Community Economic Recovery: Preparing for the Unthinkable CDCK CED Forum • April 2019
SFU – CED Programs Jeremy Stone, Director 30 Years of CED programming 18 Years in CED • • Highly engagement-focused Microfinance, small business • • development, economic Faculty of Environment development capacity building. • Quadruple-bottom Served in economic recoveries • • from hurricanes, oil spills, etc.
SFU CED Programs CED Certificate LEAP! Social Community Program Economy Economic Accelerator Resilience How do I develop a How do I spark local How do I support the CED Certificate LEAP! Accelerator Community sustainable economy? business creation? economy when things Program Program Economic Resilience go wrong? 8-Month professional 9-week lean start-up • • certificate program. Resilience planning • Mix of online and in- Targets new or small Rapid recovery • • • person deliveries entrepreneurs support Tailored to economic Fully partnered and Coursework and • • • developers, emphasizes local workshops in government, and capacity building economic resilience entrepreneurs
Hurricane Harvey BP Oil Spill Colorado Floods Maine Forestry Downturn
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The Risks
Why do we care about economic resilience? • The majority of our critical life needs are provided by businesses. • After evacuations businesses are the beacons of recovery. • Businesses provide incomes, goods, and services for individual recoveries. • Local businesses are accountable and reduce capital leakage.
Impacts Beyond Hazards Indirect effects – Brand damage, customer loss, etc. • Capital leakage – Money spent on outside providers • Substitution effects – Consumers shop differently • Supply chain substitution – Supply chain shops • differently Volunteer drain – Replacement of sales by volunteers • Role of subsidies – Artificial recovery boom • “Dead businesses walking” – Loss of market fit •
Myth: Businesses Take Care of Themselves
Evacuees can disperse far and wide
Economic Recovery and Resilience = Good Economic Development
What is Community Economic Development? CED is a systems approach to problem solving for community well-being. Principles of CED: • Livelihoods Focused • Diverse and Inclusive • Sustainable • Place-Based • Community Controlled
What is Community Economic Development? Business Retention Social Local Purchasing Community- and Expansion Enterprise and and Based Financing Innovation Procurement
Community Economic Resilience Maintaining our well-being while adjusting to constant changes in the world around us.
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Supporting Critical Businesses • “JumpStart Jefferson” re -entry system • Businesses are assigned tiers based on their importance to preparing for the public’s return • Could be paired with other certifications or evidence of business continuity plans Disaster Recovery Construction Specialist Certification
Land Use Innovation: Cheakamus Community Forest
Kanaka Bar Band: Resilience Planning KBB now has 100% employment and a 100% graduation rate.
Buy Local campaigns: Joplin, MO • Mayor and Chamber immediately began promoting local businesses – evolved into Shop Joplin! campaign • 485 impacted businesses reopened; 250 new businesses open after tornado.
Flexible Financing: Cariboo Region
New Orleans Office of Workforce Development • Hold job fairs for individuals on public assistance • Inquire about availability to work after disasters • Maintain database and provide lists to municipal offices for rapid response jobs
2017 Santa Rosa, CA Wildfire • Enormous backlog of permit applications • Brought in planners from around the state to review 100 projects in one weekend
Southeast Louisiana Fisheries Assistance Center • Response to post-Katrina recovery • Centralized multiple agencies in one place • Became a hub for economic development, and later served as an emergency center for the BP oil spill
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How do our plans support economic resilience?
2013 Colorado Floods Economic Development Plan Reviews Research and Knowledge-Building Business Continuity and Risk • • Management Planning • Workforce Support • Governance • Economic Diversification • Financing • Counseling and Technical • Infrastructure • Assistance Procurement Strategies • Communications Systems •
2013 Colorado Floods Economic Development Plan Reviews Summary by Metric Area I. Research and Knowledge-Building II. Planning III. Governance IV. Financing V. Infrastructure Fully Observed VI. Procurement Strategies Partially Observed Not Observed VII. Business Continuity and Risk Management VIII. Workforce Support IX. Economic Diversification X. Counseling and Technical Assistance XI. Communication Systems 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
2018 Kootenay Area Plans Review Communications Systems Communications Systems Counseling and Technical… Counseling and Technical… Economic Diversification Economic Diversification Workforce Support Workforce Support Business Continuity and Risk… Business Continuity and Risk… Full Full Procurement Strategies Procurement Strategies Partial Partial Infrastructure Infrastructure None None Financing Financing Governance Governance Planning Planning Research and Knowledge-… Research and Knowledge-… 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Communications Systems Communications Systems Counseling and Technical… Counseling and Technical… Economic Diversification Economic Diversification Workforce Support Workforce Support Business Continuity and Risk… Business Continuity and Risk… Full Full Procurement Strategies Procurement Strategies Partial Partial Infrastructure Infrastructure None None Financing Financing Governance Governance Planning Planning Research and Knowledge-… Research and Knowledge-… 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Whole Community Approach to Resilience Government Businesses Colleges & Emergency Business TA Universities Managers Providers Chambers of Financial Non-profits & Residents Unions/ Commerce Institutions Associations Labor Orgs
Map resilience, not just risk • Identify the qualitative information you need to know • Ask businesses and workers often about their vulnerabilities, coping mechanisms, alternatives, etc. • Compile the information for use in planning
Resilientville Map: San Francisco, CA
Community Engagement: Port Coquitlam, BC • Discovery Sessions • Business Continuity Planning Workshops • Business Case Partners
Takeaways: Learn and Work Incrementally • Establish or commandeer a regularly meeting roundtable. • Collaborate with partners to do some low-cost exploratory research. – Identify the vulnerabilities. – Identify the opportunities. – Identify the gaps. • Make a list. • Support the execution of the list.
Takeaways: Repurpose assets to reduce costs and time • Call centers and info guides • Sister-city and corporate MOUs • Financial products at banks and foundations • Marketing and buy-local campaigns • Existing case-management functions in non-profits • Existing programs for social and economic development • Existing plans and planning processes • Existing government-owned or underutilized properties
Takeaways: Start small and workshop it Economic Resilience Assessment and Planning Tool The Economic Resilience Assessment and Planning Tool can be used to identify critical economic functions, and plan for their resilience. The assessment tool can be used for any particular threat (e.g., tornado, flood, terrorism, etc.) or for "All Hazards". Use drop-down menus in the digital version to mark the Municipality Name Date of Assessment Type of Threat Sunnybrook 26-Apr-19 Flood Economic Functions or Risks Mitigation Plan Responsible Parties Priority Cost Example: Payroll Move to a 3rd party payroll system. Direct Business Impacts Chamber and Home Loss of electricity services Generator program for food-based businesses Medium Low Cost Depot SpaceFinder, Airport, Loss of business location Alternative spaces vending program High Low Cost City Government Brand Damage Imagine Sunnybrook Loss of tourism interest Marketing campaign for shoulder season Low Expensive and Hotel Association Lack of focus on local businesses for recovery Chamber and Main Initiate and maintain buy-local program High Moderate needs Street Association
For more information about SFU CED’s resilience planning supports, please contact us below: Jeremy Stone, Director SFU Community Economic Development Faculty of Environment Email: jtstone@sfu.ca Phone: 778.782.5275
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