Seeking volunteers for Community Action Team

The Town of Shallotte seeks volunteers for its Community Action Team (CAT) which will work with consultants to help shape the Town’s Resiliency Strategy*.

*Resilience helps organizations prepare for & respond to challenges, anticipated hazards, changing conditions, & recover from disruptions. *

The CAT will meet to help:

· Determine Community-Specific Vision & Goals towards resiliency

· Work together to determine critical assets & infrastructure to include in the Risk & Vulnerability Assessment

· Determine what levels of risk call for actions

· Work with the contractor & community members to identify, plan, & prioritize a combination of policy, nonstructural, structural, & hybrid actions, including the use of natural & nature-based solutions (NNBS), organized within a project portfolio

· The CAT is a group of stakeholders that will provide targeted input for building the Town’s Resilience Strategy & to help champion the eﬀort. The CAT team should be multi-disciplinary with expertise in the following:

· planning & community development,

· natural resource management,

· climate resilience,

· hazard mitigation,

· utility management,

· engineering,

· the community’s economy,

· engaging with vulnerable & underrepresented populations, &

nature-based solutions.

The CAT team should be multi-disciplinary with expertise in the following: