross-sector network building. The topic for this first meeting is “Enhancing our Connections.” Anyone is welcome to attend.

What: BoCo Strong Quarterly Meeting

When: Friday, May 8, 9-10:30 a.m.

Where: Xilinx Retreat Center, 3100 Logic Dr., Longmont

Ignite style presentations limit the speaker to 20 slides for 15 seconds each for a total of five minutes. The motto is, “Enlighten us, but make it quick!” After the presentations there will be time for Q&A, break-out groups, and a brief presentation on the $300,000 HUD CDBG-DR Community Resilience Building grant that was just awarded to BoCo Strong.

The presentation topics and speakers include:

  • Frank Alexander, Boulder County Housing and Human Services Director, local safety net connections after recent stresses and shocks (economic downturn and natural disasters);
  • Russ Sands, City of Boulder Watershed Sustainability & Outreach Supervisor, connecting with residents about flood, fire and drought;
  • Amy Hardy, Intermountain Alliance, resilience best practices from mountain communities; and
  • Blake Peterson, Boulder President, Citywide Banks, the only bank to provide meaningful financial solutions for flood impacted customers.

BoCo Strong was formed by flood impacted towns, cities and active nonprofits to coordinate a process of resilience building at all levels that integrates action across Boulder County in ways which increase the effectiveness of the existing collective capacity of all sectors. More information about BoCo Strong and plans for the resilience grant can be found at www.BoCoStrong.org.

For more information, contact Katie Arrington, Flood Recovery Specialist, at karrington@nullbouldercounty.org or 303-441-1609.

 

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