Resilience

A resilient city is one that 'bounces forward' from shocks and stresses with a smarter infrastructure, a stronger economy, and a healthier community.

Shocks are typically disruptive, single event disasters, such as hurricanes, floods, terrorism, disease outbreak or extreme heat. Stresses are factors that pressure a city on a daily or reoccurring basis, such as aging infrastructure, climate change, violent crime, homelessness or concentrated poverty.

Urban resilience is about making a city stronger, in both good times and bad, for the benefit of all its citizens, particularly the poor and vulnerable. For Tallahassee, resilience is about strengthening the reliability of our infrastructure, protecting a robust natural environment and local economy, building up our adaptive capacity, and empowering self-sufficiency across the community. The City has implemented several strategic initiatives and continues to enhance efforts to build a more resilient community.

Resilience Plan
The City's first long-range strategy to strengthen public safety and adapt to a changing urban climate.

Resilience Hubs
Community service centers designed to support healthy, sustainable, and disaster resilient neighborhoods.

Vacant to Vibrant
Special projects and pilot programs turn vacant and blighted lots into vibrant new community assets.

Hazard Mitigation
In the interest of public health and safety, the City can correct urgent hazards directly but also provide several resources to homeowners to fix violations.

Housing Stability
Programs that support affordable housing development and rehabilitate existing housing stock.

Emergency Management
The Fire Department collaborates closely with County Emergency Management to support emergency preparedness, response and recovery.

PREP - Plan for Readiness and Emergency Preparedness
Individuals and households can develop a plan to help keep their families and property safe during emergencies and recover from disasters.

Urban Forestry
A series of posts to educate property owners on how to improve the health of their trees and landscapes and contribute to the overall health of our urban forest.

Clean Energy Plan
Electric Utility implements strategic investments to ensure our electric system is smart, reliable, and adaptive to meet the needs of the community.

About the Sustainability and Resilience Division

Abena Ojetayo speaks to a neighborhood association about disaster prep.

The Sustainability and Resilience Division partners across city government and stakeholders to build our community's capacity to thrive in the face of acute shocks (disaster or climate events) and chronic stresses (socio-economic, infrastructure or institutional weaknesses). Under the leadership of the City's Chief Resilience Officer, the division implements a cohesive long-range strategy and oversees the integration of effective initiatives across city plans, programs, and policies. The team partners across different departments and outside agencies to implement initiatives that create a more secure and sustainable future for Tallahassee.

Sustainability and Resilience Division
Visit Us: 435 North Macomb St., 3rd Floor | Tallahassee, FL 32301
Mail To:: 300 S. Adams St., B-15, Tallahassee, FL 32301
Phone: 850-891-7007 | Fax: 850-891-8499
Email: resilience@talgov.com