DUBUQUE DART 2017

Recognition, Empowerment, and Celebration

How do we MINIMIZE and PROTECT ourselves and our

community from the IMPACTS of

climate change?

5 Mission Areas

Resilience

Preparedness

Response

Recovery Prevention

Protection

•Shared Responsibility

•Individuals and families

•Businesses

•Faith-based and

community organizations

•Nonprofit groups

•Schools and academia

•Media outlets

•All levels of government

Whole Community

Involve people in the

emergency management process.

Ensure their roles and

responsibilities are reflected in the content of

the materials.

•Shared Responsibility

•Individuals and families

•Businesses

•Faith-based and

community organizations

•Nonprofit groups

•Schools and academia

•Media outlets

•All levels of government

Recommendations from an

Emergency Management Perspective

•Shared Responsibility

•Individuals and families

•Businesses

•Faith-based and

community organizations

•Nonprofit groups

•Schools and academia

•Media outlets

•All levels of

government

#1

Business Operations

Center (BOC)

Engage

businesses, non-profits, faith-based

organizations and higher education

Preparedness

Response

Recovery Prevention

Protection

•Shared Responsibility

•Individuals and families

•Businesses

•Faith-based and

community organizations

•Nonprofit groups

•Schools and academia

•Media outlets

•All levels of

government

#2

Building Standards

Refine standards and zoning as

hazards evolve, new data (e.g. impacts, population, resources, etc.) is available and

analyses are completed post incident 6

Disaster Declarations

•Shared Responsibility

•Individuals and families

•Businesses

•Faith-based and

community organizations

•Nonprofit groups

•Schools and academia

•Media outlets

•All levels of government

#3

Data Driven Decision Making

Collect Analyze

Leverage

Demographics

Schools & Daycare

Layering data allows you to

analyze why things are occurring in

specific places and identify needs and

potential resources.

SPATIAL TRENDS

Where are the whole community’s

efforts effective and how can spatial

data give you context?

Preparedness

Response

Recovery Prevention

Protection

• Climate impacts • Geographic disparities • Rising numbers of

vulnerable populations

• Uneven distribution of vulnerable populations

• “If we can’t make it tangible for people we will fail”

Apply the “Fred Rogers Rule”

“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in

the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for

the helpers. You will always find people who

are helping.”― Fred Rogers

Resilient Dubuque

“The ability of individuals, (neighborhoods) and systems to prevent, prepare for, and recover

from adverse vulnerabilities while adapting to long-term changes.” – Imagine Dubuque

(You won’t have achieved a citywide approach until you have an integrated series of neighborhood approaches)

Resilience Networks Matter

“In these programs local residents work alongside civil society organizations to help strengthen connections, build networks of reciprocity, and think about the needs of the area. Rather than waiting for assistance from the government, these areas are creating their own plans for mitigating future crises.”

Call to Action

“It is hoped that you will heed this Call to Action. It is your responsibility

to develop the action steps, create the strategies for success, be

inclusive in your efforts, and make your community sustainable and

resilient. These are your ideas and you have the responsibility to

participate in moving them forward.” – Imagine Dubuque, Call to Action

• Broadmoor, New Orleans

• 13,000 volunteers mobilized

• Revitalization Plan • Formed CDC • Charter School • Education Corridor • Passed Improvement

District • In 7 years, 85% of the

2,400 homes were rebuilt and occupied

Resilience Networks Matter

Implement Neighborhood-Based System

• Neighborhood Assns. • Block Captains • Ambassador program • Communication system • Capacity-Building • Resources • DATA sharing/Indicators

Process • Develop/Test/Refine &

Mobilize

The Geography of Resilience

• You can’t address equity issues without a neighborhood-based approach.

Well-Positioned for Success

• Civic Infrastructure is as valuable as physical infrastructure when it comes to community resilience.

Learning from Neighborhoods

To identify neighborhood resilience priorities, new lines of communication between city government and neighborhoods, and leadership and collaboration within neighborhoods need to be created and fostered.

