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HUD and TNECD from page 15 ville will receive grant funding to hire a • Delta Regional Authority
Chief Resilience Officer to work directly • VOAD – National Voluntary
involves construction of one overlook and with city leaders in developing a city
formalizing the conceptual master plan to resilience strategy. Nashville was selected Organizations Active in Disaster
increase tourism and educational oppor- based on demonstrating commitment to The goal of this council is to bring these
tunities focused on the natural areas of the building resilience in the face of complex, organizations together, reduce redun-
county. multiform challenges of the 21st Century, dancy and provide a strong, coordinated
• Hazard Mapping, Assessment & Educa- along with strong mayoral leadership effort to promote enhanced economic
tion Program (all counties): This project and commitment to the initiative. Not a conditions with the intent of improv-
represents a multidisciplinary partner- surprise, based on the rest of the state’s ing the resilience of the communities in
ship between the University of Memphis, commitment to protecting its citizens. Tennessee. Eventually, the state plans to
Vanderbilt University, and Tennessee establish regional Resiliency Councils as
Department of Environment and Conser- Tennessee’s commitment to resiliency well.
vation to develop, analyze, store and freely doesn’t stop here and TNECD is leading In short, Tennessee is bringing together
distribute research that can be used to the way – the recently developed statewide the agencies, resources, and interests to
plan for and create resilient strategies for “Resiliency Council” is working to engage better protect its citizens from future
some of the most vulnerable populations many State agencies, like: natural disasters, while improving condi-
in the “Rural by Nature” study area. • Emergency Management Agency tions for many of the most vulnerable
• Department of Labor and Workforce areas today. Tennessee is setting the stage
HUD regards these projects as “pilot” for the rest of the country – let’s just hope
projects – and is anxious to see how these Development that others take up the cause with rigor
will make Tennessee more resilient. HUD • Housing Development Agency like Tennessee’s leadership has.
(and others) will use these projects to set • Department of Agriculture
metrics for future best practices in resil- • Department of Tourist Development NOTES:
ience design. • Department of Transportation 1 HUD Funds Mid-South Greenprint with $60
• Department of Environment and million grant. Memphis Daily News. https://www.
Keeping the resiliency momentum go- memphisdailynews.com/news/2016/jan/23/hud-
ing, in May, 100 Resilient Cities, named Conservation funds-mid-south-greenprint-with-60-million/
Nashville to their global network. Pio- • Department of Education 2 “State-wide Status report, issued at 3 p.m. May
neered by The Rockefeller Foundation • Department of Health 7, 2010”. Tennessee Emergency Management
and founded in 2013, 100RC has received • Wildlife Resources Agency Agency. Retrieved May 7, 2010. http://www.
1,000 applications from cities across the • Governor’s office tnema.org/news/tema/?p=423
globe. This designation means that Nash- • US Army Corp of Engineers 3 HUD Exchange. https://www.hudexchange.info/
• US Department of Agriculture programs/cdbg-dr/
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