(1482,1,'2022-01-04 16:25:23','2022-01-04 16:25:23','<h1>About This Initiative</h1>		\n			<h1>Advancing Feasible Adaptation Solutions</h1>		\n		<p>To achieve this vision, several projects are underway through collaborations among multiple partners, including:</p><h4><strong>Supporting Entrepreneurs</strong></h4><ul><li><strong>GO Virginia:</strong> The Coastal Resilience and Adaptation Economy initiative that will foster innovation and growth in Virginia’s water economy. The project will launch a resilience entrepreneurship competition and establish a business-focused network to engage businesses and facilitate resilient practices. The project is a collaboration between <strong><a href=\"http://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, the nonprofit<strong> <a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RISE</a></strong>, the <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/index.php/service-centers/coastal/paa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://odu.edu/\">Old Dominion University</a></strong>. The $2.9M project was funded in part by <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GO Virginia</a></strong>, a state-funded initiative administered by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) to strengthen and diversify Virginia’s economy and foster the creation of higher-wage jobs in strategic industries.  In addition to the workforce development supported by VASG and RISE’s business plan competition, ODU is leading the development of the <strong><a href=\"https://www.odu.edu/news/2021/1/flood_preparedness#.YdRvYBPMJqs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coastal Virginia Consortium.</a></strong>  </li><li>The Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://fightthefloodva.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fight-the-Flood (FTF)</a> </strong>program to subsidize shoreline protection businesses’ work on coastal properties. FTF is a first in the nation approach to advance feasible adaption solutions for property owners in underserved communities.  Among the twenty-four companies in the FTF program, there are cooperative arrangements, collaborative projects, and a need for research &amp; development (R&amp;D) capacity to further advance innovation.</li></ul><h4><strong>Collaborative R&amp;D</strong></h4><p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach in order to achieve novel breakthroughs requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into innovative outcomes that transcend individual disciplines.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG—Virginia Tech</strong> partnership for a resilience design extension faculty position. This position will play a critical role, as a project coordinator and facilitator, of VASG’s GO Virginia award, and the design and implementation of collaborative public-private R&amp;D partnerships on the network of field stations.</li><li><strong>Sea Grant-CERF</strong> (Coastal Estuarine Research Federation) <strong><a href=\"https://cerfcompetition.vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design Competition</a></strong>, a forward-facing initiative to inspire students and faculty across disciplines to work together in proposing design solutions and innovative strategies to make our coastal environments more resilient in the face of coastal impacts of climate change. The Design Competition is also intended as a complementary way in which CERF can collaborate with local communities to problem-solve together around pressing challenges. The Design Competition will focus on a specific site in Coastal Virginia on which all design proposals must focus.</li></ul><ul><li><strong>VASG’s NSF-funded team science training</strong> is designing, testing, and implementing capacity-building training for effective team science, effectively integrating diverse knowledge and perspectives. The deeper level of knowledge integration achieves innovative outcomes, and is facilitated by <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/nsf-award-team-science-training-coastal-ocean-estuarine-stem-graduate-students/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VASG’s training</a></strong> in visualization tactics, managing constructive conflict, effective cross-disciplinary communication and listening, and advanced taskwork and teamwork skills.<strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> </strong></li></ul><h4><strong>Workforce Development</strong></h4><p>Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific and skill-focused education.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG and <a href=\"https://www.rappahannock.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rappahannock Community College</a></strong> are offering Work-Based Learning apprenticeships with water resilience and adaptation businesses, including winners of the GO Virginia business competition administered by RISE. Coupled with professional certification programs supported by non-profits and university entrepreneurship training, technician-level training and partnerships with businesses can form the backbone of the emerging water adaptation industry cluster’s workforce.</li><li><strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wetlands Watch</a></strong>, <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, and the <strong><a href=\"http://www.usgbc.org/usgbc-hampton-roads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Building Council, Hampton Roads Chapter</a></strong> have joined forces to establish an adaptation research and design collaborative, linking research and education programs at Virginia universities with local governments to help implement resilient interventions. This collaborative resilience laboratory - or \"Collaboratory\" - aims to produce innovative adaptation tools, strategies, and designs in tidewater Virginia by linking academic community programs with real-world needs in coastal communities, helping speed adaptation, and incubating a community of practice. <strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory</a></strong></li></ul>		\n			<h2>Upgrading Virginia\'s Water Adaptation Workforce</h2>		\n		<p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into novel, innovative outcomes. Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific or skill-focused education. However, collaborative teamwork skills are less prevalent; e.g., architectural and engineering firms have partnered with VASG to co-sponsor workforce development initiatives in part to advance students’ teamwork, collaboration, and knowledge integration skills. Coupled with entrepreneurship, design thinking, and other creativity- and innovation-deriving curricula, Virginia could have the best-trained workforce for the emerging water adaptation economy. Options would include:</p><ul><li><strong>Offering <em>community college</em> Work-Based Learning, apprenticeships, and, as appropriate, associate degrees or certifications for technician-level training and partnerships with businesses.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for university <em>undergraduate and graduate</em> work on adaptation R&amp;D, including entrepreneurship training to accompany technical expertise and collaborative research with industry partners, p</strong><strong>roduct performance validation, and co-production of new knowledge.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for NGOs conducting certification training</strong></li></ul>','About This Initiative','','inherit','closed','closed','','286-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 16:25:23','2022-01-04 16:25:23','',286,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1482',0,'revision','',0),(1483,1,'2022-01-04 16:25:23','2022-01-04 16:25:23','<h1>About This Initiative</h1>		\n			<h1>Advancing Feasible Adaptation Solutions</h1>		\n		<p>To achieve this vision, several projects are underway through collaborations among multiple partners, including:</p><h4><strong>Supporting Entrepreneurs</strong></h4><ul><li><strong>GO Virginia:</strong> The Coastal Resilience and Adaptation Economy initiative that will foster innovation and growth in Virginia’s water economy. The project will launch a resilience entrepreneurship competition and establish a business-focused network to engage businesses and facilitate resilient practices. The project is a collaboration between <strong><a href=\"http://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, the nonprofit<strong> <a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RISE</a></strong>, the <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/index.php/service-centers/coastal/paa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://odu.edu/\">Old Dominion University</a></strong>. The $2.9M project was funded in part by <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GO Virginia</a></strong>, a state-funded initiative administered by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) to strengthen and diversify Virginia’s economy and foster the creation of higher-wage jobs in strategic industries.  In addition to the workforce development supported by VASG and RISE’s business plan competition, ODU is leading the development of the <strong><a href=\"https://www.odu.edu/news/2021/1/flood_preparedness#.YdRvYBPMJqs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coastal Virginia Consortium.</a></strong>  </li><li>The Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://fightthefloodva.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fight-the-Flood (FTF)</a> </strong>program to subsidize shoreline protection businesses’ work on coastal properties. FTF is a first in the nation approach to advance feasible adaption solutions for property owners in underserved communities.  Among the twenty-four companies in the FTF program, there are cooperative arrangements, collaborative projects, and a need for research &amp; development (R&amp;D) capacity to further advance innovation.</li></ul><h4><strong>Collaborative R&amp;D</strong></h4><p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach in order to achieve novel breakthroughs requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into innovative outcomes that transcend individual disciplines.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG—Virginia Tech</strong> partnership for a resilience design extension faculty position. This position will play a critical role, as a project coordinator and facilitator, of VASG’s GO Virginia award, and the design and implementation of collaborative public-private R&amp;D partnerships on the network of field stations.</li><li><strong>Sea Grant-CERF</strong> (Coastal Estuarine Research Federation) <strong><a href=\"https://cerfcompetition.vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design Competition</a></strong>, a forward-facing initiative to inspire students and faculty across disciplines to work together in proposing design solutions and innovative strategies to make our coastal environments more resilient in the face of coastal impacts of climate change. The Design Competition is also intended as a complementary way in which CERF can collaborate with local communities to problem-solve together around pressing challenges. The Design Competition will focus on a specific site in Coastal Virginia on which all design proposals must focus.</li></ul><ul><li><strong>VASG’s NSF-funded team science training</strong> is designing, testing, and implementing capacity-building training for effective team science, effectively integrating diverse knowledge and perspectives. The deeper level of knowledge integration achieves innovative outcomes, and is facilitated by <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/nsf-award-team-science-training-coastal-ocean-estuarine-stem-graduate-students/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VASG’s training</a></strong> in visualization tactics, managing constructive conflict, effective cross-disciplinary communication and listening, and advanced taskwork and teamwork skills.<strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> </strong></li></ul><h4><strong>Workforce Development</strong></h4><p>Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific and skill-focused education.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG and <a href=\"https://www.rappahannock.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rappahannock Community College</a></strong> are offering Work-Based Learning apprenticeships with water resilience and adaptation businesses, including winners of the GO Virginia business competition administered by RISE. Coupled with professional certification programs supported by non-profits and university entrepreneurship training, technician-level training and partnerships with businesses can form the backbone of the emerging water adaptation industry cluster’s workforce.</li><li><strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wetlands Watch</a></strong>, <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, and the <strong><a href=\"http://www.usgbc.org/usgbc-hampton-roads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Building Council, Hampton Roads Chapter</a></strong> have joined forces to establish an adaptation research and design collaborative, linking research and education programs at Virginia universities with local governments to help implement resilient interventions. This collaborative resilience laboratory - or \"Collaboratory\" - aims to produce innovative adaptation tools, strategies, and designs in tidewater Virginia by linking academic community programs with real-world needs in coastal communities, helping speed adaptation, and incubating a community of practice. <strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory</a></strong></li></ul>		\n			<h2>Upgrading Virginia\'s Water Adaptation Workforce</h2>		\n		<p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into novel, innovative outcomes. Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific or skill-focused education. However, collaborative teamwork skills are less prevalent; e.g., architectural and engineering firms have partnered with VASG to co-sponsor workforce development initiatives in part to advance students’ teamwork, collaboration, and knowledge integration skills. Coupled with entrepreneurship, design thinking, and other creativity- and innovation-deriving curricula, Virginia could have the best-trained workforce for the emerging water adaptation economy. Options would include:</p><ul><li><strong>Offering <em>community college</em> Work-Based Learning, apprenticeships, and, as appropriate, associate degrees or certifications for technician-level training and partnerships with businesses.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for university <em>undergraduate and graduate</em> work on adaptation R&amp;D, including entrepreneurship training to accompany technical expertise and collaborative research with industry partners, p</strong><strong>roduct performance validation, and co-production of new knowledge.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for NGOs conducting certification training</strong></li></ul>','About This Initiative','','inherit','closed','closed','','286-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 16:25:23','2022-01-04 16:25:23','',286,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1483',0,'revision','',0),(1485,1,'2022-01-04 16:28:13','2022-01-04 16:28:13','<h1>About This Initiative</h1>		\n			<h2>Coastal Virginia will be a global leader in novel integrated systems adaptation technologies, products, & services to reinvent residential, commercial & industrial properties & businesses to living with more water, today & far into the future.</h2>		\n		<p>Increased flooding and high value residential, commercial, and industrial assets in vulnerable urban, suburban and rural coastal communities are growing market demand for new, cost-effective adaptation solutions. Virginia has a competitive advantage – it is experiencing flooding and erosion impacts from the highest level of relative sea-level rise on the east coast thus it is developing innovative adaptation technologies, products, and services with global applications. Growing a water adaptation economy is a priority in the GO Virginia Region 6 <strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https://govirginia6.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-Growth-Diverisfication-Plan-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Growth &amp; Diversification Plan</a></strong>, and <strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/wp-content/uploads/GoVA_ActionPlan2021_WEB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Action Plan</a></strong>, and the Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/articles/service_centers/Economic%20Development/MPPDC%20CEDS%20update%20-%202021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy</a></strong> (CEDS), and aligns with EDA’s equity, recovery &amp; resilience, workforce development, technology-based economic development, and environmentally-sustainable development priorities.</p><p><strong>Assets needing adaptation:</strong> Waterfront properties remain in high demand and were estimated to be worth $134B nationwide in 2018. Home sales in coastal Virginia increased 61% on the Chesapeake Bay between 2019 – 2020, and over 20% more from January – April 2021. In their most recent property tax assessment, rural Mathews County, VA recorded a loss of $75M in property value caused by flooding and erosion on waterfront properties. Businesses are impacted too; coastal shoreline counties support 37% of US jobs and contribute 46% of GDP. Coastal Virginia is home to a growing $53M shellfish aquaculture industry and working waterfronts employ over 122,000 people, generating $8.5B of GDP. All existing water-related infrastructure (a $650B global market) and all sectors of the shoreline economy will need to adapt, greatly increasing market demand for cost-effective adaptation technologies, products, and services.</p><p><strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http://www.vasem.org/reports/2021-the-impact-of-climate-change-on-virginias-coastal-areas/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine report</a></strong> on the impacts of climate change concluded, “significant innovation will be required to…mitigate the impacts that coastal regions are already experiencing and are likely to experience in the future. Virginia could become a national center of expertise and innovation in this regard.”</p>		\n			<h1>Advancing Feasible Adaptation Solutions</h1>		\n		<p>To achieve this vision, several projects are underway through collaborations among multiple partners, including:</p><h4><strong>Supporting Entrepreneurs</strong></h4><ul><li><strong>GO Virginia:</strong> The Coastal Resilience and Adaptation Economy initiative that will foster innovation and growth in Virginia’s water economy. The project will launch a resilience entrepreneurship competition and establish a business-focused network to engage businesses and facilitate resilient practices. The project is a collaboration between <strong><a href=\"http://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, the nonprofit<strong> <a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RISE</a></strong>, the <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/index.php/service-centers/coastal/paa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://odu.edu/\">Old Dominion University</a></strong>. The $2.9M project was funded in part by <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GO Virginia</a></strong>, a state-funded initiative administered by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) to strengthen and diversify Virginia’s economy and foster the creation of higher-wage jobs in strategic industries.  In addition to the workforce development supported by VASG and RISE’s business plan competition, ODU is leading the development of the <strong><a href=\"https://www.odu.edu/news/2021/1/flood_preparedness#.YdRvYBPMJqs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coastal Virginia Consortium.</a></strong>  </li><li>The Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://fightthefloodva.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fight-the-Flood (FTF)</a> </strong>program to subsidize shoreline protection businesses’ work on coastal properties. FTF is a first in the nation approach to advance feasible adaption solutions for property owners in underserved communities.  Among the twenty-four companies in the FTF program, there are cooperative arrangements, collaborative projects, and a need for research &amp; development (R&amp;D) capacity to further advance innovation.</li></ul><h4><strong>Collaborative R&amp;D</strong></h4><p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach in order to achieve novel breakthroughs requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into innovative outcomes that transcend individual disciplines.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG—Virginia Tech</strong> partnership for a resilience design extension faculty position. This position will play a critical role, as a project coordinator and facilitator, of VASG’s GO Virginia award, and the design and implementation of collaborative public-private R&amp;D partnerships on the network of field stations.</li><li><strong>Sea Grant-CERF</strong> (Coastal Estuarine Research Federation) <strong><a href=\"https://cerfcompetition.vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design Competition</a></strong>, a forward-facing initiative to inspire students and faculty across disciplines to work together in proposing design solutions and innovative strategies to make our coastal environments more resilient in the face of coastal impacts of climate change. The Design Competition is also intended as a complementary way in which CERF can collaborate with local communities to problem-solve together around pressing challenges. The Design Competition will focus on a specific site in Coastal Virginia on which all design proposals must focus.</li></ul><ul><li><strong>VASG’s NSF-funded team science training</strong> is designing, testing, and implementing capacity-building training for effective team science, effectively integrating diverse knowledge and perspectives. The deeper level of knowledge integration achieves innovative outcomes, and is facilitated by <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/nsf-award-team-science-training-coastal-ocean-estuarine-stem-graduate-students/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VASG’s training</a></strong> in visualization tactics, managing constructive conflict, effective cross-disciplinary communication and listening, and advanced taskwork and teamwork skills.<strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> </strong></li></ul><h4><strong>Workforce Development</strong></h4><p>Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific and skill-focused education.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG and <a href=\"https://www.rappahannock.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rappahannock Community College</a></strong> are offering Work-Based Learning apprenticeships with water resilience and adaptation businesses, including winners of the GO Virginia business competition administered by RISE. Coupled with professional certification programs supported by non-profits and university entrepreneurship training, technician-level training and partnerships with businesses can form the backbone of the emerging water adaptation industry cluster’s workforce.