Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1. Prepare for the CRB workshop(s): a) Establish a core team with goals and objectives for the municipality; b) Engage stakeholders from the municipality, including but not limited to municipal officials, community organizations and businesses, private non-profits, and community residents and reflect the diverse populations, interests, and needs of the community; c) Develop partnerships with key non-profits, state and local government agencies, local businesses and academic institutions who can help to inform and enrich the planning process and build support for advancing outcomes at and after the workshop(s); d) Prepare materials for the workshop(s), including data specific to the municipality which may help to understand where past hazards have occurred; e) Recruit scribes to take notes at the workshop (each workshop table requires a scribe); and e) Decide on participant arrangements. 2. During the workshop(s) (see www.communityresiliencebuilding.org for more detail on steps and tasks presented below): a) Characterize hazards: ● Identify past, current and future impacts using the best available data including newly developed climate change projections from state agencies, and other available resources ● Determine the highest priority hazards within the municipality b) Identify Community Vulnerabilities and Strengths ● Identify infrastructural vulnerabilities and strengths ● Identify societal vulnerabilities and strengths ● Identify environmental vulnerabilities and strengths ● Identify vulnerabilities in other sectors as chosen by the community.
