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Dive Brief: The city of Tampa, Florida, released its first ever resilience road map late last week with 58 recommendations that officials said will help the city not just prepare for the impacts of climate change but also build a stronger community. The plan looks to help improve opportunity and economic mobility for city residents, build thriving neighborhoods, create infrastructure that can withstand the effects of climate change and help the city become more inclusive and equitable as it continues to grow. It recommends actions like creating a community land trust to ensure more affordable housing units are built and accelerating the rollout of broadband internet, especially in majority-minority communities. ....
The final product of a year and a half of community engagement and feedback is a series of initiatives aimed at addressing issues Tampa residents face, from poverty to climate change. ....
Bradenton homeowners Alice Newlon and Thomas Skoloda. More than 60,000 homes, businesses and billboards are powered by solar energy across Florida right now, and one nonprofit is trying to increase that number by getting residents to purchase through multiple groups. Florida has clusters of homeowners joining forces to sign up for solar power. Solar United Neighbors, or SUN, is a national nonprofit that brings people together through solar co-ops. If you thought about your interest in going solar and shopping around with different installers, this simplifies the project by bringing in education and information about solar technology, and a competitive bid process that gets some great pricing and equipment by a group of solar homeowners going together, said Julia Herbst, the Gulf Coast program coordinator for SUN in Florida. ....
Mayor Jane Castor, along with key Tampa officials and stakeholders, unveiled Resilient Tampa on Thursday, the city's first-ever resilience road map, and a new strategy for building a stronger and more equitable future. ....
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