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Community Spotlight: Stories of Disaster Preparedness from the National Association For Latino Community Asset Builders
Pictured from left to right: Avenue CDC building reduce-cost modular housing, Carolina Small Business Development Fund's toolkit for small business resilience, and mutli-modal complete streets Franklin Neighborhood Development Corporation. Photos courtesy NALCAB
The National Association For Latino Community Asset Builders (NALCAB) leads a national network of more than 130 mission-driven organizations in 40 states, DC and Puerto Rico that are anchor institutions in geographically and ethnically diverse Latino communities. The NPS Main Street Community Disaster Preparedness and Resilience Program is fortunate to have Jake White, Senior Program Manager and leader of NALCAB’s Equitable Neighborhood Development team, as part of the Program’s Advisory Committee. You may have seen Jake at the 2021 Main Street Now workshop, Disaster Preparedness Roadmap: Building Main Street Resilience, where he co-led the closing plenary. During his speech, he synthesized the material from the day and shared inspiring examples of preparedness and resilience strategies for downtown local leaders to use in their communities.
Throughout their Takeover, NALCAB highlighted how their members and communities engage in disaster preparedness & climate support. Read more about their Takeover below, and be sure to check out their work on our Twitter channel!
Avenue CDC NALCAB member Avenue CDC recognizes the impacts of disaster preparedness and climate support. As a builder seeking to develop quality affordable housing, they have built innovative partnerships to develop reduced-cost modular housing with flooding safeguards, and accessory dwelling units (ADUs) with net zero energy consumption. Learn more.
Franklin Neighborhood Development Corporation Located in the Latino heart of Sacramento county, the Franklin corridor lacks trees, green space, and shade that can help reduce air pollution and heat. NALCAB member Franklin Neighborhood Development Corporation’s Community Climate & Revitalization Playbook highlights strategies and goals for a climate-resilient community, from multi-modal Complete Streets, to stormwater management and tree installations. Learn more about it.
Carolina Small Business Development Fund Disasters not only impact housing and people, but also small businesses. NALCAB member and CDFI, Carolina Small Business Development Fund has created a tool for small business owners to be able to respond with resources for immediate & long-term recovery when natural disasters like hurricanes, floods and tornados strike. Learn more.
We are grateful for NALCAB's involvement in the NPS Main Street Disaster Preparedness and Resilience Program and our celebration of Preparedness Month!
In this video, learn more about the Williams’ family story, how the business is helping to revive downtown Helena, and the impact they’re having on a national level.
In honor of National Disaster Preparedness Month, we are providing some practical steps that Main Streets can take to prepare for the next, inevitable disaster.
Main Street America is leading a coalition urging that the EPA make available the GGRF funds for adaptive reuse and location-efficient projects because of the substantial greenhouse gas emissions reduction offered by such developments.
On May 9, the National Trust for Historic Preservation released its list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places for 2023 which included a cultural district located within a designated Main Street America community.
From 19th-century mill girls to Maine's mill redevelopments and the regional manufacturers of tomorrow, learn about the amazing history and promise of the New England mill.
This article was published on January 10, 2023, by Next City, a nonprofit news organization focused on socially, economically, and environmentally sustainable urban practices.
Learn how Rethos, the Coordinating partner for Minnesota Main Streets, has partnered with Reuse Minnesota and the Minnesota GreenCorps Program to encourage community-led preservation.
Main Street organizations and other public-private partnerships can provide the focal point needed to fulfill the large number of roles required to reuse or redevelop a house of worship in a way that benefits the community.
How do those amazing Main Street rehabilitation projects happen? And what policies and public support make them happen? In the Behind the Ribbon Cutting series, we look at a project or businesses from concept to opening day to break down the partnerships and funding brought to bear and recognize how we can advocate for policies and resources for revitalization across the country.
We sat down with Lindsey Wallace, Director of Strategic Projects and Design Services and manager of the the National Park Service Main Street Community Disaster Preparedness and Resilience Program, to learn more about her perspective on disaster preparedness on Main Street.
To support Georgia Main Streets throughout the recovery process and position them for long-term sustainability, Main Street America launched the Georgia Main Street Innovation Grant Program, made possible through generous support from The Williams Family Foundation of Georgia.
The Association for Preservation Technology International (APT) Main Street Task Force is working to increase education, compile examples and data, and provide recommended changes at the national level where necessary.
In 2016, the North Carolina Main Street & Rural Planning Center partnered with the University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s Department of Interior Architecture (UNCG) to provide design assistance to Main Street communities.
In 2015, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) partnered with the University of Wisconsin–Madison to engage Wisconsin Main Street organizations and farmers markets in the Metrics and Indicators for Impact – Farmers Markets (MIFI-FM) toolkit.
With 413 National Park areas¹ and over 1,000 Main Street America programs, it’s no surprise that many of the communities following the Four Point Approach serve as gateways to our national parks.
We measure the effectiveness of our last marketing campaign, weigh whether the investment in new street lights outweigh the political capital spent, and debate if the thousands of volunteer hours are worth the impacts created by a one-day event.
Main Street Iowa, a program of the Iowa Economic Development Authority’s Iowa Downtown Resource Center, created a one-of-a-kind three-year program to provide help for performance venues located in Main Street districts.