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Fernleaf Develops New Tool to Enhance Resilience and Equity in Transportation Planning image

Fernleaf Develops New Tool to Enhance Resilience and Equity in Transportation Planning

Shortly after beginning the RISE-funded project, Fernleaf was chosen by NOAA to collaborate with the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG) to conduct a similar...

Posted October 31st, 2023
Project Kickoff: Charleston County Multi-hazard Vulnerability and Risk Assessment image

Project Kickoff: Charleston County Multi-hazard Vulnerability and Risk Assessment

We are thrilled to be working in the Lowcountry once again! At the end of July, Aashka Patel, along with Matt Hutchins and Mark Wilbert, kicked off...

Posted October 3rd, 2023
Land of Sky Regional Council Partners with Fernleaf and UNC Asheville's NEMAC to Host AccelAdapt User Meeting image

Land of Sky Regional Council Partners with Fernleaf and UNC Asheville's NEMAC to Host AccelAdapt User Meeting

The Land of Sky Regional Council (LOSRC) hosted its second user meeting for AccelAdapt on August 30th in Asheville, North Carolina...

Posted September 7th, 2023
Project Kick-off: Southwestern Commission Council of Governments Phase 2 Regional Resilience Plan image

Project Kick-off: Southwestern Commission Council of Governments Phase 2 Regional Resilience Plan

We are pleased to announce the kick-off of Phase 2 of the Southwestern Commission (SWC) Council of Governments Regional Resilience Plan project...

Posted July 20th, 2023
Steps to Resilience Training Recap:Take Action image

Steps to Resilience Training Recap:Take Action

Session 6 of the pilot training program focused on the final step of the Practitioner’s Guide, Step 5: Take Action. In this session, we discussed the process of implementing and communicating a resilience plan, which includes identifying funding sources, ongoing community...

Posted June 30th, 2023
Employee Spotlight: Fernleaf's GIS & Resilience Specialist, Kim Rhodes image

Employee Spotlight: Fernleaf's GIS & Resilience Specialist, Kim Rhodes

Kim Rhodes joined the team in February of 2021 with five years of experience working in resilience and GIS analysis. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Management and Policy from the University of North Carolina Asheville and a GIS Fundamentals...

Posted April 28th, 2023
Steps to Resilience Training Recap: Prioritize and Plan image

Steps to Resilience Training Recap: Prioritize and Plan

Step 4 of the Steps to Resilience Practitioner’s Guide discusses the importance of designing an implementation plan that both reduces vulnerability and risk and prioritizes achievable actions identified by the community. Planning efforts must aim to eliminate...

Posted April 26th, 2023
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Steps to Resilience Training Recap: Investigating Options

The third step in the Steps to Resilience Practitioner's Guide, Investigate Options, involves using information gathered to this point and collaborating with the community and stakeholders to brainstorm a list of options for reducing vulnerabilities and risks related...

Posted March 28th, 2023
Steps to Resilience Training Recap: Assessing Vulnerability and Risk image

Steps to Resilience Training Recap: Assessing Vulnerability and Risk

During the third session of the Steps to Resilience training program, practitioners were taught specific elements of an actionable vulnerability and risk assessment. To provide a more in depth peer to peer learning experience, our team of facilitators led...

Posted March 6th, 2023
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Steps to Resilience Training Recap: Understanding Exposure

Session 2 of the Steps to Resilience training program focused on Step 1 of the Practitioner’s Guide: Understanding Exposure. Step 1 guides participants in exploring and gathering information about community assets, hazards, and climate and non-climate stressors...

Posted February 15th, 2023
Project Kickoff:Land of Sky Regional Council Regional Assessment Phase 4 image

Project Kickoff:Land of Sky Regional Council Regional Assessment Phase 4

Fernleaf is pleased to announce the kick-off of Phase 4 of the Land of Sky Regional Council (LOSRC) Regional Resilience Assessment project.

Posted February 7th, 2023
Meet Fernleaf's New CEO: Matt Hutchins image

Meet Fernleaf's New CEO: Matt Hutchins

Matt has over 12 years of experience supporting groups and communities in planning and making informed decisions on climate resilience and adaptation strategies. Matt became CEO at Fernleaf in 2022 and before that led the Resilience Services team at Fernleaf...

Posted February 1st, 2023
Meet Our New GIS and Resilience Associate, Lindsey Nystrom image

Meet Our New GIS and Resilience Associate, Lindsey Nystrom

Lindsey Nystrom (they/them) is Fernleaf’s newest team member. They are graduating from UNC-Asheville this spring with a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Equity and will be joining us full-time as a GIS and Resilience Associate.

Posted May 5th, 2022
How the French Broad River MPO Used AccelAdapt to Support their Transportation Planning Needs image

How the French Broad River MPO Used AccelAdapt to Support their Transportation Planning Needs

As director of The French Broad River Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) in Asheville, North Carolina, Tristan Wrinkler’s job is to understand where investments are needed to reduce future transportation challenges that may occur due to growth in the region.

Posted April 21st, 2022

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