In this session, Derrick Hiebert, from FEMA shared key insights on the BRIC program and answered questions about funding and project type. Cynthia McCoy from USDN moderated a panel of city leaders including Mayor Van R. Johnson of Savannah, GA; Mayor Ted Wheeler and City Forester Jenn Cairo of Portland, OR; and Elaine Forbes, Executive Director for the Port of San Francisco, CA.
Getting Started: Resilient Infrastructure
In 2023 alone, the U.S. experienced 28 “billion-dollar disasters,” according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); this has been followed by 24 such disasters in 2024, through November 1, 2024. Damages from all events in 2023 totaled at least...