Building a Resilient Southwest Florida.
The Southwest Florida Resilience Collaborative, convened by the Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council (SWFRPC), emerged as a coordinated, stakeholder-driven initiative to strengthen regional resilience to climate change, sea level rise, and extreme weather events.
Since 2009, the Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council has continued to be involved in a variety of resiliency research and planning activities designed to provide technical assistance and decision services based upon the best available contemporary science. Please check out the list of resiliency projects and activities in the right side column.
October 24th: Regional Forum
Thank you to everyone who joined us and helped make the event a success. Event highlights and presentation materials are available below.
SFWMD
South Florida Water Management District’s Chief of District Resiliency, Dr. Carolina Maran, provided an overview of resiliency and rainfall statistics in the Southwest Florida Region.
Terracon
Terracon’s Florida Division Brownfields Manager, Tara Szydlowski, provided an overview of the Brownfields program and the project areas currently underway with the SWFRPC.
UF IFAS
UF IFAS Dr. Kimberly Morgan and David Outerbridge provided an overview of impacts of natural resources, agriculture, and food systems along with recent projects with the SWFRPC.
Resiliency Projects
The Resiliency Planning Section of the SWFRPC is involved in a variety of research and planning activities designed to provide technical assistance and decision services based upon the best available contemporary science.