Fremont Troll, Seattle

Neighborhood Needs/Aspirations are often different than those of Government

Invest in Healthy Neighborhoods

• Leverage key community spaces in activities that promote food production or distribution

• Provide guidance on opportunities and regulations for food-related entrepreneurial activities

• Experiment with moving the farmers market to the Bee Branch, and tie in other service agency/non-profit offerings on health

Place Matters to Resilience

• The Bee Branch greenway is the placemaking opportunity of a lifetime!

• Focus on programming, invest in edges, ‘fingers’ and connections

Addressing gentrification

Identify public parcels and facilities for potential resource deployment and community uses (training, services, support, health, community)

Example: Santa Fe Railyard Redevelopment

“It was an experiment in deep democracy. That is the beauty of it –a true community effort, we were all in it together. It was not created through a hierarchy of controlling leadership.” – Steve Robinson, Santa Fe Railyard Community Corporation

Resilience Applied: The San Francisco Model

Inclusivity can lead to a strong and dynamic community resiliency

Linkages – as a ‘Force Multiplier’

• Community/Gov’t • - P3 • - Higher Education • - Faith-based • Chamber of Commerce (data-infused) • Children/schools

• Economic Wellbeing: Northeast Iowa Community College and Greater Dubuque Development Corporation have implemented an outreach strategy to engage minority community members in Opportunity Dubuque.

• Business: The Dubuque Chamber of Commerce has created a Minority Business Council with a mission to guide minority and under-represented business owners toward local resources.

• Education: The Dubuque Community School District is disaggregating data regarding Grade-Level Reading, attendance and graduation rates to help improve outcomes for all students.

• Higher Education: Loras College has implemented cultural competency training as part of the Honors Student Program curriculum.

• Government: The City of Dubuque has joined the Government Alliance on Race and Equity and is implementing a racial equity toolkit.

• Health: Mercy Medical Center, Crescent Community Health Center, Dubuque’s Human Rights Department, and others are increasing healthcare access for the Marshallese population through self-empowerment and creative responses

Diversity and inclusion officers are charged with helping to create an atmosphere where all people feel welcome and valued. To that end, the challenge of today’s diversity and inclusion officer is to ensure that residents of all backgrounds and beliefs are able to come together for the common purpose of seeing the City of Dubuque succeed. Additionally, the diversity and inclusion officer is essential in helping to position the City of Dubuque as number one in the eyes of potential new residents and employees. Business growth results from diversity and inclusion sets great cities apart from their competition. If diversity and inclusion is the vehicle by which many cities are attempting to reach and surpass their workplace, marketplace, and livability goals, then the diversity and inclusion officer is at the helm

RECOGNITION

Who is a Dubuquer? Where is Dubuque going?

EMPOWERMENT

Is Dubuque safe for everyone?

Safety is defined in neighborhoods that are TRUE communities

• People Know their neighbors, and look out for each other • If people know each other, they are more likely to check in regularly • Share knowledge of events, as well as resources • Additionally, people begin to settle down for the long term, establishing real community, and low

turnover

• 72.12% of survey respondents agreed that Dubuque is a safe place to live, and 82.10% felt their neighborhood was a safe place to live.

• In general, individuals who have lived in Dubuque 11 years or more had more concern over safety issues than those who have lived in Dubuque 10 years or less.

• Dialogue attendees felt areas with high concentrations of rental properties and poverty were less safe. • Women discussed a greater concern for safety during the dialogues, including concerns about physical

and sexual assault. • Many dialogue participants noted that they felt Dubuque was a safe place to live and that most of the

crime is perceived to be between individuals who know each other rather than random acts of violence that affect community members.

Celebration

CELEBRATION

For true Community, we must realize that the City is the PEOPLE

The City is a Network of Relationships

ACTIONS

• We MUST funnel and direct initiatives through community centers and organizations (bottom up, not top down)

• Empower and strengthen 3 community initiatives/organizations by 2018 • Said organizations MUST be trained and equipped with necessary tools to THRIVE

• Conduct or help fund Board and senior staff training for the organizations identified above • Metrics must be introduced and adhered to

• Ensure that measurable accountability is introduced, both for the organizations AND the City of Dubuque

Elevate Transportation in equity and resilience

Build partnerships

Flip the outreach model

Use streets to create places for play and community-building

Set the table for resilience by using streets as gathering spaces

Use streets to bring Dubuque together