</li><li><strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wetlands Watch</a></strong>, <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, and the <strong><a href=\"http://www.usgbc.org/usgbc-hampton-roads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Building Council, Hampton Roads Chapter</a></strong> have joined forces to establish an adaptation research and design collaborative, linking research and education programs at Virginia universities with local governments to help implement resilient interventions. This collaborative resilience laboratory - or \"Collaboratory\" - aims to produce innovative adaptation tools, strategies, and designs in tidewater Virginia by linking academic community programs with real-world needs in coastal communities, helping speed adaptation, and incubating a community of practice. <strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory</a></strong></li></ul>		\n			<h2>Upgrading Virginia\'s Water Adaptation Workforce</h2>		\n		<p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into novel, innovative outcomes. Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific or skill-focused education. However, collaborative teamwork skills are less prevalent; e.g., architectural and engineering firms have partnered with VASG to co-sponsor workforce development initiatives in part to advance students’ teamwork, collaboration, and knowledge integration skills. Coupled with entrepreneurship, design thinking, and other creativity- and innovation-deriving curricula, Virginia could have the best-trained workforce for the emerging water adaptation economy. Options would include:</p><ul><li><strong>Offering <em>community college</em> Work-Based Learning, apprenticeships, and, as appropriate, associate degrees or certifications for technician-level training and partnerships with businesses.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for university <em>undergraduate and graduate</em> work on adaptation R&amp;D, including entrepreneurship training to accompany technical expertise and collaborative research with industry partners, p</strong><strong>roduct performance validation, and co-production of new knowledge.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for NGOs conducting certification training</strong></li></ul>','About This Initiative','','inherit','closed','closed','','286-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 16:28:13','2022-01-04 16:28:13','',286,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1485',0,'revision','',0),(1486,1,'2022-01-04 16:28:13','2022-01-04 16:28:13','<h1>About This Initiative</h1>		\n			<h2>Coastal Virginia will be a global leader in novel integrated systems adaptation technologies, products, & services to reinvent residential, commercial & industrial properties & businesses to living with more water, today & far into the future.</h2>		\n		<p>Increased flooding and high value residential, commercial, and industrial assets in vulnerable urban, suburban and rural coastal communities are growing market demand for new, cost-effective adaptation solutions. Virginia has a competitive advantage – it is experiencing flooding and erosion impacts from the highest level of relative sea-level rise on the east coast thus it is developing innovative adaptation technologies, products, and services with global applications. Growing a water adaptation economy is a priority in the GO Virginia Region 6 <strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https://govirginia6.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-Growth-Diverisfication-Plan-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Growth &amp; Diversification Plan</a></strong>, and <strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/wp-content/uploads/GoVA_ActionPlan2021_WEB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Action Plan</a></strong>, and the Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/articles/service_centers/Economic%20Development/MPPDC%20CEDS%20update%20-%202021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy</a></strong> (CEDS), and aligns with EDA’s equity, recovery &amp; resilience, workforce development, technology-based economic development, and environmentally-sustainable development priorities.</p><p><strong>Assets needing adaptation:</strong> Waterfront properties remain in high demand and were estimated to be worth $134B nationwide in 2018. Home sales in coastal Virginia increased 61% on the Chesapeake Bay between 2019 – 2020, and over 20% more from January – April 2021. In their most recent property tax assessment, rural Mathews County, VA recorded a loss of $75M in property value caused by flooding and erosion on waterfront properties. Businesses are impacted too; coastal shoreline counties support 37% of US jobs and contribute 46% of GDP. Coastal Virginia is home to a growing $53M shellfish aquaculture industry and working waterfronts employ over 122,000 people, generating $8.5B of GDP. All existing water-related infrastructure (a $650B global market) and all sectors of the shoreline economy will need to adapt, greatly increasing market demand for cost-effective adaptation technologies, products, and services.</p><p><strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http://www.vasem.org/reports/2021-the-impact-of-climate-change-on-virginias-coastal-areas/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine report</a></strong> on the impacts of climate change concluded, “significant innovation will be required to…mitigate the impacts that coastal regions are already experiencing and are likely to experience in the future. Virginia could become a national center of expertise and innovation in this regard.”</p>		\n			<h1>Advancing Feasible Adaptation Solutions</h1>		\n		<p>To achieve this vision, several projects are underway through collaborations among multiple partners, including:</p><h4><strong>Supporting Entrepreneurs</strong></h4><ul><li><strong>GO Virginia:</strong> The Coastal Resilience and Adaptation Economy initiative that will foster innovation and growth in Virginia’s water economy. The project will launch a resilience entrepreneurship competition and establish a business-focused network to engage businesses and facilitate resilient practices. The project is a collaboration between <strong><a href=\"http://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, the nonprofit<strong> <a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RISE</a></strong>, the <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/index.php/service-centers/coastal/paa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://odu.edu/\">Old Dominion University</a></strong>. The $2.9M project was funded in part by <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GO Virginia</a></strong>, a state-funded initiative administered by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) to strengthen and diversify Virginia’s economy and foster the creation of higher-wage jobs in strategic industries.  In addition to the workforce development supported by VASG and RISE’s business plan competition, ODU is leading the development of the <strong><a href=\"https://www.odu.edu/news/2021/1/flood_preparedness#.YdRvYBPMJqs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coastal Virginia Consortium.</a></strong>  </li><li>The Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://fightthefloodva.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fight-the-Flood (FTF)</a> </strong>program to subsidize shoreline protection businesses’ work on coastal properties. FTF is a first in the nation approach to advance feasible adaption solutions for property owners in underserved communities.  Among the twenty-four companies in the FTF program, there are cooperative arrangements, collaborative projects, and a need for research &amp; development (R&amp;D) capacity to further advance innovation.</li></ul><h4><strong>Collaborative R&amp;D</strong></h4><p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach in order to achieve novel breakthroughs requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into innovative outcomes that transcend individual disciplines.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG—Virginia Tech</strong> partnership for a resilience design extension faculty position. This position will play a critical role, as a project coordinator and facilitator, of VASG’s GO Virginia award, and the design and implementation of collaborative public-private R&amp;D partnerships on the network of field stations.</li><li><strong>Sea Grant-CERF</strong> (Coastal Estuarine Research Federation) <strong><a href=\"https://cerfcompetition.vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design Competition</a></strong>, a forward-facing initiative to inspire students and faculty across disciplines to work together in proposing design solutions and innovative strategies to make our coastal environments more resilient in the face of coastal impacts of climate change. The Design Competition is also intended as a complementary way in which CERF can collaborate with local communities to problem-solve together around pressing challenges. The Design Competition will focus on a specific site in Coastal Virginia on which all design proposals must focus.</li></ul><ul><li><strong>VASG’s NSF-funded team science training</strong> is designing, testing, and implementing capacity-building training for effective team science, effectively integrating diverse knowledge and perspectives. The deeper level of knowledge integration achieves innovative outcomes, and is facilitated by <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/nsf-award-team-science-training-coastal-ocean-estuarine-stem-graduate-students/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VASG’s training</a></strong> in visualization tactics, managing constructive conflict, effective cross-disciplinary communication and listening, and advanced taskwork and teamwork skills.<strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> </strong></li></ul><h4><strong>Workforce Development</strong></h4><p>Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific and skill-focused education.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG and <a href=\"https://www.rappahannock.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rappahannock Community College</a></strong> are offering Work-Based Learning apprenticeships with water resilience and adaptation businesses, including winners of the GO Virginia business competition administered by RISE. Coupled with professional certification programs supported by non-profits and university entrepreneurship training, technician-level training and partnerships with businesses can form the backbone of the emerging water adaptation industry cluster’s workforce.</li><li><strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wetlands Watch</a></strong>, <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, and the <strong><a href=\"http://www.usgbc.org/usgbc-hampton-roads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Building Council, Hampton Roads Chapter</a></strong> have joined forces to establish an adaptation research and design collaborative, linking research and education programs at Virginia universities with local governments to help implement resilient interventions. This collaborative resilience laboratory - or \"Collaboratory\" - aims to produce innovative adaptation tools, strategies, and designs in tidewater Virginia by linking academic community programs with real-world needs in coastal communities, helping speed adaptation, and incubating a community of practice. <strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory</a></strong></li></ul>		\n			<h2>Upgrading Virginia\'s Water Adaptation Workforce</h2>		\n		<p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into novel, innovative outcomes. Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific or skill-focused education. However, collaborative teamwork skills are less prevalent; e.g., architectural and engineering firms have partnered with VASG to co-sponsor workforce development initiatives in part to advance students’ teamwork, collaboration, and knowledge integration skills. Coupled with entrepreneurship, design thinking, and other creativity- and innovation-deriving curricula, Virginia could have the best-trained workforce for the emerging water adaptation economy. Options would include:</p><ul><li><strong>Offering <em>community college</em> Work-Based Learning, apprenticeships, and, as appropriate, associate degrees or certifications for technician-level training and partnerships with businesses.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for university <em>undergraduate and graduate</em> work on adaptation R&amp;D, including entrepreneurship training to accompany technical expertise and collaborative research with industry partners, p</strong><strong>roduct performance validation, and co-production of new knowledge.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for NGOs conducting certification training</strong></li></ul>','About This Initiative','','inherit','closed','closed','','286-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 16:28:13','2022-01-04 16:28:13','',286,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1486',0,'revision','',0),(1487,1,'2022-01-04 16:28:13','2022-01-04 16:28:13','<h1>About This Initiative</h1>		\n			<h2>Coastal Virginia will be a global leader in novel integrated systems adaptation technologies, products, & services to reinvent residential, commercial & industrial properties & businesses to living with more water, today & far into the future.</h2>		\n		<p>Increased flooding and high value residential, commercial, and industrial assets in vulnerable urban, suburban and rural coastal communities are growing market demand for new, cost-effective adaptation solutions. Virginia has a competitive advantage – it is experiencing flooding and erosion impacts from the highest level of relative sea-level rise on the east coast thus it is developing innovative adaptation technologies, products, and services with global applications. Growing a water adaptation economy is a priority in the GO Virginia Region 6 <strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https://govirginia6.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-Growth-Diverisfication-Plan-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Growth &amp; Diversification Plan</a></strong>, and <strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/wp-content/uploads/GoVA_ActionPlan2021_WEB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Action Plan</a></strong>, and the Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/articles/service_centers/Economic%20Development/MPPDC%20CEDS%20update%20-%202021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy</a></strong> (CEDS), and aligns with EDA’s equity, recovery &amp; resilience, workforce development, technology-based economic development, and environmentally-sustainable development priorities.</p><p><strong>Assets needing adaptation:</strong> Waterfront properties remain in high demand and were estimated to be worth $134B nationwide in 2018. Home sales in coastal Virginia increased 61% on the Chesapeake Bay between 2019 – 2020, and over 20% more from January – April 2021. In their most recent property tax assessment, rural Mathews County, VA recorded a loss of $75M in property value caused by flooding and erosion on waterfront properties. Businesses are impacted too; coastal shoreline counties support 37% of US jobs and contribute 46% of GDP. Coastal Virginia is home to a growing $53M shellfish aquaculture industry and working waterfronts employ over 122,000 people, generating $8.5B of GDP. All existing water-related infrastructure (a $650B global market) and all sectors of the shoreline economy will need to adapt, greatly increasing market demand for cost-effective adaptation technologies, products, and services.</p><p><strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http://www.vasem.org/reports/2021-the-impact-of-climate-change-on-virginias-coastal-areas/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine report</a></strong> on the impacts of climate change concluded, “significant innovation will be required to…mitigate the impacts that coastal regions are already experiencing and are likely to experience in the future. Virginia could become a national center of expertise and innovation in this regard.”</p>		\n			<h1>Advancing Feasible Adaptation Solutions</h1>		\n		<p>To achieve this vision, several projects are underway through collaborations among multiple partners, including:</p><h4><strong>Supporting Entrepreneurs</strong></h4><ul><li><strong>GO Virginia:</strong> The Coastal Resilience and Adaptation Economy initiative that will foster innovation and growth in Virginia’s water economy. The project will launch a resilience entrepreneurship competition and establish a business-focused network to engage businesses and facilitate resilient practices. The project is a collaboration between <strong><a href=\"http://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, the nonprofit<strong> <a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RISE</a></strong>, the <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/index.php/service-centers/coastal/paa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://odu.edu/\">Old Dominion University</a></strong>. The $2.9M project was funded in part by <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GO Virginia</a></strong>, a state-funded initiative administered by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) to strengthen and diversify Virginia’s economy and foster the creation of higher-wage jobs in strategic industries.  In addition to the workforce development supported by VASG and RISE’s business plan competition, ODU is leading the development of the <strong><a href=\"https://www.odu.edu/news/2021/1/flood_preparedness#.YdRvYBPMJqs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coastal Virginia Consortium.</a></strong>  </li><li>The Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://fightthefloodva.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fight-the-Flood (FTF)</a> </strong>program to subsidize shoreline protection businesses’ work on coastal properties. FTF is a first in the nation approach to advance feasible adaption solutions for property owners in underserved communities.  Among the twenty-four companies in the FTF program, there are cooperative arrangements, collaborative projects, and a need for research &amp; development (R&amp;D) capacity to further advance innovation.</li></ul><h4><strong>Collaborative R&amp;D</strong></h4><p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach in order to achieve novel breakthroughs requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into innovative outcomes that transcend individual disciplines.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG—Virginia Tech</strong> partnership for a resilience design extension faculty position. This position will play a critical role, as a project coordinator and facilitator, of VASG’s GO Virginia award, and the design and implementation of collaborative public-private R&amp;D partnerships on the network of field stations.</li><li><strong>Sea Grant-CERF</strong> (Coastal Estuarine Research Federation) <strong><a href=\"https://cerfcompetition.vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design Competition</a></strong>, a forward-facing initiative to inspire students and faculty across disciplines to work together in proposing design solutions and innovative strategies to make our coastal environments more resilient in the face of coastal impacts of climate change. The Design Competition is also intended as a complementary way in which CERF can collaborate with local communities to problem-solve together around pressing challenges. The Design Competition will focus on a specific site in Coastal Virginia on which all design proposals must focus.</li><li><strong>VASG’s NSF-funded team science training</strong> is designing, testing, and implementing capacity-building training for effective team science, effectively integrating diverse knowledge and perspectives. The deeper level of knowledge integration achieves innovative outcomes, and is facilitated by <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/nsf-award-team-science-training-coastal-ocean-estuarine-stem-graduate-students/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VASG’s training</a></strong> in visualization tactics, managing constructive conflict, effective cross-disciplinary communication and listening, and advanced taskwork and teamwork skills.<strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> </strong></li></ul><h4><strong>Workforce Development</strong></h4><p>Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific and skill-focused education.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG and <a href=\"https://www.rappahannock.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rappahannock Community College</a></strong> are offering Work-Based Learning apprenticeships with water resilience and adaptation businesses, including winners of the GO Virginia business competition administered by RISE. Coupled with professional certification programs supported by non-profits and university entrepreneurship training, technician-level training and partnerships with businesses can form the backbone of the emerging water adaptation industry cluster’s workforce.</li><li><strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wetlands Watch</a></strong>, <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, and the <strong><a href=\"http://www.usgbc.org/usgbc-hampton-roads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Building Council, Hampton Roads Chapter</a></strong> have joined forces to establish an adaptation research and design collaborative, linking research and education programs at Virginia universities with local governments to help implement resilient interventions. This collaborative resilience laboratory - or \"Collaboratory\" - aims to produce innovative adaptation tools, strategies, and designs in tidewater Virginia by linking academic community programs with real-world needs in coastal communities, helping speed adaptation, and incubating a community of practice. <strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory</a></strong></li></ul>		\n			<h2>Upgrading Virginia\'s Water Adaptation Workforce</h2>		\n		<p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into novel, innovative outcomes. Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific or skill-focused education. However, collaborative teamwork skills are less prevalent; e.g., architectural and engineering firms have partnered with VASG to co-sponsor workforce development initiatives in part to advance students’ teamwork, collaboration, and knowledge integration skills. Coupled with entrepreneurship, design thinking, and other creativity- and innovation-deriving curricula, Virginia could have the best-trained workforce for the emerging water adaptation economy. Options would include:</p><ul><li><strong>Offering <em>community college</em> Work-Based Learning, apprenticeships, and, as appropriate, associate degrees or certifications for technician-level training and partnerships with businesses.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for university <em>undergraduate and graduate</em> work on adaptation R&amp;D, including entrepreneurship training to accompany technical expertise and collaborative research with industry partners, p</strong><strong>roduct performance validation, and co-production of new knowledge.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for NGOs conducting certification training</strong></li></ul>','About This Initiative','','inherit','closed','closed','','286-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 16:28:13','2022-01-04 16:28:13','',286,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1487',0,'revision','',0),(1488,1,'2022-01-04 16:28:39','2022-01-04 16:28:39','<h1>About This Initiative</h1>		\n			<h2>Coastal Virginia will be a global leader in novel integrated systems adaptation technologies, products, & services to reinvent residential, commercial & industrial properties & businesses to living with more water, today & far into the future.</h2>		\n		<p>Increased flooding and high value residential, commercial, and industrial assets in vulnerable urban, suburban and rural coastal communities are growing market demand for new, cost-effective adaptation solutions. Virginia has a competitive advantage – it is experiencing flooding and erosion impacts from the highest level of relative sea-level rise on the east coast thus it is developing innovative adaptation technologies, products, and services with global applications. Growing a water adaptation economy is a priority in the GO Virginia Region 6 <strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https://govirginia6.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-Growth-Diverisfication-Plan-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Growth &amp; Diversification Plan</a></strong>, and <strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/wp-content/uploads/GoVA_ActionPlan2021_WEB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Action Plan</a></strong>, and the Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/articles/service_centers/Economic%20Development/MPPDC%20CEDS%20update%20-%202021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy</a></strong> (CEDS), and aligns with EDA’s equity, recovery &amp; resilience, workforce development, technology-based economic development, and environmentally-sustainable development priorities.</p><p><strong>Assets needing adaptation:</strong> Waterfront properties remain in high demand and were estimated to be worth $134B nationwide in 2018. Home sales in coastal Virginia increased 61% on the Chesapeake Bay between 2019 – 2020, and over 20% more from January – April 2021. In their most recent property tax assessment, rural Mathews County, VA recorded a loss of $75M in property value caused by flooding and erosion on waterfront properties. Businesses are impacted too; coastal shoreline counties support 37% of US jobs and contribute 46% of GDP. Coastal Virginia is home to a growing $53M shellfish aquaculture industry and working waterfronts employ over 122,000 people, generating $8.5B of GDP. All existing water-related infrastructure (a $650B global market) and all sectors of the shoreline economy will need to adapt, greatly increasing market demand for cost-effective adaptation technologies, products, and services.</p><p><strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http://www.vasem.org/reports/2021-the-impact-of-climate-change-on-virginias-coastal-areas/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine report</a></strong> on the impacts of climate change concluded, “significant innovation will be required to…mitigate the impacts that coastal regions are already experiencing and are likely to experience in the future. Virginia could become a national center of expertise and innovation in this regard.”</p>		\n			<h1>Advancing Feasible Adaptation Solutions</h1>		\n		<p>To achieve this vision, several projects are underway through collaborations among multiple partners, including:</p><h4><strong>Supporting Entrepreneurs</strong></h4><ul><li><strong>GO Virginia:</strong> The Coastal Resilience and Adaptation Economy initiative that will foster innovation and growth in Virginia’s water economy. The project will launch a resilience entrepreneurship competition and establish a business-focused network to engage businesses and facilitate resilient practices. The project is a collaboration between <strong><a href=\"http://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, the nonprofit<strong> <a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RISE</a></strong>, the <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/index.php/service-centers/coastal/paa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://odu.edu/\">Old Dominion University</a></strong>. The $2.9M project was funded in part by <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GO Virginia</a></strong>, a state-funded initiative administered by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) to strengthen and diversify Virginia’s economy and foster the creation of higher-wage jobs in strategic industries.  In addition to the workforce development supported by VASG and RISE’s business plan competition, ODU is leading the development of the <strong><a href=\"https://www.odu.edu/news/2021/1/flood_preparedness#.YdRvYBPMJqs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coastal Virginia Consortium.</a></strong>  </li><li>The Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://fightthefloodva.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fight-the-Flood (FTF)</a> </strong>program to subsidize shoreline protection businesses’ work on coastal properties. FTF is a first in the nation approach to advance feasible adaption solutions for property owners in underserved communities.  Among the twenty-four companies in the FTF program, there are cooperative arrangements, collaborative projects, and a need for research &amp; development (R&amp;D) capacity to further advance innovation.</li></ul><h4><strong>Collaborative R&amp;D</strong></h4><p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach in order to achieve novel breakthroughs requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into innovative outcomes that transcend individual disciplines.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG—Virginia Tech</strong> partnership for a resilience design extension faculty position. This position will play a critical role, as a project coordinator and facilitator, of VASG’s GO Virginia award, and the design and implementation of collaborative public-private R&amp;D partnerships on the network of field stations.</li><li><strong>Sea Grant-CERF</strong> (Coastal Estuarine Research Federation) <strong><a href=\"https://cerfcompetition.vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design Competition</a></strong>, a forward-facing initiative to inspire students and faculty across disciplines to work together in proposing design solutions and innovative strategies to make our coastal environments more resilient in the face of coastal impacts of climate change. The Design Competition is also intended as a complementary way in which CERF can collaborate with local communities to problem-solve together around pressing challenges. The Design Competition will focus on a specific site in Coastal Virginia on which all design proposals must focus.</li><li><strong>VASG’s NSF-funded team science training</strong> is designing, testing, and implementing capacity-building training for effective team science, effectively integrating diverse knowledge and perspectives. The deeper level of knowledge integration achieves innovative outcomes, and is facilitated by <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/nsf-award-team-science-training-coastal-ocean-estuarine-stem-graduate-students/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VASG’s training</a></strong> in visualization tactics, managing constructive conflict, effective cross-disciplinary communication and listening, and advanced taskwork and teamwork skills.<strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> </strong></li></ul><h4><strong>Workforce Development</strong></h4><p>Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific and skill-focused education.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG and <a href=\"https://www.rappahannock.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rappahannock Community College</a></strong> are offering Work-Based Learning apprenticeships with water resilience and adaptation businesses, including winners of the GO Virginia business competition administered by RISE. Coupled with professional certification programs supported by non-profits and university entrepreneurship training, technician-level training and partnerships with businesses can form the backbone of the emerging water adaptation industry cluster’s workforce.</li><li><strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wetlands Watch</a></strong>, <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, and the <strong><a href=\"http://www.usgbc.org/usgbc-hampton-roads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Building Council, Hampton Roads Chapter</a></strong> have joined forces to establish an adaptation research and design collaborative, linking research and education programs at Virginia universities with local governments to help implement resilient interventions. This collaborative resilience laboratory - or \"Collaboratory\" - aims to produce innovative adaptation tools, strategies, and designs in tidewater Virginia by linking academic community programs with real-world needs in coastal communities, helping speed adaptation, and incubating a community of practice. <strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory</a></strong></li></ul>		\n			<h2>Upgrading Virginia\'s Water Adaptation Workforce</h2>		\n		<p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into novel, innovative outcomes. Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific or skill-focused education. However, collaborative teamwork skills are less prevalent; e.g., architectural and engineering firms have partnered with VASG to co-sponsor workforce development initiatives in part to advance students’ teamwork, collaboration, and knowledge integration skills. Coupled with entrepreneurship, design thinking, and other creativity- and innovation-deriving curricula, Virginia could have the best-trained workforce for the emerging water adaptation economy. Options would include:</p><ul><li><strong>Offering <em>community college</em> Work-Based Learning, apprenticeships, and, as appropriate, associate degrees or certifications for technician-level training and partnerships with businesses.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for university <em>undergraduate and graduate</em> work on adaptation R&amp;D, including entrepreneurship training to accompany technical expertise and collaborative research with industry partners, p</strong><strong>roduct performance validation, and co-production of new knowledge.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for NGOs conducting certification training</strong></li></ul>','About This Initiative','','inherit','closed','closed','','286-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 16:28:39','2022-01-04 16:28:39','',286,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1488',0,'revision','',0),(1489,1,'2022-01-04 16:28:39','2022-01-04 16:28:39','<h1>About This Initiative</h1>		\n			<h2>Coastal Virginia will be a global leader in novel integrated systems adaptation technologies, products, & services to reinvent residential, commercial & industrial properties & businesses to living with more water, today & far into the future.</h2>		\n		<p>Increased flooding and high value residential, commercial, and industrial assets in vulnerable urban, suburban and rural coastal communities are growing market demand for new, cost-effective adaptation solutions. Virginia has a competitive advantage – it is experiencing flooding and erosion impacts from the highest level of relative sea-level rise on the east coast thus it is developing innovative adaptation technologies, products, and services with global applications. Growing a water adaptation economy is a priority in the GO Virginia Region 6 <strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https://govirginia6.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-Growth-Diverisfication-Plan-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Growth &amp; Diversification Plan</a></strong>, and <strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/wp-content/uploads/GoVA_ActionPlan2021_WEB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Action Plan</a></strong>, and the Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/articles/service_centers/Economic%20Development/MPPDC%20CEDS%20update%20-%202021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy</a></strong> (CEDS), and aligns with EDA’s equity, recovery &amp; resilience, workforce development, technology-based economic development, and environmentally-sustainable development priorities.</p><p><strong>Assets needing adaptation:</strong> Waterfront properties remain in high demand and were estimated to be worth $134B nationwide in 2018. Home sales in coastal Virginia increased 61% on the Chesapeake Bay between 2019 – 2020, and over 20% more from January – April 2021. In their most recent property tax assessment, rural Mathews County, VA recorded a loss of $75M in property value caused by flooding and erosion on waterfront properties. Businesses are impacted too; coastal shoreline counties support 37% of US jobs and contribute 46% of GDP. Coastal Virginia is home to a growing $53M shellfish aquaculture industry and working waterfronts employ over 122,000 people, generating $8.5B of GDP. All existing water-related infrastructure (a $650B global market) and all sectors of the shoreline economy will need to adapt, greatly increasing market demand for cost-effective adaptation technologies, products, and services.</p><p><strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http://www.vasem.org/reports/2021-the-impact-of-climate-change-on-virginias-coastal-areas/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine report</a></strong> on the impacts of climate change concluded, “significant innovation will be required to…mitigate the impacts that coastal regions are already experiencing and are likely to experience in the future. Virginia could become a national center of expertise and innovation in this regard.”</p>		\n			<h1>Advancing Feasible Adaptation Solutions</h1>		\n		<p>To achieve this vision, several projects are underway through collaborations among multiple partners, including:</p><h4><strong>Supporting Entrepreneurs</strong></h4><ul><li><strong>GO Virginia:</strong> The Coastal Resilience and Adaptation Economy initiative that will foster innovation and growth in Virginia’s water economy. The project will launch a resilience entrepreneurship competition and establish a business-focused network to engage businesses and facilitate resilient practices. The project is a collaboration between <strong><a href=\"http://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, the nonprofit<strong> <a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RISE</a></strong>, the <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/index.php/service-centers/coastal/paa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://odu.edu/\">Old Dominion University</a></strong>. The $2.9M project was funded in part by <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GO Virginia</a></strong>, a state-funded initiative administered by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) to strengthen and diversify Virginia’s economy and foster the creation of higher-wage jobs in strategic industries.  In addition to the workforce development supported by VASG and RISE’s business plan competition, ODU is leading the development of the <strong><a href=\"https://www.odu.edu/news/2021/1/flood_preparedness#.YdRvYBPMJqs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coastal Virginia Consortium.</a></strong>  </li><li>The Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://fightthefloodva.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fight-the-Flood (FTF)</a> </strong>program to subsidize shoreline protection businesses’ work on coastal properties. FTF is a first in the nation approach to advance feasible adaption solutions for property owners in underserved communities.  Among the twenty-four companies in the FTF program, there are cooperative arrangements, collaborative projects, and a need for research &amp; development (R&amp;D) capacity to further advance innovation.</li></ul><h4><strong>Collaborative R&amp;D</strong></h4><p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach in order to achieve novel breakthroughs requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into innovative outcomes that transcend individual disciplines.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG—Virginia Tech</strong> partnership for a resilience design extension faculty position. This position will play a critical role, as a project coordinator and facilitator, of VASG’s GO Virginia award, and the design and implementation of collaborative public-private R&amp;D partnerships on the network of field stations.</li><li><strong>Sea Grant-CERF</strong> (Coastal Estuarine Research Federation) <strong><a href=\"https://cerfcompetition.vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design Competition</a></strong>, a forward-facing initiative to inspire students and faculty across disciplines to work together in proposing design solutions and innovative strategies to make our coastal environments more resilient in the face of coastal impacts of climate change. The Design Competition is also intended as a complementary way in which CERF can collaborate with local communities to problem-solve together around pressing challenges. The Design Competition will focus on a specific site in Coastal Virginia on which all design proposals must focus.</li><li><strong>VASG’s NSF-funded team science training</strong> is designing, testing, and implementing capacity-building training for effective team science, effectively integrating diverse knowledge and perspectives. The deeper level of knowledge integration achieves innovative outcomes, and is facilitated by <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/nsf-award-team-science-training-coastal-ocean-estuarine-stem-graduate-students/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VASG’s training</a></strong> in visualization tactics, managing constructive conflict, effective cross-disciplinary communication and listening, and advanced taskwork and teamwork skills.<strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> </strong></li></ul><h4><strong>Workforce Development</strong></h4><p>Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific and skill-focused education.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG and <a href=\"https://www.rappahannock.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rappahannock Community College</a></strong> are offering Work-Based Learning apprenticeships with water resilience and adaptation businesses, including winners of the GO Virginia business competition administered by RISE. Coupled with professional certification programs supported by non-profits and university entrepreneurship training, technician-level training and partnerships with businesses can form the backbone of the emerging water adaptation industry cluster’s workforce.</li><li><strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wetlands Watch</a></strong>, <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, and the <strong><a href=\"http://www.usgbc.org/usgbc-hampton-roads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Building Council, Hampton Roads Chapter</a></strong> have joined forces to establish an adaptation research and design collaborative, linking research and education programs at Virginia universities with local governments to help implement resilient interventions. This collaborative resilience laboratory - or \"Collaboratory\" - aims to produce innovative adaptation tools, strategies, and designs in tidewater Virginia by linking academic community programs with real-world needs in coastal communities, helping speed adaptation, and incubating a community of practice. <strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory</a></strong></li></ul>		\n			<h2>Upgrading Virginia\'s Water Adaptation Workforce</h2>		\n		<p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into novel, innovative outcomes. Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific or skill-focused education. However, collaborative teamwork skills are less prevalent; e.g., architectural and engineering firms have partnered with VASG to co-sponsor workforce development initiatives in part to advance students’ teamwork, collaboration, and knowledge integration skills. Coupled with entrepreneurship, design thinking, and other creativity- and innovation-deriving curricula, Virginia could have the best-trained workforce for the emerging water adaptation economy. Options would include:</p><ul><li><strong>Offering <em>community college</em> Work-Based Learning, apprenticeships, and, as appropriate, associate degrees or certifications for technician-level training and partnerships with businesses.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for university <em>undergraduate and graduate</em> work on adaptation R&amp;D, including entrepreneurship training to accompany technical expertise and collaborative research with industry partners, p</strong><strong>roduct performance validation, and co-production of new knowledge.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for NGOs conducting certification training</strong></li></ul>','About This Initiative','','inherit','closed','closed','','286-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 16:28:39','2022-01-04 16:28:39','',286,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1489',0,'revision','',0),(1490,1,'2022-01-04 16:28:40','2022-01-04 16:28:40','<h1>About This Initiative</h1>		\n			<h2>Coastal Virginia will be a global leader in novel integrated systems adaptation technologies, products, & services to reinvent residential, commercial & industrial properties & businesses to living with more water, today & far into the future.</h2>		\n		<p>Increased flooding and high value residential, commercial, and industrial assets in vulnerable urban, suburban and rural coastal communities are growing market demand for new, cost-effective adaptation solutions. Virginia has a competitive advantage – it is experiencing flooding and erosion impacts from the highest level of relative sea-level rise on the east coast thus it is developing innovative adaptation technologies, products, and services with global applications. Growing a water adaptation economy is a priority in the GO Virginia Region 6 <strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https://govirginia6.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-Growth-Diverisfication-Plan-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Growth &amp; Diversification Plan</a></strong>, and <strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/wp-content/uploads/GoVA_ActionPlan2021_WEB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Action Plan</a></strong>, and the Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/articles/service_centers/Economic%20Development/MPPDC%20CEDS%20update%20-%202021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy</a></strong> (CEDS), and aligns with EDA’s equity, recovery &amp; resilience, workforce development, technology-based economic development, and environmentally-sustainable development priorities.</p><p><strong>Assets needing adaptation:</strong> Waterfront properties remain in high demand and were estimated to be worth $134B nationwide in 2018. Home sales in coastal Virginia increased 61% on the Chesapeake Bay between 2019 – 2020, and over 20% more from January – April 2021. In their most recent property tax assessment, rural Mathews County, VA recorded a loss of $75M in property value caused by flooding and erosion on waterfront properties. Businesses are impacted too; coastal shoreline counties support 37% of US jobs and contribute 46% of GDP. Coastal Virginia is home to a growing $53M shellfish aquaculture industry and working waterfronts employ over 122,000 people, generating $8.5B of GDP. All existing water-related infrastructure (a $650B global market) and all sectors of the shoreline economy will need to adapt, greatly increasing market demand for cost-effective adaptation technologies, products, and services.</p><p><strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http://www.vasem.org/reports/2021-the-impact-of-climate-change-on-virginias-coastal-areas/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine report</a></strong> on the impacts of climate change concluded, “significant innovation will be required to…mitigate the impacts that coastal regions are already experiencing and are likely to experience in the future. Virginia could become a national center of expertise and innovation in this regard.”</p>		\n			<h1>Advancing Feasible Adaptation Solutions</h1>		\n		<p>To achieve this vision, several projects are underway through collaborations among multiple partners, including:</p><h4><strong>Supporting Entrepreneurs</strong></h4><ul><li><strong>GO Virginia:</strong> The Coastal Resilience and Adaptation Economy initiative that will foster innovation and growth in Virginia’s water economy. The project will launch a resilience entrepreneurship competition and establish a business-focused network to engage businesses and facilitate resilient practices. The project is a collaboration between <strong><a href=\"http://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, the nonprofit<strong> <a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RISE</a></strong>, the <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/index.php/service-centers/coastal/paa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://odu.edu/\">Old Dominion University</a></strong>. The $2.9M project was funded in part by <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GO Virginia</a></strong>, a state-funded initiative administered by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) to strengthen and diversify Virginia’s economy and foster the creation of higher-wage jobs in strategic industries.  In addition to the workforce development supported by VASG and RISE’s business plan competition, ODU is leading the development of the <strong><a href=\"https://www.odu.edu/news/2021/1/flood_preparedness#.YdRvYBPMJqs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coastal Virginia Consortium.</a></strong>  </li><li>The Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://fightthefloodva.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fight-the-Flood (FTF)</a> </strong>program to subsidize shoreline protection businesses’ work on coastal properties. FTF is a first in the nation approach to advance feasible adaption solutions for property owners in underserved communities.  Among the twenty-four companies in the FTF program, there are cooperative arrangements, collaborative projects, and a need for research &amp; development (R&amp;D) capacity to further advance innovation.</li></ul><h4><strong>Collaborative R&amp;D</strong></h4><p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach in order to achieve novel breakthroughs requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into innovative outcomes that transcend individual disciplines.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG—Virginia Tech</strong> partnership for a resilience design extension faculty position. This position will play a critical role, as a project coordinator and facilitator, of VASG’s GO Virginia award, and the design and implementation of collaborative public-private R&amp;D partnerships on the network of field stations.</li><li><strong>Sea Grant-CERF</strong> (Coastal Estuarine Research Federation) <strong><a href=\"https://cerfcompetition.vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design Competition</a></strong>, a forward-facing initiative to inspire students and faculty across disciplines to work together in proposing design solutions and innovative strategies to make our coastal environments more resilient in the face of coastal impacts of climate change. The Design Competition is also intended as a complementary way in which CERF can collaborate with local communities to problem-solve together around pressing challenges. The Design Competition will focus on a specific site in Coastal Virginia on which all design proposals must focus.</li><li><strong>VASG’s NSF-funded team science training</strong> is designing, testing, and implementing capacity-building training for effective team science, effectively integrating diverse knowledge and perspectives. The deeper level of knowledge integration achieves innovative outcomes, and is facilitated by <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/nsf-award-team-science-training-coastal-ocean-estuarine-stem-graduate-students/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VASG’s training</a></strong> in visualization tactics, managing constructive conflict, effective cross-disciplinary communication and listening, and advanced taskwork and teamwork skills.<strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> </strong></li></ul><h4><strong>Workforce Development</strong></h4><p>Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific and skill-focused education.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG and <a href=\"https://www.rappahannock.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rappahannock Community College</a></strong> are offering Work-Based Learning apprenticeships with water resilience and adaptation businesses, including winners of the GO Virginia business competition administered by RISE. Coupled with professional certification programs supported by non-profits and university entrepreneurship training, technician-level training and partnerships with businesses can form the backbone of the emerging water adaptation industry cluster’s workforce.</li><li><strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wetlands Watch</a></strong>, <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, and the <strong><a href=\"http://www.usgbc.org/usgbc-hampton-roads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Building Council, Hampton Roads Chapter</a></strong> have joined forces to establish an adaptation research and design collaborative, linking research and education programs at Virginia universities with local governments to help implement resilient interventions. This collaborative resilience laboratory - or \"Collaboratory\" - aims to produce innovative adaptation tools, strategies, and designs in tidewater Virginia by linking academic community programs with real-world needs in coastal communities, helping speed adaptation, and incubating a community of practice. <strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory</a></strong></li></ul>		\n			<h2>Upgrading Virginia\'s Water Adaptation Workforce</h2>		\n		<p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into novel, innovative outcomes. Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific or skill-focused education. However, collaborative teamwork skills are less prevalent; e.g., architectural and engineering firms have partnered with VASG to co-sponsor workforce development initiatives in part to advance students’ teamwork, collaboration, and knowledge integration skills. Coupled with entrepreneurship, design thinking, and other creativity- and innovation-deriving curricula, Virginia could have the best-trained workforce for the emerging water adaptation economy. Options would include:</p><ul><li><strong>Offering <em>community college</em> Work-Based Learning, apprenticeships, and, as appropriate, associate degrees or certifications for technician-level training and partnerships with businesses.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for university <em>undergraduate and graduate</em> work on adaptation R&amp;D, including entrepreneurship training to accompany technical expertise and collaborative research with industry partners, p</strong><strong>roduct performance validation, and co-production of new knowledge.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for NGOs conducting certification training</strong></li></ul>','About This Initiative','','inherit','closed','closed','','286-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 16:28:40','2022-01-04 16:28:40','',286,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1490',0,'revision','',0),(1491,1,'2022-01-04 16:30:36','2022-01-04 16:30:36','','Default Kit','','inherit','closed','closed','','5-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 16:30:36','2022-01-04 16:30:36','',5,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1491',0,'revision','',0),(1492,1,'2022-01-04 16:30:37','2022-01-04 16:30:37','','Default Kit','','inherit','closed','closed','','5-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 16:30:37','2022-01-04 16:30:37','',5,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1492',0,'revision','',0),(1493,1,'2022-01-04 16:31:51','2022-01-04 16:31:51','<h1>About This Initiative</h1>		\n			<h2>Coastal Virginia will be a global leader in novel integrated systems adaptation technologies, products, & services to reinvent residential, commercial & industrial properties & businesses to living with more water, today & far into the future.</h2>		\n		<p>Increased flooding and high value residential, commercial, and industrial assets in vulnerable urban, suburban and rural coastal communities are growing market demand for new, cost-effective adaptation solutions. Virginia has a competitive advantage – it is experiencing flooding and erosion impacts from the highest level of relative sea-level rise on the east coast thus it is developing innovative adaptation technologies, products, and services with global applications. Growing a water adaptation economy is a priority in the GO Virginia Region 6 <strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https://govirginia6.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-Growth-Diverisfication-Plan-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Growth &amp; Diversification Plan</a></strong>, and <strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/wp-content/uploads/GoVA_ActionPlan2021_WEB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Action Plan</a></strong>, and the Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/articles/service_centers/Economic%20Development/MPPDC%20CEDS%20update%20-%202021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy</a></strong> (CEDS), and aligns with EDA’s equity, recovery &amp; resilience, workforce development, technology-based economic development, and environmentally-sustainable development priorities.</p><p><strong>Assets needing adaptation:</strong> Waterfront properties remain in high demand and were estimated to be worth $134B nationwide in 2018. Home sales in coastal Virginia increased 61% on the Chesapeake Bay between 2019 – 2020, and over 20% more from January – April 2021. In their most recent property tax assessment, rural Mathews County, VA recorded a loss of $75M in property value caused by flooding and erosion on waterfront properties. Businesses are impacted too; coastal shoreline counties support 37% of US jobs and contribute 46% of GDP. Coastal Virginia is home to a growing $53M shellfish aquaculture industry and working waterfronts employ over 122,000 people, generating $8.5B of GDP. All existing water-related infrastructure (a $650B global market) and all sectors of the shoreline economy will need to adapt, greatly increasing market demand for cost-effective adaptation technologies, products, and services.</p><p><strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http://www.vasem.org/reports/2021-the-impact-of-climate-change-on-virginias-coastal-areas/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine report</a></strong> on the impacts of climate change concluded, “significant innovation will be required to…mitigate the impacts that coastal regions are already experiencing and are likely to experience in the future. Virginia could become a national center of expertise and innovation in this regard.”</p>		\n			<h1>Advancing Feasible Adaptation Solutions</h1>		\n		<p>To achieve this vision, several projects are underway through collaborations among multiple partners, including:</p><h4><strong>Supporting Entrepreneurs</strong></h4><ul><li><strong>GO Virginia:</strong> The Coastal Resilience and Adaptation Economy initiative that will foster innovation and growth in Virginia’s water economy. The project will launch a resilience entrepreneurship competition and establish a business-focused network to engage businesses and facilitate resilient practices. The project is a collaboration between <strong><a href=\"http://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, the nonprofit<strong> <a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RISE</a></strong>, the <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/index.php/service-centers/coastal/paa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://odu.edu/\">Old Dominion University</a></strong>. The $2.9M project was funded in part by <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GO Virginia</a></strong>, a state-funded initiative administered by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) to strengthen and diversify Virginia’s economy and foster the creation of higher-wage jobs in strategic industries.  In addition to the workforce development supported by VASG and RISE’s business plan competition, ODU is leading the development of the <strong><a href=\"https://www.odu.edu/news/2021/1/flood_preparedness#.YdRvYBPMJqs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coastal Virginia Consortium.</a></strong>  </li><li>The Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://fightthefloodva.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fight-the-Flood (FTF)</a> </strong>program to subsidize shoreline protection businesses’ work on coastal properties. FTF is a first in the nation approach to advance feasible adaption solutions for property owners in underserved communities.  Among the twenty-four companies in the FTF program, there are cooperative arrangements, collaborative projects, and a need for research &amp; development (R&amp;D) capacity to further advance innovation.</li></ul><h4><strong>Collaborative R&amp;D</strong></h4><p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach in order to achieve novel breakthroughs requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into innovative outcomes that transcend individual disciplines.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG—Virginia Tech</strong> partnership for a resilience design extension faculty position. This position will play a critical role, as a project coordinator and facilitator, of VASG’s GO Virginia award, and the design and implementation of collaborative public-private R&amp;D partnerships on the network of field stations.</li><li><strong>Sea Grant-CERF</strong> (Coastal Estuarine Research Federation) <strong><a href=\"https://cerfcompetition.vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design Competition</a></strong>, a forward-facing initiative to inspire students and faculty across disciplines to work together in proposing design solutions and innovative strategies to make our coastal environments more resilient in the face of coastal impacts of climate change. The Design Competition is also intended as a complementary way in which CERF can collaborate with local communities to problem-solve together around pressing challenges. The Design Competition will focus on a specific site in Coastal Virginia on which all design proposals must focus.</li><li><strong>VASG’s NSF-funded team science training</strong> is designing, testing, and implementing capacity-building training for effective team science, effectively integrating diverse knowledge and perspectives. The deeper level of knowledge integration achieves innovative outcomes, and is facilitated by <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/nsf-award-team-science-training-coastal-ocean-estuarine-stem-graduate-students/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VASG’s training</a></strong> in visualization tactics, managing constructive conflict, effective cross-disciplinary communication and listening, and advanced taskwork and teamwork skills.<strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> </strong></li></ul><h4><strong>Workforce Development</strong></h4><p>Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific and skill-focused education.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG and <a href=\"https://www.rappahannock.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rappahannock Community College</a></strong> are offering Work-Based Learning apprenticeships with water resilience and adaptation businesses, including winners of the GO Virginia business competition administered by RISE. Coupled with professional certification programs supported by non-profits and university entrepreneurship training, technician-level training and partnerships with businesses can form the backbone of the emerging water adaptation industry cluster’s workforce.</li><li><strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wetlands Watch</a></strong>, <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, and the <strong><a href=\"http://www.usgbc.org/usgbc-hampton-roads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Building Council, Hampton Roads Chapter</a></strong> have joined forces to establish an adaptation research and design collaborative, linking research and education programs at Virginia universities with local governments to help implement resilient interventions. This collaborative resilience laboratory - or \"Collaboratory\" - aims to produce innovative adaptation tools, strategies, and designs in tidewater Virginia by linking academic community programs with real-world needs in coastal communities, helping speed adaptation, and incubating a community of practice. <strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory</a></strong></li></ul>		\n			<h2>Upgrading Virginia\'s Water Adaptation Workforce</h2>		\n		<p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into novel, innovative outcomes. Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific or skill-focused education. However, collaborative teamwork skills are less prevalent; e.g., architectural and engineering firms have partnered with VASG to co-sponsor workforce development initiatives in part to advance students’ teamwork, collaboration, and knowledge integration skills. Coupled with entrepreneurship, design thinking, and other creativity- and innovation-deriving curricula, Virginia could have the best-trained workforce for the emerging water adaptation economy. Options would include:</p><ul><li><strong>Offering <em>community college</em> Work-Based Learning, apprenticeships, and, as appropriate, associate degrees or certifications for technician-level training and partnerships with businesses.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for university <em>undergraduate and graduate</em> work on adaptation R&amp;D, including entrepreneurship training to accompany technical expertise and collaborative research with industry partners, p</strong><strong>roduct performance validation, and co-production of new knowledge.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for NGOs conducting certification training</strong></li></ul>','About This Initiative','','inherit','closed','closed','','286-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 16:31:51','2022-01-04 16:31:51','',286,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1493',0,'revision','',0),(1494,1,'2022-01-04 16:31:51','2022-01-04 16:31:51','<h1>About This Initiative</h1>		\n			<h2>Coastal Virginia will be a global leader in novel integrated systems adaptation technologies, products, & services to reinvent residential, commercial & industrial properties & businesses to living with more water, today & far into the future.</h2>		\n		<p>Increased flooding and high value residential, commercial, and industrial assets in vulnerable urban, suburban and rural coastal communities are growing market demand for new, cost-effective adaptation solutions. Virginia has a competitive advantage – it is experiencing flooding and erosion impacts from the highest level of relative sea-level rise on the east coast thus it is developing innovative adaptation technologies, products, and services with global applications. Growing a water adaptation economy is a priority in the GO Virginia Region 6 <strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https://govirginia6.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-Growth-Diverisfication-Plan-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Growth &amp; Diversification Plan</a></strong>, and <strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/wp-content/uploads/GoVA_ActionPlan2021_WEB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Action Plan</a></strong>, and the Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/articles/service_centers/Economic%20Development/MPPDC%20CEDS%20update%20-%202021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy</a></strong> (CEDS), and aligns with EDA’s equity, recovery &amp; resilience, workforce development, technology-based economic development, and environmentally-sustainable development priorities.</p><p><strong>Assets needing adaptation:</strong> Waterfront properties remain in high demand and were estimated to be worth $134B nationwide in 2018. Home sales in coastal Virginia increased 61% on the Chesapeake Bay between 2019 – 2020, and over 20% more from January – April 2021. In their most recent property tax assessment, rural Mathews County, VA recorded a loss of $75M in property value caused by flooding and erosion on waterfront properties. Businesses are impacted too; coastal shoreline counties support 37% of US jobs and contribute 46% of GDP. Coastal Virginia is home to a growing $53M shellfish aquaculture industry and working waterfronts employ over 122,000 people, generating $8.5B of GDP. All existing water-related infrastructure (a $650B global market) and all sectors of the shoreline economy will need to adapt, greatly increasing market demand for cost-effective adaptation technologies, products, and services.</p><p><strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http://www.vasem.org/reports/2021-the-impact-of-climate-change-on-virginias-coastal-areas/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine report</a></strong> on the impacts of climate change concluded, “significant innovation will be required to…mitigate the impacts that coastal regions are already experiencing and are likely to experience in the future. Virginia could become a national center of expertise and innovation in this regard.”</p>		\n			<h1>Advancing Feasible Adaptation Solutions</h1>		\n		<p>To achieve this vision, several projects are underway through collaborations among multiple partners, including:</p><h4><strong>Supporting Entrepreneurs</strong></h4><ul><li><strong>GO Virginia:</strong> The Coastal Resilience and Adaptation Economy initiative that will foster innovation and growth in Virginia’s water economy. The project will launch a resilience entrepreneurship competition and establish a business-focused network to engage businesses and facilitate resilient practices. The project is a collaboration between <strong><a href=\"http://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, the nonprofit<strong> <a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RISE</a></strong>, the <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/index.php/service-centers/coastal/paa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://odu.edu/\">Old Dominion University</a></strong>. The $2.9M project was funded in part by <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GO Virginia</a></strong>, a state-funded initiative administered by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) to strengthen and diversify Virginia’s economy and foster the creation of higher-wage jobs in strategic industries.  In addition to the workforce development supported by VASG and RISE’s business plan competition, ODU is leading the development of the <strong><a href=\"https://www.odu.edu/news/2021/1/flood_preparedness#.YdRvYBPMJqs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coastal Virginia Consortium.</a></strong>  </li><li>The Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://fightthefloodva.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fight-the-Flood (FTF)</a> </strong>program to subsidize shoreline protection businesses’ work on coastal properties. FTF is a first in the nation approach to advance feasible adaption solutions for property owners in underserved communities.  Among the twenty-four companies in the FTF program, there are cooperative arrangements, collaborative projects, and a need for research &amp; development (R&amp;D) capacity to further advance innovation.</li></ul><h4><strong>Collaborative R&amp;D</strong></h4><p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach in order to achieve novel breakthroughs requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into innovative outcomes that transcend individual disciplines.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG—Virginia Tech</strong> partnership for a resilience design extension faculty position. This position will play a critical role, as a project coordinator and facilitator, of VASG’s GO Virginia award, and the design and implementation of collaborative public-private R&amp;D partnerships on the network of field stations.</li><li><strong>Sea Grant-CERF</strong> (Coastal Estuarine Research Federation) <strong><a href=\"https://cerfcompetition.vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design Competition</a></strong>, a forward-facing initiative to inspire students and faculty across disciplines to work together in proposing design solutions and innovative strategies to make our coastal environments more resilient in the face of coastal impacts of climate change. The Design Competition is also intended as a complementary way in which CERF can collaborate with local communities to problem-solve together around pressing challenges. The Design Competition will focus on a specific site in Coastal Virginia on which all design proposals must focus.</li><li><strong>VASG’s NSF-funded team science training</strong> is designing, testing, and implementing capacity-building training for effective team science, effectively integrating diverse knowledge and perspectives. The deeper level of knowledge integration achieves innovative outcomes, and is facilitated by <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/nsf-award-team-science-training-coastal-ocean-estuarine-stem-graduate-students/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VASG’s training</a></strong> in visualization tactics, managing constructive conflict, effective cross-disciplinary communication and listening, and advanced taskwork and teamwork skills.<strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> </strong></li></ul><h4><strong>Workforce Development</strong></h4><p>Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific and skill-focused education.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG and <a href=\"https://www.rappahannock.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rappahannock Community College</a></strong> are offering Work-Based Learning apprenticeships with water resilience and adaptation businesses, including winners of the GO Virginia business competition administered by RISE. Coupled with professional certification programs supported by non-profits and university entrepreneurship training, technician-level training and partnerships with businesses can form the backbone of the emerging water adaptation industry cluster’s workforce.</li><li><strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wetlands Watch</a></strong>, <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, and the <strong><a href=\"http://www.usgbc.org/usgbc-hampton-roads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Building Council, Hampton Roads Chapter</a></strong> have joined forces to establish an adaptation research and design collaborative, linking research and education programs at Virginia universities with local governments to help implement resilient interventions. This collaborative resilience laboratory - or \"Collaboratory\" - aims to produce innovative adaptation tools, strategies, and designs in tidewater Virginia by linking academic community programs with real-world needs in coastal communities, helping speed adaptation, and incubating a community of practice. <strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory</a></strong></li></ul>		\n			<h2>Upgrading Virginia\'s Water Adaptation Workforce</h2>		\n		<p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into novel, innovative outcomes. Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific or skill-focused education. However, collaborative teamwork skills are less prevalent; e.g., architectural and engineering firms have partnered with VASG to co-sponsor workforce development initiatives in part to advance students’ teamwork, collaboration, and knowledge integration skills. Coupled with entrepreneurship, design thinking, and other creativity- and innovation-deriving curricula, Virginia could have the best-trained workforce for the emerging water adaptation economy. Options would include:</p><ul><li><strong>Offering <em>community college</em> Work-Based Learning, apprenticeships, and, as appropriate, associate degrees or certifications for technician-level training and partnerships with businesses.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for university <em>undergraduate and graduate</em> work on adaptation R&amp;D, including entrepreneurship training to accompany technical expertise and collaborative research with industry partners, p</strong><strong>roduct performance validation, and co-production of new knowledge.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for NGOs conducting certification training</strong></li></ul>','About This Initiative','','inherit','closed','closed','','286-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 16:31:51','2022-01-04 16:31:51','',286,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1494',0,'revision','',0),(1499,1,'2022-01-04 16:54:09','2022-01-04 16:54:09','<h1>About This Initiative</h1>		\n			<h2>VISION</h2>		\n			<h2>Coastal Virginia will be a global leader in innovative technologies, products, and services that help residential, commercial, and industrial properties adapt to flooding, erosion, and other challenges caused by sea-level rise.</h2>		\n		<p>Increased flooding and high value residential, commercial, and industrial assets in vulnerable urban, suburban and rural coastal communities are growing market demand for new, cost-effective adaptation solutions. Virginia has a competitive advantage – it is experiencing flooding and erosion impacts from the highest level of relative sea-level rise on the east coast thus it is developing innovative adaptation technologies, products, and services with global applications. Growing a water adaptation economy is a priority in the GO Virginia Region 6 <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia6.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-Growth-Diverisfication-Plan-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Growth &amp; Diversification Plan</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/wp-content/uploads/GoVA_ActionPlan2021_WEB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Action Plan</a></strong>, and the Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/articles/service_centers/Economic%20Development/MPPDC%20CEDS%20update%20-%202021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy</a></strong> (CEDS), and aligns with EDA’s equity, recovery &amp; resilience, workforce development, technology-based economic development, and environmentally-sustainable development priorities.</p><p><strong>Assets needing adaptation:</strong> Waterfront properties remain in high demand and were estimated to be worth $134B nationwide in 2018. Home sales in coastal Virginia increased 61% on the Chesapeake Bay between 2019 – 2020, and over 20% more from January – April 2021. In their most recent property tax assessment, rural Mathews County, VA recorded a loss of $75M in property value caused by flooding and erosion on waterfront properties. Businesses are impacted too; coastal shoreline counties support 37% of US jobs and contribute 46% of GDP. Coastal Virginia is home to a growing $53M shellfish aquaculture industry and working waterfronts employ over 122,000 people, generating $8.5B of GDP. All existing water-related infrastructure (a $650B global market) and all sectors of the shoreline economy will need to adapt, greatly increasing market demand for cost-effective adaptation technologies, products, and services.</p><p><strong><a href=\"http://www.vasem.org/reports/2021-the-impact-of-climate-change-on-virginias-coastal-areas/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine report</a></strong> on the impacts of climate change concluded, “significant innovation will be required to…mitigate the impacts that coastal regions are already experiencing and are likely to experience in the future. Virginia could become a national center of expertise and innovation in this regard.”</p>		\n			<h1>Advancing Feasible Adaptation Solutions</h1>		\n		<p>To achieve this vision, several projects are underway through collaborations among multiple partners, including:</p><h4><strong>Supporting Entrepreneurs</strong></h4><ul><li><strong>GO Virginia:</strong> The Coastal Resilience and Adaptation Economy initiative that will foster innovation and growth in Virginia’s water economy. The project will launch a resilience entrepreneurship competition and establish a business-focused network to engage businesses and facilitate resilient practices. The project is a collaboration between <strong><a href=\"http://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, the nonprofit<strong> <a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RISE</a></strong>, the <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/index.php/service-centers/coastal/paa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://odu.edu/\">Old Dominion University</a></strong>. The $2.9M project was funded in part by <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GO Virginia</a></strong>, a state-funded initiative administered by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) to strengthen and diversify Virginia’s economy and foster the creation of higher-wage jobs in strategic industries.  In addition to the workforce development supported by VASG and RISE’s business plan competition, ODU is leading the development of the <strong><a href=\"https://www.odu.edu/news/2021/1/flood_preparedness#.YdRvYBPMJqs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coastal Virginia Consortium.</a></strong>  </li><li>The Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://fightthefloodva.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fight-the-Flood (FTF)</a> </strong>program to subsidize shoreline protection businesses’ work on coastal properties. FTF is a first in the nation approach to advance feasible adaption solutions for property owners in underserved communities.  Among the twenty-four companies in the FTF program, there are cooperative arrangements, collaborative projects, and a need for research &amp; development (R&amp;D) capacity to further advance innovation.</li></ul><h4><strong>Collaborative R&amp;D</strong></h4><p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach in order to achieve novel breakthroughs requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into innovative outcomes that transcend individual disciplines.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG—Virginia Tech</strong> partnership for a resilience design extension faculty position. This position will play a critical role, as a project coordinator and facilitator, of VASG’s GO Virginia award, and the design and implementation of collaborative public-private R&amp;D partnerships on the network of field stations.</li><li><strong>Sea Grant-CERF</strong> (Coastal Estuarine Research Federation) <strong><a href=\"https://cerfcompetition.vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design Competition</a></strong>, a forward-facing initiative to inspire students and faculty across disciplines to work together in proposing design solutions and innovative strategies to make our coastal environments more resilient in the face of coastal impacts of climate change. The Design Competition is also intended as a complementary way in which CERF can collaborate with local communities to problem-solve together around pressing challenges. The Design Competition will focus on a specific site in Coastal Virginia on which all design proposals must focus.</li><li><strong>VASG’s NSF-funded team science training</strong> is designing, testing, and implementing capacity-building training for effective team science, effectively integrating diverse knowledge and perspectives. The deeper level of knowledge integration achieves innovative outcomes, and is facilitated by <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/nsf-award-team-science-training-coastal-ocean-estuarine-stem-graduate-students/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VASG’s training</a></strong> in visualization tactics, managing constructive conflict, effective cross-disciplinary communication and listening, and advanced taskwork and teamwork skills.<strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> </strong></li></ul><h4><strong>Workforce Development</strong></h4><p>Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific and skill-focused education.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG and <a href=\"https://www.rappahannock.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rappahannock Community College</a></strong> are offering Work-Based Learning apprenticeships with water resilience and adaptation businesses, including winners of the GO Virginia business competition administered by RISE. Coupled with professional certification programs supported by non-profits and university entrepreneurship training, technician-level training and partnerships with businesses can form the backbone of the emerging water adaptation industry cluster’s workforce.</li><li><strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wetlands Watch</a></strong>, <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, and the <strong><a href=\"http://www.usgbc.org/usgbc-hampton-roads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Building Council, Hampton Roads Chapter</a></strong> have joined forces to establish an adaptation research and design collaborative, linking research and education programs at Virginia universities with local governments to help implement resilient interventions. This collaborative resilience laboratory - or \"Collaboratory\" - aims to produce innovative adaptation tools, strategies, and designs in tidewater Virginia by linking academic community programs with real-world needs in coastal communities, helping speed adaptation, and incubating a community of practice. <strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory</a></strong></li></ul>		\n			<h2>Upgrading Virginia\'s Water Adaptation Workforce</h2>		\n		<p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into novel, innovative outcomes. Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific or skill-focused education. However, collaborative teamwork skills are less prevalent; e.g., architectural and engineering firms have partnered with VASG to co-sponsor workforce development initiatives in part to advance students’ teamwork, collaboration, and knowledge integration skills. Coupled with entrepreneurship, design thinking, and other creativity- and innovation-deriving curricula, Virginia could have the best-trained workforce for the emerging water adaptation economy. Options would include:</p><ul><li><strong>Offering <em>community college</em> Work-Based Learning, apprenticeships, and, as appropriate, associate degrees or certifications for technician-level training and partnerships with businesses.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for university <em>undergraduate and graduate</em> work on adaptation R&amp;D, including entrepreneurship training to accompany technical expertise and collaborative research with industry partners, p</strong><strong>roduct performance validation, and co-production of new knowledge.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for NGOs conducting certification training</strong></li></ul>','About This Initiative','','inherit','closed','closed','','286-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 16:54:09','2022-01-04 16:54:09','',286,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1499',0,'revision','',0),(1497,1,'2022-01-04 16:54:08','2022-01-04 16:54:08','<h1>About This Initiative</h1>		\n			<h2>Coastal Virginia will be a global leader in novel integrated systems adaptation technologies, products, & services to reinvent residential, commercial & industrial properties & businesses to living with more water, today & far into the future.</h2>		\n		<p>Increased flooding and high value residential, commercial, and industrial assets in vulnerable urban, suburban and rural coastal communities are growing market demand for new, cost-effective adaptation solutions. Virginia has a competitive advantage – it is experiencing flooding and erosion impacts from the highest level of relative sea-level rise on the east coast thus it is developing innovative adaptation technologies, products, and services with global applications. Growing a water adaptation economy is a priority in the GO Virginia Region 6 <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia6.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-Growth-Diverisfication-Plan-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Growth &amp; Diversification Plan</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/wp-content/uploads/GoVA_ActionPlan2021_WEB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Action Plan</a></strong>, and the Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/articles/service_centers/Economic%20Development/MPPDC%20CEDS%20update%20-%202021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy</a></strong> (CEDS), and aligns with EDA’s equity, recovery &amp; resilience, workforce development, technology-based economic development, and environmentally-sustainable development priorities.</p><p><strong>Assets needing adaptation:</strong> Waterfront properties remain in high demand and were estimated to be worth $134B nationwide in 2018. Home sales in coastal Virginia increased 61% on the Chesapeake Bay between 2019 – 2020, and over 20% more from January – April 2021. In their most recent property tax assessment, rural Mathews County, VA recorded a loss of $75M in property value caused by flooding and erosion on waterfront properties. Businesses are impacted too; coastal shoreline counties support 37% of US jobs and contribute 46% of GDP. Coastal Virginia is home to a growing $53M shellfish aquaculture industry and working waterfronts employ over 122,000 people, generating $8.5B of GDP. All existing water-related infrastructure (a $650B global market) and all sectors of the shoreline economy will need to adapt, greatly increasing market demand for cost-effective adaptation technologies, products, and services.</p><p><strong><a href=\"http://www.vasem.org/reports/2021-the-impact-of-climate-change-on-virginias-coastal-areas/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine report</a></strong> on the impacts of climate change concluded, “significant innovation will be required to…mitigate the impacts that coastal regions are already experiencing and are likely to experience in the future. Virginia could become a national center of expertise and innovation in this regard.”</p>		\n			<h1>Advancing Feasible Adaptation Solutions</h1>		\n		<p>To achieve this vision, several projects are underway through collaborations among multiple partners, including:</p><h4><strong>Supporting Entrepreneurs</strong></h4><ul><li><strong>GO Virginia:</strong> The Coastal Resilience and Adaptation Economy initiative that will foster innovation and growth in Virginia’s water economy. The project will launch a resilience entrepreneurship competition and establish a business-focused network to engage businesses and facilitate resilient practices. The project is a collaboration between <strong><a href=\"http://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, the nonprofit<strong> <a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RISE</a></strong>, the <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/index.php/service-centers/coastal/paa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://odu.edu/\">Old Dominion University</a></strong>. The $2.9M project was funded in part by <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GO Virginia</a></strong>, a state-funded initiative administered by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) to strengthen and diversify Virginia’s economy and foster the creation of higher-wage jobs in strategic industries.  In addition to the workforce development supported by VASG and RISE’s business plan competition, ODU is leading the development of the <strong><a href=\"https://www.odu.edu/news/2021/1/flood_preparedness#.YdRvYBPMJqs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coastal Virginia Consortium.</a></strong>  </li><li>The Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://fightthefloodva.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fight-the-Flood (FTF)</a> </strong>program to subsidize shoreline protection businesses’ work on coastal properties. FTF is a first in the nation approach to advance feasible adaption solutions for property owners in underserved communities.  Among the twenty-four companies in the FTF program, there are cooperative arrangements, collaborative projects, and a need for research &amp; development (R&amp;D) capacity to further advance innovation.</li></ul><h4><strong>Collaborative R&amp;D</strong></h4><p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach in order to achieve novel breakthroughs requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into innovative outcomes that transcend individual disciplines.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG—Virginia Tech</strong> partnership for a resilience design extension faculty position. This position will play a critical role, as a project coordinator and facilitator, of VASG’s GO Virginia award, and the design and implementation of collaborative public-private R&amp;D partnerships on the network of field stations.</li><li><strong>Sea Grant-CERF</strong> (Coastal Estuarine Research Federation) <strong><a href=\"https://cerfcompetition.vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design Competition</a></strong>, a forward-facing initiative to inspire students and faculty across disciplines to work together in proposing design solutions and innovative strategies to make our coastal environments more resilient in the face of coastal impacts of climate change. The Design Competition is also intended as a complementary way in which CERF can collaborate with local communities to problem-solve together around pressing challenges. The Design Competition will focus on a specific site in Coastal Virginia on which all design proposals must focus.</li><li><strong>VASG’s NSF-funded team science training</strong> is designing, testing, and implementing capacity-building training for effective team science, effectively integrating diverse knowledge and perspectives. The deeper level of knowledge integration achieves innovative outcomes, and is facilitated by <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/nsf-award-team-science-training-coastal-ocean-estuarine-stem-graduate-students/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VASG’s training</a></strong> in visualization tactics, managing constructive conflict, effective cross-disciplinary communication and listening, and advanced taskwork and teamwork skills.<strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> </strong></li></ul><h4><strong>Workforce Development</strong></h4><p>Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific and skill-focused education.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG and <a href=\"https://www.rappahannock.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rappahannock Community College</a></strong> are offering Work-Based Learning apprenticeships with water resilience and adaptation businesses, including winners of the GO Virginia business competition administered by RISE. Coupled with professional certification programs supported by non-profits and university entrepreneurship training, technician-level training and partnerships with businesses can form the backbone of the emerging water adaptation industry cluster’s workforce.</li><li><strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wetlands Watch</a></strong>, <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, and the <strong><a href=\"http://www.usgbc.org/usgbc-hampton-roads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Building Council, Hampton Roads Chapter</a></strong> have joined forces to establish an adaptation research and design collaborative, linking research and education programs at Virginia universities with local governments to help implement resilient interventions. This collaborative resilience laboratory - or \"Collaboratory\" - aims to produce innovative adaptation tools, strategies, and designs in tidewater Virginia by linking academic community programs with real-world needs in coastal communities, helping speed adaptation, and incubating a community of practice. <strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory</a></strong></li></ul>		\n			<h2>Upgrading Virginia\'s Water Adaptation Workforce</h2>		\n		<p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into novel, innovative outcomes. Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific or skill-focused education. However, collaborative teamwork skills are less prevalent; e.g., architectural and engineering firms have partnered with VASG to co-sponsor workforce development initiatives in part to advance students’ teamwork, collaboration, and knowledge integration skills. Coupled with entrepreneurship, design thinking, and other creativity- and innovation-deriving curricula, Virginia could have the best-trained workforce for the emerging water adaptation economy. Options would include:</p><ul><li><strong>Offering <em>community college</em> Work-Based Learning, apprenticeships, and, as appropriate, associate degrees or certifications for technician-level training and partnerships with businesses.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for university <em>undergraduate and graduate</em> work on adaptation R&amp;D, including entrepreneurship training to accompany technical expertise and collaborative research with industry partners, p</strong><strong>roduct performance validation, and co-production of new knowledge.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for NGOs conducting certification training</strong></li></ul>','About This Initiative','','inherit','closed','closed','','286-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 16:54:08','2022-01-04 16:54:08','',286,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1497',0,'revision','',0),(1498,1,'2022-01-04 16:54:08','2022-01-04 16:54:08','<h1>About This Initiative</h1>		\n			<h2>Coastal Virginia will be a global leader in novel integrated systems adaptation technologies, products, & services to reinvent residential, commercial & industrial properties & businesses to living with more water, today & far into the future.</h2>		\n		<p>Increased flooding and high value residential, commercial, and industrial assets in vulnerable urban, suburban and rural coastal communities are growing market demand for new, cost-effective adaptation solutions. Virginia has a competitive advantage – it is experiencing flooding and erosion impacts from the highest level of relative sea-level rise on the east coast thus it is developing innovative adaptation technologies, products, and services with global applications. Growing a water adaptation economy is a priority in the GO Virginia Region 6 <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia6.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-Growth-Diverisfication-Plan-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Growth &amp; Diversification Plan</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/wp-content/uploads/GoVA_ActionPlan2021_WEB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Action Plan</a></strong>, and the Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/articles/service_centers/Economic%20Development/MPPDC%20CEDS%20update%20-%202021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy</a></strong> (CEDS), and aligns with EDA’s equity, recovery &amp; resilience, workforce development, technology-based economic development, and environmentally-sustainable development priorities.</p><p><strong>Assets needing adaptation:</strong> Waterfront properties remain in high demand and were estimated to be worth $134B nationwide in 2018. Home sales in coastal Virginia increased 61% on the Chesapeake Bay between 2019 – 2020, and over 20% more from January – April 2021. In their most recent property tax assessment, rural Mathews County, VA recorded a loss of $75M in property value caused by flooding and erosion on waterfront properties. Businesses are impacted too; coastal shoreline counties support 37% of US jobs and contribute 46% of GDP. Coastal Virginia is home to a growing $53M shellfish aquaculture industry and working waterfronts employ over 122,000 people, generating $8.5B of GDP. All existing water-related infrastructure (a $650B global market) and all sectors of the shoreline economy will need to adapt, greatly increasing market demand for cost-effective adaptation technologies, products, and services.</p><p><strong><a href=\"http://www.vasem.org/reports/2021-the-impact-of-climate-change-on-virginias-coastal-areas/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine report</a></strong> on the impacts of climate change concluded, “significant innovation will be required to…mitigate the impacts that coastal regions are already experiencing and are likely to experience in the future. Virginia could become a national center of expertise and innovation in this regard.”</p>		\n			<h1>Advancing Feasible Adaptation Solutions</h1>		\n		<p>To achieve this vision, several projects are underway through collaborations among multiple partners, including:</p><h4><strong>Supporting Entrepreneurs</strong></h4><ul><li><strong>GO Virginia:</strong> The Coastal Resilience and Adaptation Economy initiative that will foster innovation and growth in Virginia’s water economy. The project will launch a resilience entrepreneurship competition and establish a business-focused network to engage businesses and facilitate resilient practices. The project is a collaboration between <strong><a href=\"http://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, the nonprofit<strong> <a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RISE</a></strong>, the <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/index.php/service-centers/coastal/paa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://odu.edu/\">Old Dominion University</a></strong>. The $2.9M project was funded in part by <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GO Virginia</a></strong>, a state-funded initiative administered by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) to strengthen and diversify Virginia’s economy and foster the creation of higher-wage jobs in strategic industries.  In addition to the workforce development supported by VASG and RISE’s business plan competition, ODU is leading the development of the <strong><a href=\"https://www.odu.edu/news/2021/1/flood_preparedness#.YdRvYBPMJqs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coastal Virginia Consortium.</a></strong>  </li><li>The Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://fightthefloodva.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fight-the-Flood (FTF)</a> </strong>program to subsidize shoreline protection businesses’ work on coastal properties. FTF is a first in the nation approach to advance feasible adaption solutions for property owners in underserved communities.  Among the twenty-four companies in the FTF program, there are cooperative arrangements, collaborative projects, and a need for research &amp; development (R&amp;D) capacity to further advance innovation.</li></ul><h4><strong>Collaborative R&amp;D</strong></h4><p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach in order to achieve novel breakthroughs requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into innovative outcomes that transcend individual disciplines.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG—Virginia Tech</strong> partnership for a resilience design extension faculty position. This position will play a critical role, as a project coordinator and facilitator, of VASG’s GO Virginia award, and the design and implementation of collaborative public-private R&amp;D partnerships on the network of field stations.</li><li><strong>Sea Grant-CERF</strong> (Coastal Estuarine Research Federation) <strong><a href=\"https://cerfcompetition.vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design Competition</a></strong>, a forward-facing initiative to inspire students and faculty across disciplines to work together in proposing design solutions and innovative strategies to make our coastal environments more resilient in the face of coastal impacts of climate change. The Design Competition is also intended as a complementary way in which CERF can collaborate with local communities to problem-solve together around pressing challenges. The Design Competition will focus on a specific site in Coastal Virginia on which all design proposals must focus.</li><li><strong>VASG’s NSF-funded team science training</strong> is designing, testing, and implementing capacity-building training for effective team science, effectively integrating diverse knowledge and perspectives. The deeper level of knowledge integration achieves innovative outcomes, and is facilitated by <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/nsf-award-team-science-training-coastal-ocean-estuarine-stem-graduate-students/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VASG’s training</a></strong> in visualization tactics, managing constructive conflict, effective cross-disciplinary communication and listening, and advanced taskwork and teamwork skills.<strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> </strong></li></ul><h4><strong>Workforce Development</strong></h4><p>Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific and skill-focused education.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG and <a href=\"https://www.rappahannock.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rappahannock Community College</a></strong> are offering Work-Based Learning apprenticeships with water resilience and adaptation businesses, including winners of the GO Virginia business competition administered by RISE. Coupled with professional certification programs supported by non-profits and university entrepreneurship training, technician-level training and partnerships with businesses can form the backbone of the emerging water adaptation industry cluster’s workforce.</li><li><strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wetlands Watch</a></strong>, <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, and the <strong><a href=\"http://www.usgbc.org/usgbc-hampton-roads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Building Council, Hampton Roads Chapter</a></strong> have joined forces to establish an adaptation research and design collaborative, linking research and education programs at Virginia universities with local governments to help implement resilient interventions. This collaborative resilience laboratory - or \"Collaboratory\" - aims to produce innovative adaptation tools, strategies, and designs in tidewater Virginia by linking academic community programs with real-world needs in coastal communities, helping speed adaptation, and incubating a community of practice. <strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory</a></strong></li></ul>		\n			<h2>Upgrading Virginia\'s Water Adaptation Workforce</h2>		\n		<p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into novel, innovative outcomes. Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific or skill-focused education. However, collaborative teamwork skills are less prevalent; e.g., architectural and engineering firms have partnered with VASG to co-sponsor workforce development initiatives in part to advance students’ teamwork, collaboration, and knowledge integration skills. Coupled with entrepreneurship, design thinking, and other creativity- and innovation-deriving curricula, Virginia could have the best-trained workforce for the emerging water adaptation economy. Options would include:</p><ul><li><strong>Offering <em>community college</em> Work-Based Learning, apprenticeships, and, as appropriate, associate degrees or certifications for technician-level training and partnerships with businesses.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for university <em>undergraduate and graduate</em> work on adaptation R&amp;D, including entrepreneurship training to accompany technical expertise and collaborative research with industry partners, p</strong><strong>roduct performance validation, and co-production of new knowledge.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for NGOs conducting certification training</strong></li></ul>','About This Initiative','','inherit','closed','closed','','286-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 16:54:08','2022-01-04 16:54:08','',286,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1498',0,'revision','',0),(1500,1,'2022-01-04 16:56:54','2022-01-04 16:56:54','<h1>About This Initiative</h1>		\n			<h2>VISION</h2>		\n			<h2>Coastal Virginia will be a global leader in innovative technologies, products, and services that help residential, commercial, and industrial properties adapt to flooding, erosion, and other challenges caused by sea-level rise.</h2>		\n		<p>Increased flooding and high value residential, commercial, and industrial assets in vulnerable urban, suburban and rural coastal communities are growing market demand for new, cost-effective adaptation solutions. Virginia has a competitive advantage – it is experiencing flooding and erosion impacts from the highest level of relative sea-level rise on the east coast thus it is developing innovative adaptation technologies, products, and services with global applications. Growing a water adaptation economy is a priority in the GO Virginia Region 6 <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia6.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-Growth-Diverisfication-Plan-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Growth &amp; Diversification Plan</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/wp-content/uploads/GoVA_ActionPlan2021_WEB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Action Plan</a></strong>, and the Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/articles/service_centers/Economic%20Development/MPPDC%20CEDS%20update%20-%202021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy</a></strong> (CEDS), and aligns with EDA’s equity, recovery &amp; resilience, workforce development, technology-based economic development, and environmentally-sustainable development priorities.</p><p><strong>Assets needing adaptation:</strong> Waterfront properties remain in high demand and were estimated to be worth $134B nationwide in 2018. Home sales in coastal Virginia increased 61% on the Chesapeake Bay between 2019 – 2020, and over 20% more from January – April 2021. In their most recent property tax assessment, rural Mathews County, VA recorded a loss of $75M in property value caused by flooding and erosion on waterfront properties. Businesses are impacted too; coastal shoreline counties support 37% of US jobs and contribute 46% of GDP. Coastal Virginia is home to a growing $53M shellfish aquaculture industry and working waterfronts employ over 122,000 people, generating $8.5B of GDP. All existing water-related infrastructure (a $650B global market) and all sectors of the shoreline economy will need to adapt, greatly increasing market demand for cost-effective adaptation technologies, products, and services.</p><p><strong><a href=\"http://www.vasem.org/reports/2021-the-impact-of-climate-change-on-virginias-coastal-areas/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine report</a></strong> on the impacts of climate change concluded, “significant innovation will be required to…mitigate the impacts that coastal regions are already experiencing and are likely to experience in the future. Virginia could become a national center of expertise and innovation in this regard.”</p>		\n			<h1>Advancing Feasible Adaptation Solutions</h1>		\n		<p>To achieve this vision, several projects are underway through collaborations among multiple partners, including:</p><h4><strong>Supporting Entrepreneurs</strong></h4><ul><li><strong>GO Virginia:</strong> The Coastal Resilience and Adaptation Economy initiative that will foster innovation and growth in Virginia’s water economy. The project will launch a resilience entrepreneurship competition and establish a business-focused network to engage businesses and facilitate resilient practices. The project is a collaboration between <strong><a href=\"http://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, the nonprofit<strong> <a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RISE</a></strong>, the <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/index.php/service-centers/coastal/paa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://odu.edu/\">Old Dominion University</a></strong>. The $2.9M project was funded in part by <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GO Virginia</a></strong>, a state-funded initiative administered by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) to strengthen and diversify Virginia’s economy and foster the creation of higher-wage jobs in strategic industries.  In addition to the workforce development supported by VASG and RISE’s business plan competition, ODU is leading the development of the <strong><a href=\"https://www.odu.edu/news/2021/1/flood_preparedness#.YdRvYBPMJqs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coastal Virginia Consortium.</a></strong>  </li><li>The Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://fightthefloodva.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fight-the-Flood (FTF)</a> </strong>program to subsidize shoreline protection businesses’ work on coastal properties. FTF is a first in the nation approach to advance feasible adaption solutions for property owners in underserved communities.  Among the twenty-four companies in the FTF program, there are cooperative arrangements, collaborative projects, and a need for research &amp; development (R&amp;D) capacity to further advance innovation.</li></ul><h4><strong>Collaborative R&amp;D</strong></h4><p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach in order to achieve novel breakthroughs requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into innovative outcomes that transcend individual disciplines.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG—Virginia Tech</strong> partnership for a resilience design extension faculty position. This position will play a critical role, as a project coordinator and facilitator, of VASG’s GO Virginia award, and the design and implementation of collaborative public-private R&amp;D partnerships on the network of field stations.</li><li><strong>Sea Grant-CERF</strong> (Coastal Estuarine Research Federation) <strong><a href=\"https://cerfcompetition.vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design Competition</a></strong>, a forward-facing initiative to inspire students and faculty across disciplines to work together in proposing design solutions and innovative strategies to make our coastal environments more resilient in the face of coastal impacts of climate change. The Design Competition is also intended as a complementary way in which CERF can collaborate with local communities to problem-solve together around pressing challenges. The Design Competition will focus on a specific site in Coastal Virginia on which all design proposals must focus.</li><li><strong>VASG’s NSF-funded team science training</strong> is designing, testing, and implementing capacity-building training for effective team science, effectively integrating diverse knowledge and perspectives. The deeper level of knowledge integration achieves innovative outcomes, and is facilitated by <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/nsf-award-team-science-training-coastal-ocean-estuarine-stem-graduate-students/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VASG’s training</a></strong> in visualization tactics, managing constructive conflict, effective cross-disciplinary communication and listening, and advanced taskwork and teamwork skills.<strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> </strong></li></ul><h4><strong>Workforce Development</strong></h4><p>Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific and skill-focused education.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG and <a href=\"https://www.rappahannock.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rappahannock Community College</a></strong> are offering Work-Based Learning apprenticeships with water resilience and adaptation businesses, including winners of the GO Virginia business competition administered by RISE. Coupled with professional certification programs supported by non-profits and university entrepreneurship training, technician-level training and partnerships with businesses can form the backbone of the emerging water adaptation industry cluster’s workforce.</li><li><strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wetlands Watch</a></strong>, <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, and the <strong><a href=\"http://www.usgbc.org/usgbc-hampton-roads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Building Council, Hampton Roads Chapter</a></strong> have joined forces to establish an adaptation research and design collaborative, linking research and education programs at Virginia universities with local governments to help implement resilient interventions. This collaborative resilience laboratory - or \"Collaboratory\" - aims to produce innovative adaptation tools, strategies, and designs in tidewater Virginia by linking academic community programs with real-world needs in coastal communities, helping speed adaptation, and incubating a community of practice. <strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory</a></strong></li></ul>		\n			<h2>Upgrading Virginia\'s Water Adaptation Workforce</h2>		\n		<p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into novel, innovative outcomes. Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific or skill-focused education. However, collaborative teamwork skills are less prevalent; e.g., architectural and engineering firms have partnered with VASG to co-sponsor workforce development initiatives in part to advance students’ teamwork, collaboration, and knowledge integration skills. Coupled with entrepreneurship, design thinking, and other creativity- and innovation-deriving curricula, Virginia could have the best-trained workforce for the emerging water adaptation economy. Options would include:</p><ul><li><strong>Offering <em>community college</em> Work-Based Learning, apprenticeships, and, as appropriate, associate degrees or certifications for technician-level training and partnerships with businesses.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for university <em>undergraduate and graduate</em> work on adaptation R&amp;D, including entrepreneurship training to accompany technical expertise and collaborative research with industry partners, p</strong><strong>roduct performance validation, and co-production of new knowledge.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for NGOs conducting certification training</strong></li></ul>','About This Initiative','','inherit','closed','closed','','286-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 16:56:54','2022-01-04 16:56:54','',286,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1500',0,'revision','',0),(1501,1,'2022-01-04 16:56:54','2022-01-04 16:56:54','<h1>About This Initiative</h1>		\n			<h2>VISION</h2>		\n			<h2>Coastal Virginia will be a global leader in innovative technologies, products, and services that help residential, commercial, and industrial properties adapt to flooding, erosion, and other challenges caused by sea-level rise.</h2>		\n		<p>Increased flooding and high value residential, commercial, and industrial assets in vulnerable urban, suburban and rural coastal communities are growing market demand for new, cost-effective adaptation solutions. Virginia has a competitive advantage – it is experiencing flooding and erosion impacts from the highest level of relative sea-level rise on the east coast thus it is developing innovative adaptation technologies, products, and services with global applications. Growing a water adaptation economy is a priority in the GO Virginia Region 6 <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia6.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-Growth-Diverisfication-Plan-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Growth &amp; Diversification Plan</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/wp-content/uploads/GoVA_ActionPlan2021_WEB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Action Plan</a></strong>, and the Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/articles/service_centers/Economic%20Development/MPPDC%20CEDS%20update%20-%202021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy</a></strong> (CEDS), and aligns with EDA’s equity, recovery &amp; resilience, workforce development, technology-based economic development, and environmentally-sustainable development priorities.</p><p><strong>Assets needing adaptation:</strong> Waterfront properties remain in high demand and were estimated to be worth $134B nationwide in 2018. Home sales in coastal Virginia increased 61% on the Chesapeake Bay between 2019 – 2020, and over 20% more from January – April 2021. In their most recent property tax assessment, rural Mathews County, VA recorded a loss of $75M in property value caused by flooding and erosion on waterfront properties. Businesses are impacted too; coastal shoreline counties support 37% of US jobs and contribute 46% of GDP. Coastal Virginia is home to a growing $53M shellfish aquaculture industry and working waterfronts employ over 122,000 people, generating $8.5B of GDP. All existing water-related infrastructure (a $650B global market) and all sectors of the shoreline economy will need to adapt, greatly increasing market demand for cost-effective adaptation technologies, products, and services.</p><p><strong><a href=\"http://www.vasem.org/reports/2021-the-impact-of-climate-change-on-virginias-coastal-areas/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine report</a></strong> on the impacts of climate change concluded, “significant innovation will be required to…mitigate the impacts that coastal regions are already experiencing and are likely to experience in the future. Virginia could become a national center of expertise and innovation in this regard.”</p>		\n			<h1>Advancing Feasible Adaptation Solutions</h1>		\n		<p>To achieve this vision, several projects are underway through collaborations among multiple partners, including:</p><h4><strong>Supporting Entrepreneurs</strong></h4><ul><li><strong>GO Virginia:</strong> The Coastal Resilience and Adaptation Economy initiative that will foster innovation and growth in Virginia’s water economy. The project will launch a resilience entrepreneurship competition and establish a business-focused network to engage businesses and facilitate resilient practices. The project is a collaboration between <strong><a href=\"http://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, the nonprofit<strong> <a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RISE</a></strong>, the <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/index.php/service-centers/coastal/paa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://odu.edu/\">Old Dominion University</a></strong>. The $2.9M project was funded in part by <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GO Virginia</a></strong>, a state-funded initiative administered by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) to strengthen and diversify Virginia’s economy and foster the creation of higher-wage jobs in strategic industries.  In addition to the workforce development supported by VASG and RISE’s business plan competition, ODU is leading the development of the <strong><a href=\"https://www.odu.edu/news/2021/1/flood_preparedness#.YdRvYBPMJqs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coastal Virginia Consortium.</a></strong>  </li><li>The Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://fightthefloodva.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fight-the-Flood (FTF)</a> </strong>program to subsidize shoreline protection businesses’ work on coastal properties. FTF is a first in the nation approach to advance feasible adaption solutions for property owners in underserved communities.  Among the twenty-four companies in the FTF program, there are cooperative arrangements, collaborative projects, and a need for research &amp; development (R&amp;D) capacity to further advance innovation.</li></ul><h4><strong>Collaborative R&amp;D</strong></h4><p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach in order to achieve novel breakthroughs requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into innovative outcomes that transcend individual disciplines.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG—Virginia Tech</strong> partnership for a resilience design extension faculty position. This position will play a critical role, as a project coordinator and facilitator, of VASG’s GO Virginia award, and the design and implementation of collaborative public-private R&amp;D partnerships on the network of field stations.</li><li><strong>Sea Grant-CERF</strong> (Coastal Estuarine Research Federation) <strong><a href=\"https://cerfcompetition.vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design Competition</a></strong>, a forward-facing initiative to inspire students and faculty across disciplines to work together in proposing design solutions and innovative strategies to make our coastal environments more resilient in the face of coastal impacts of climate change. The Design Competition is also intended as a complementary way in which CERF can collaborate with local communities to problem-solve together around pressing challenges. The Design Competition will focus on a specific site in Coastal Virginia on which all design proposals must focus.</li><li><strong>VASG’s NSF-funded team science training</strong> is designing, testing, and implementing capacity-building training for effective team science, effectively integrating diverse knowledge and perspectives. The deeper level of knowledge integration achieves innovative outcomes, and is facilitated by <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/nsf-award-team-science-training-coastal-ocean-estuarine-stem-graduate-students/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VASG’s training</a></strong> in visualization tactics, managing constructive conflict, effective cross-disciplinary communication and listening, and advanced taskwork and teamwork skills.<strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> </strong></li></ul><h4><strong>Workforce Development</strong></h4><p>Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific and skill-focused education.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG and <a href=\"https://www.rappahannock.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rappahannock Community College</a></strong> are offering Work-Based Learning apprenticeships with water resilience and adaptation businesses, including winners of the GO Virginia business competition administered by RISE. Coupled with professional certification programs supported by non-profits and university entrepreneurship training, technician-level training and partnerships with businesses can form the backbone of the emerging water adaptation industry cluster’s workforce.</li><li><strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wetlands Watch</a></strong>, <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, and the <strong><a href=\"http://www.usgbc.org/usgbc-hampton-roads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Building Council, Hampton Roads Chapter</a></strong> have joined forces to establish an adaptation research and design collaborative, linking research and education programs at Virginia universities with local governments to help implement resilient interventions. This collaborative resilience laboratory - or \"Collaboratory\" - aims to produce innovative adaptation tools, strategies, and designs in tidewater Virginia by linking academic community programs with real-world needs in coastal communities, helping speed adaptation, and incubating a community of practice. <strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory</a></strong></li></ul>		\n			<h2>Upgrading Virginia\'s Water Adaptation Workforce</h2>		\n		<p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into novel, innovative outcomes. Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific or skill-focused education. However, collaborative teamwork skills are less prevalent; e.g., architectural and engineering firms have partnered with VASG to co-sponsor workforce development initiatives in part to advance students’ teamwork, collaboration, and knowledge integration skills. Coupled with entrepreneurship, design thinking, and other creativity- and innovation-deriving curricula, Virginia could have the best-trained workforce for the emerging water adaptation economy. Options would include:</p><ul><li><strong>Offering <em>community college</em> Work-Based Learning, apprenticeships, and, as appropriate, associate degrees or certifications for technician-level training and partnerships with businesses.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for university <em>undergraduate and graduate</em> work on adaptation R&amp;D, including entrepreneurship training to accompany technical expertise and collaborative research with industry partners, p</strong><strong>roduct performance validation, and co-production of new knowledge.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for NGOs conducting certification training</strong></li></ul>','About This Initiative','','inherit','closed','closed','','286-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 16:56:54','2022-01-04 16:56:54','',286,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1501',0,'revision','',0),(1502,1,'2022-01-04 16:56:54','2022-01-04 16:56:54','<h1>About This Initiative</h1>		\n			<h2>VISION</h2>		\n			<h2>Coastal Virginia will be a global leader in innovative technologies, products, and services that help residential, commercial, and industrial properties adapt to flooding, erosion, and other challenges caused by sea-level rise.</h2>		\n		<p>Increased flooding and high value residential, commercial, and industrial assets in vulnerable urban, suburban and rural coastal communities are growing market demand for new, cost-effective adaptation solutions. Virginia has a competitive advantage – it is experiencing flooding and erosion impacts from the highest level of relative sea-level rise on the east coast thus it is developing innovative adaptation technologies, products, and services with global applications. Growing a water adaptation economy is a priority in the GO Virginia Region 6 <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia6.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-Growth-Diverisfication-Plan-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Growth &amp; Diversification Plan</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/wp-content/uploads/GoVA_ActionPlan2021_WEB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Action Plan</a></strong>, and the Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/articles/service_centers/Economic%20Development/MPPDC%20CEDS%20update%20-%202021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy</a></strong> (CEDS), and aligns with the Economic Development Authority\'s (EDA) equity, recovery &amp; resilience, workforce development, technology-based economic development, and environmentally-sustainable development priorities.</p><p><strong>Assets needing adaptation:</strong> Waterfront properties remain in high demand and were estimated to be worth $134B nationwide in 2018. Home sales in coastal Virginia increased 61% on the Chesapeake Bay between 2019 – 2020, and over 20% more from January – April 2021. In their most recent property tax assessment, rural Mathews County, VA recorded a loss of $75M in property value caused by flooding and erosion on waterfront properties. Businesses are impacted too; coastal shoreline counties support 37% of US jobs and contribute 46% of GDP. Coastal Virginia is home to a growing $53M shellfish aquaculture industry and working waterfronts employ over 122,000 people, generating $8.5B of GDP. All existing water-related infrastructure (a $650B global market) and all sectors of the shoreline economy will need to adapt, greatly increasing market demand for cost-effective adaptation technologies, products, and services.</p><p><strong><a href=\"http://www.vasem.org/reports/2021-the-impact-of-climate-change-on-virginias-coastal-areas/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine report</a></strong> on the impacts of climate change concluded, “significant innovation will be required to…mitigate the impacts that coastal regions are already experiencing and are likely to experience in the future. Virginia could become a national center of expertise and innovation in this regard.”</p>		\n			<h1>Advancing Feasible Adaptation Solutions</h1>		\n		<p>To achieve this vision, several projects are underway through collaborations among multiple partners, including:</p><h4><strong>Supporting Entrepreneurs</strong></h4><ul><li><strong>GO Virginia:</strong> The Coastal Resilience and Adaptation Economy initiative that will foster innovation and growth in Virginia’s water economy. The project will launch a resilience entrepreneurship competition and establish a business-focused network to engage businesses and facilitate resilient practices. The project is a collaboration between <strong><a href=\"http://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, the nonprofit<strong> <a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RISE</a></strong>, the <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/index.php/service-centers/coastal/paa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://odu.edu/\">Old Dominion University</a></strong>. The $2.9M project was funded in part by <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GO Virginia</a></strong>, a state-funded initiative administered by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) to strengthen and diversify Virginia’s economy and foster the creation of higher-wage jobs in strategic industries.  In addition to the workforce development supported by VASG and RISE’s business plan competition, ODU is leading the development of the <strong><a href=\"https://www.odu.edu/news/2021/1/flood_preparedness#.YdRvYBPMJqs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coastal Virginia Consortium.</a></strong>  </li><li>The Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://fightthefloodva.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fight-the-Flood (FTF)</a> </strong>program to subsidize shoreline protection businesses’ work on coastal properties. FTF is a first in the nation approach to advance feasible adaption solutions for property owners in underserved communities.  Among the twenty-four companies in the FTF program, there are cooperative arrangements, collaborative projects, and a need for research &amp; development (R&amp;D) capacity to further advance innovation.</li></ul><h4><strong>Collaborative R&amp;D</strong></h4><p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach in order to achieve novel breakthroughs requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into innovative outcomes that transcend individual disciplines.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG—Virginia Tech</strong> partnership for a resilience design extension faculty position. This position will play a critical role, as a project coordinator and facilitator, of VASG’s GO Virginia award, and the design and implementation of collaborative public-private R&amp;D partnerships on the network of field stations.</li><li><strong>Sea Grant-CERF</strong> (Coastal Estuarine Research Federation) <strong><a href=\"https://cerfcompetition.vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design Competition</a></strong>, a forward-facing initiative to inspire students and faculty across disciplines to work together in proposing design solutions and innovative strategies to make our coastal environments more resilient in the face of coastal impacts of climate change. The Design Competition is also intended as a complementary way in which CERF can collaborate with local communities to problem-solve together around pressing challenges. The Design Competition will focus on a specific site in Coastal Virginia on which all design proposals must focus.</li><li><strong>VASG’s NSF-funded team science training</strong> is designing, testing, and implementing capacity-building training for effective team science, effectively integrating diverse knowledge and perspectives. The deeper level of knowledge integration achieves innovative outcomes, and is facilitated by <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/nsf-award-team-science-training-coastal-ocean-estuarine-stem-graduate-students/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VASG’s training</a></strong> in visualization tactics, managing constructive conflict, effective cross-disciplinary communication and listening, and advanced taskwork and teamwork skills.<strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> </strong></li></ul><h4><strong>Workforce Development</strong></h4><p>Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific and skill-focused education.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG and <a href=\"https://www.rappahannock.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rappahannock Community College</a></strong> are offering Work-Based Learning apprenticeships with water resilience and adaptation businesses, including winners of the GO Virginia business competition administered by RISE. Coupled with professional certification programs supported by non-profits and university entrepreneurship training, technician-level training and partnerships with businesses can form the backbone of the emerging water adaptation industry cluster’s workforce.</li><li><strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wetlands Watch</a></strong>, <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, and the <strong><a href=\"http://www.usgbc.org/usgbc-hampton-roads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Building Council, Hampton Roads Chapter</a></strong> have joined forces to establish an adaptation research and design collaborative, linking research and education programs at Virginia universities with local governments to help implement resilient interventions. This collaborative resilience laboratory - or \"Collaboratory\" - aims to produce innovative adaptation tools, strategies, and designs in tidewater Virginia by linking academic community programs with real-world needs in coastal communities, helping speed adaptation, and incubating a community of practice. <strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory</a></strong></li></ul>		\n			<h2>Upgrading Virginia\'s Water Adaptation Workforce</h2>		\n		<p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into novel, innovative outcomes. Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific or skill-focused education. However, collaborative teamwork skills are less prevalent; e.g., architectural and engineering firms have partnered with VASG to co-sponsor workforce development initiatives in part to advance students’ teamwork, collaboration, and knowledge integration skills. Coupled with entrepreneurship, design thinking, and other creativity- and innovation-deriving curricula, Virginia could have the best-trained workforce for the emerging water adaptation economy. Options would include:</p><ul><li><strong>Offering <em>community college</em> Work-Based Learning, apprenticeships, and, as appropriate, associate degrees or certifications for technician-level training and partnerships with businesses.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for university <em>undergraduate and graduate</em> work on adaptation R&amp;D, including entrepreneurship training to accompany technical expertise and collaborative research with industry partners, p</strong><strong>roduct performance validation, and co-production of new knowledge.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for NGOs conducting certification training</strong></li></ul>','About This Initiative','','inherit','closed','closed','','286-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 16:56:54','2022-01-04 16:56:54','',286,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1502',0,'revision','',0),(1509,1,'2022-01-04 17:06:45','2022-01-04 17:06:45','<h1>About This Initiative</h1>		\n			<h2>VISION</h2>		\n			<h2>Coastal Virginia will be a global leader in innovative technologies, products, and services that help residential, commercial, and industrial properties adapt to flooding, erosion, and other challenges caused by sea-level rise.</h2>		\n		<p>Increased flooding and high value residential, commercial, and industrial assets in vulnerable urban, suburban and rural coastal communities are growing market demand for new, cost-effective adaptation solutions. Virginia has a competitive advantage – it is experiencing flooding and erosion impacts from the highest level of relative sea-level rise on the east coast thus it is developing innovative adaptation technologies, products, and services with global applications. Growing a water adaptation economy is a priority in the GO Virginia Region 6 <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia6.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-Growth-Diverisfication-Plan-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Growth &amp; Diversification Plan</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/wp-content/uploads/GoVA_ActionPlan2021_WEB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Action Plan</a></strong>, and the Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/articles/service_centers/Economic%20Development/MPPDC%20CEDS%20update%20-%202021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy</a></strong> (CEDS), and aligns with the Economic Development Authority\'s (EDA) equity, recovery &amp; resilience, workforce development, technology-based economic development, and environmentally-sustainable development priorities.</p>		\n			<h3>In their most recent property tax assessment, rural Mathews County, VA recorded a loss of $75M in property value caused by flooding and erosion on waterfront properties.</h3>		\n		<p><strong>Assets needing adaptation:</strong> Waterfront properties remain in high demand and were estimated to be worth $134B nationwide in 2018. Home sales in coastal Virginia increased 61% on the Chesapeake Bay between 2019 – 2020, and over 20% more from January – April 2021. In their most recent property tax assessment, rural Mathews County, VA recorded a loss of $75M in property value caused by flooding and erosion on waterfront properties. Businesses are impacted too; coastal shoreline counties support 37% of US jobs and contribute 46% of the GDP. Coastal Virginia is home to a growing $53M shellfish aquaculture industry and working waterfronts employ over 122,000 people, generating $8.5B of the GDP. All existing water-related infrastructure (a $650B global market) and all sectors of the shoreline economy will need to adapt, greatly increasing market demand for cost-effective adaptation technologies, products, and services.</p><p><strong><a href=\"http://www.vasem.org/reports/2021-the-impact-of-climate-change-on-virginias-coastal-areas/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine report</a></strong> on the impacts of climate change concluded, “significant innovation will be required to…mitigate the impacts that coastal regions are already experiencing and are likely to experience in the future. Virginia could become a national center of expertise and innovation in this regard.”</p>		\n			<h1>Advancing Feasible Adaptation Solutions</h1>		\n		<p>To achieve this vision, several projects are underway through collaborations among multiple partners, including:</p><h4><strong>Supporting Entrepreneurs</strong></h4><ul><li><strong>GO Virginia:</strong> The Coastal Resilience and Adaptation Economy initiative that will foster innovation and growth in Virginia’s water economy. The project will launch a resilience entrepreneurship competition and establish a business-focused network to engage businesses and facilitate resilient practices. The project is a collaboration between <strong><a href=\"http://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, the nonprofit<strong> <a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RISE</a></strong>, the <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/index.php/service-centers/coastal/paa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://odu.edu/\">Old Dominion University</a></strong>. The $2.9M project was funded in part by <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GO Virginia</a></strong>, a state-funded initiative administered by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) to strengthen and diversify Virginia’s economy and foster the creation of higher-wage jobs in strategic industries.  In addition to the workforce development supported by VASG and RISE’s business plan competition, ODU is leading the development of the <strong><a href=\"https://www.odu.edu/news/2021/1/flood_preparedness#.YdRvYBPMJqs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coastal Virginia Consortium.</a></strong>  </li><li>The Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://fightthefloodva.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fight-the-Flood (FTF)</a> </strong>program to subsidize shoreline protection businesses’ work on coastal properties. FTF is a first in the nation approach to advance feasible adaption solutions for property owners in underserved communities.  Among the twenty-four companies in the FTF program, there are cooperative arrangements, collaborative projects, and a need for research &amp; development (R&amp;D) capacity to further advance innovation.</li></ul><h4><strong>Collaborative R&amp;D</strong></h4><p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach in order to achieve novel breakthroughs requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into innovative outcomes that transcend individual disciplines.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG—Virginia Tech</strong> partnership for a resilience design extension faculty position. This position will play a critical role, as a project coordinator and facilitator, of VASG’s GO Virginia award, and the design and implementation of collaborative public-private R&amp;D partnerships on the network of field stations.</li><li><strong>Sea Grant-CERF</strong> (Coastal Estuarine Research Federation) <strong><a href=\"https://cerfcompetition.vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design Competition</a></strong>, a forward-facing initiative to inspire students and faculty across disciplines to work together in proposing design solutions and innovative strategies to make our coastal environments more resilient in the face of coastal impacts of climate change. The Design Competition is also intended as a complementary way in which CERF can collaborate with local communities to problem-solve together around pressing challenges. The Design Competition will focus on a specific site in Coastal Virginia on which all design proposals must focus.</li><li><strong>VASG’s NSF-funded team science training</strong> is designing, testing, and implementing capacity-building training for effective team science, effectively integrating diverse knowledge and perspectives. The deeper level of knowledge integration achieves innovative outcomes, and is facilitated by <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/nsf-award-team-science-training-coastal-ocean-estuarine-stem-graduate-students/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VASG’s training</a></strong> in visualization tactics, managing constructive conflict, effective cross-disciplinary communication and listening, and advanced taskwork and teamwork skills.<strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> </strong></li></ul><h4><strong>Workforce Development</strong></h4><p>Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific and skill-focused education.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG and <a href=\"https://www.rappahannock.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rappahannock Community College</a></strong> are offering Work-Based Learning apprenticeships with water resilience and adaptation businesses, including winners of the GO Virginia business competition administered by RISE. Coupled with professional certification programs supported by non-profits and university entrepreneurship training, technician-level training and partnerships with businesses can form the backbone of the emerging water adaptation industry cluster’s workforce.</li><li><strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wetlands Watch</a></strong>, <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, and the <strong><a href=\"http://www.usgbc.org/usgbc-hampton-roads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Building Council, Hampton Roads Chapter</a></strong> have joined forces to establish an adaptation research and design collaborative, linking research and education programs at Virginia universities with local governments to help implement resilient interventions. This collaborative resilience laboratory - or <strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\"Collaboratory\"</a></strong> - aims to produce innovative adaptation tools, strategies, and designs in tidewater Virginia by linking academic community programs with real-world needs in coastal communities, helping speed adaptation, and incubating a community of practice.</li></ul>		\n			<h2>Upgrading Virginia\'s Water Adaptation Workforce</h2>		\n		<p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into novel, innovative outcomes. Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific or skill-focused education. However, collaborative teamwork skills are less prevalent; e.g., architectural and engineering firms have partnered with VASG to co-sponsor workforce development initiatives in part to advance students’ teamwork, collaboration, and knowledge integration skills. Coupled with entrepreneurship, design thinking, and other creativity- and innovation-deriving curricula, Virginia could have the best-trained workforce for the emerging water adaptation economy. Options would include:</p><ul><li><strong>Offering <em>community college</em> Work-Based Learning, apprenticeships, and, as appropriate, associate degrees or certifications for technician-level training and partnerships with businesses.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for university <em>undergraduate and graduate</em> work on adaptation R&amp;D, including entrepreneurship training to accompany technical expertise and collaborative research with industry partners, p</strong><strong>roduct performance validation, and co-production of new knowledge.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for NGOs conducting certification training</strong></li></ul>','About This Initiative','','inherit','closed','closed','','286-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 17:06:45','2022-01-04 17:06:45','',286,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1509',0,'revision','',0),(1506,1,'2022-01-04 17:04:08','2022-01-04 17:04:08','<h1>About This Initiative</h1>		\n			<h2>VISION</h2>		\n			<h2>Coastal Virginia will be a global leader in innovative technologies, products, and services that help residential, commercial, and industrial properties adapt to flooding, erosion, and other challenges caused by sea-level rise.</h2>		\n		<p>Increased flooding and high value residential, commercial, and industrial assets in vulnerable urban, suburban and rural coastal communities are growing market demand for new, cost-effective adaptation solutions. Virginia has a competitive advantage – it is experiencing flooding and erosion impacts from the highest level of relative sea-level rise on the east coast thus it is developing innovative adaptation technologies, products, and services with global applications. Growing a water adaptation economy is a priority in the GO Virginia Region 6 <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia6.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-Growth-Diverisfication-Plan-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Growth &amp; Diversification Plan</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/wp-content/uploads/GoVA_ActionPlan2021_WEB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Action Plan</a></strong>, and the Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/articles/service_centers/Economic%20Development/MPPDC%20CEDS%20update%20-%202021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy</a></strong> (CEDS), and aligns with the Economic Development Authority\'s (EDA) equity, recovery &amp; resilience, workforce development, technology-based economic development, and environmentally-sustainable development priorities.</p>		\n			<h3>In their most recent property tax assessment, rural Mathews County, VA recorded a loss of $75M in property value caused by flooding and erosion on waterfront properties.</h3>		\n		<p><strong>Assets needing adaptation:</strong> Waterfront properties remain in high demand and were estimated to be worth $134B nationwide in 2018. Home sales in coastal Virginia increased 61% on the Chesapeake Bay between 2019 – 2020, and over 20% more from January – April 2021. In their most recent property tax assessment, rural Mathews County, VA recorded a loss of $75M in property value caused by flooding and erosion on waterfront properties. Businesses are impacted too; coastal shoreline counties support 37% of US jobs and contribute 46% of the GDP. Coastal Virginia is home to a growing $53M shellfish aquaculture industry and working waterfronts employ over 122,000 people, generating $8.5B of the GDP. All existing water-related infrastructure (a $650B global market) and all sectors of the shoreline economy will need to adapt, greatly increasing market demand for cost-effective adaptation technologies, products, and services.</p><p><strong><a href=\"http://www.vasem.org/reports/2021-the-impact-of-climate-change-on-virginias-coastal-areas/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine report</a></strong> on the impacts of climate change concluded, “significant innovation will be required to…mitigate the impacts that coastal regions are already experiencing and are likely to experience in the future. Virginia could become a national center of expertise and innovation in this regard.”</p>		\n			<h1>Advancing Feasible Adaptation Solutions</h1>		\n		<p>To achieve this vision, several projects are underway through collaborations among multiple partners, including:</p><h4><strong>Supporting Entrepreneurs</strong></h4><ul><li><strong>GO Virginia:</strong> The Coastal Resilience and Adaptation Economy initiative that will foster innovation and growth in Virginia’s water economy. The project will launch a resilience entrepreneurship competition and establish a business-focused network to engage businesses and facilitate resilient practices. The project is a collaboration between <strong><a href=\"http://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, the nonprofit<strong> <a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RISE</a></strong>, the <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/index.php/service-centers/coastal/paa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://odu.edu/\">Old Dominion University</a></strong>. The $2.9M project was funded in part by <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GO Virginia</a></strong>, a state-funded initiative administered by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) to strengthen and diversify Virginia’s economy and foster the creation of higher-wage jobs in strategic industries.  In addition to the workforce development supported by VASG and RISE’s business plan competition, ODU is leading the development of the <strong><a href=\"https://www.odu.edu/news/2021/1/flood_preparedness#.YdRvYBPMJqs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coastal Virginia Consortium.</a></strong>  </li><li>The Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://fightthefloodva.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fight-the-Flood (FTF)</a> </strong>program to subsidize shoreline protection businesses’ work on coastal properties. FTF is a first in the nation approach to advance feasible adaption solutions for property owners in underserved communities.  Among the twenty-four companies in the FTF program, there are cooperative arrangements, collaborative projects, and a need for research &amp; development (R&amp;D) capacity to further advance innovation.</li></ul><h4><strong>Collaborative R&amp;D</strong></h4><p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach in order to achieve novel breakthroughs requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into innovative outcomes that transcend individual disciplines.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG—Virginia Tech</strong> partnership for a resilience design extension faculty position. This position will play a critical role, as a project coordinator and facilitator, of VASG’s GO Virginia award, and the design and implementation of collaborative public-private R&amp;D partnerships on the network of field stations.</li><li><strong>Sea Grant-CERF</strong> (Coastal Estuarine Research Federation) <strong><a href=\"https://cerfcompetition.vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design Competition</a></strong>, a forward-facing initiative to inspire students and faculty across disciplines to work together in proposing design solutions and innovative strategies to make our coastal environments more resilient in the face of coastal impacts of climate change. The Design Competition is also intended as a complementary way in which CERF can collaborate with local communities to problem-solve together around pressing challenges. The Design Competition will focus on a specific site in Coastal Virginia on which all design proposals must focus.</li><li><strong>VASG’s NSF-funded team science training</strong> is designing, testing, and implementing capacity-building training for effective team science, effectively integrating diverse knowledge and perspectives. The deeper level of knowledge integration achieves innovative outcomes, and is facilitated by <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/nsf-award-team-science-training-coastal-ocean-estuarine-stem-graduate-students/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VASG’s training</a></strong> in visualization tactics, managing constructive conflict, effective cross-disciplinary communication and listening, and advanced taskwork and teamwork skills.<strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> </strong></li></ul><h4><strong>Workforce Development</strong></h4><p>Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific and skill-focused education.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG and <a href=\"https://www.rappahannock.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rappahannock Community College</a></strong> are offering Work-Based Learning apprenticeships with water resilience and adaptation businesses, including winners of the GO Virginia business competition administered by RISE. Coupled with professional certification programs supported by non-profits and university entrepreneurship training, technician-level training and partnerships with businesses can form the backbone of the emerging water adaptation industry cluster’s workforce.</li><li><strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wetlands Watch</a></strong>, <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, and the <strong><a href=\"http://www.usgbc.org/usgbc-hampton-roads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Building Council, Hampton Roads Chapter</a></strong> have joined forces to establish an adaptation research and design collaborative, linking research and education programs at Virginia universities with local governments to help implement resilient interventions. This collaborative resilience laboratory - or \"Collaboratory\" - aims to produce innovative adaptation tools, strategies, and designs in tidewater Virginia by linking academic community programs with real-world needs in coastal communities, helping speed adaptation, and incubating a community of practice. <strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory</a></strong></li></ul>		\n			<h2>Upgrading Virginia\'s Water Adaptation Workforce</h2>		\n		<p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into novel, innovative outcomes. Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific or skill-focused education. However, collaborative teamwork skills are less prevalent; e.g., architectural and engineering firms have partnered with VASG to co-sponsor workforce development initiatives in part to advance students’ teamwork, collaboration, and knowledge integration skills. Coupled with entrepreneurship, design thinking, and other creativity- and innovation-deriving curricula, Virginia could have the best-trained workforce for the emerging water adaptation economy. Options would include:</p><ul><li><strong>Offering <em>community college</em> Work-Based Learning, apprenticeships, and, as appropriate, associate degrees or certifications for technician-level training and partnerships with businesses.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for university <em>undergraduate and graduate</em> work on adaptation R&amp;D, including entrepreneurship training to accompany technical expertise and collaborative research with industry partners, p</strong><strong>roduct performance validation, and co-production of new knowledge.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for NGOs conducting certification training</strong></li></ul>','About This Initiative','','inherit','closed','closed','','286-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 17:04:08','2022-01-04 17:04:08','',286,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1506',0,'revision','',0),(1504,1,'2022-01-04 17:04:07','2022-01-04 17:04:07','<h1>About This Initiative</h1>		\n			<h2>VISION</h2>		\n			<h2>Coastal Virginia will be a global leader in innovative technologies, products, and services that help residential, commercial, and industrial properties adapt to flooding, erosion, and other challenges caused by sea-level rise.</h2>		\n		<p>Increased flooding and high value residential, commercial, and industrial assets in vulnerable urban, suburban and rural coastal communities are growing market demand for new, cost-effective adaptation solutions. Virginia has a competitive advantage – it is experiencing flooding and erosion impacts from the highest level of relative sea-level rise on the east coast thus it is developing innovative adaptation technologies, products, and services with global applications. Growing a water adaptation economy is a priority in the GO Virginia Region 6 <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia6.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-Growth-Diverisfication-Plan-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Growth &amp; Diversification Plan</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/wp-content/uploads/GoVA_ActionPlan2021_WEB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Action Plan</a></strong>, and the Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/articles/service_centers/Economic%20Development/MPPDC%20CEDS%20update%20-%202021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy</a></strong> (CEDS), and aligns with the Economic Development Authority\'s (EDA) equity, recovery &amp; resilience, workforce development, technology-based economic development, and environmentally-sustainable development priorities.</p><p><strong>Assets needing adaptation:</strong> Waterfront properties remain in high demand and were estimated to be worth $134B nationwide in 2018. Home sales in coastal Virginia increased 61% on the Chesapeake Bay between 2019 – 2020, and over 20% more from January – April 2021. In their most recent property tax assessment, rural Mathews County, VA recorded a loss of $75M in property value caused by flooding and erosion on waterfront properties. Businesses are impacted too; coastal shoreline counties support 37% of US jobs and contribute 46% of GDP. Coastal Virginia is home to a growing $53M shellfish aquaculture industry and working waterfronts employ over 122,000 people, generating $8.5B of GDP. All existing water-related infrastructure (a $650B global market) and all sectors of the shoreline economy will need to adapt, greatly increasing market demand for cost-effective adaptation technologies, products, and services.</p><p><strong><a href=\"http://www.vasem.org/reports/2021-the-impact-of-climate-change-on-virginias-coastal-areas/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine report</a></strong> on the impacts of climate change concluded, “significant innovation will be required to…mitigate the impacts that coastal regions are already experiencing and are likely to experience in the future. Virginia could become a national center of expertise and innovation in this regard.”</p>		\n			<h1>Advancing Feasible Adaptation Solutions</h1>		\n		<p>To achieve this vision, several projects are underway through collaborations among multiple partners, including:</p><h4><strong>Supporting Entrepreneurs</strong></h4><ul><li><strong>GO Virginia:</strong> The Coastal Resilience and Adaptation Economy initiative that will foster innovation and growth in Virginia’s water economy. The project will launch a resilience entrepreneurship competition and establish a business-focused network to engage businesses and facilitate resilient practices. The project is a collaboration between <strong><a href=\"http://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, the nonprofit<strong> <a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RISE</a></strong>, the <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/index.php/service-centers/coastal/paa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://odu.edu/\">Old Dominion University</a></strong>. The $2.9M project was funded in part by <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GO Virginia</a></strong>, a state-funded initiative administered by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) to strengthen and diversify Virginia’s economy and foster the creation of higher-wage jobs in strategic industries.  In addition to the workforce development supported by VASG and RISE’s business plan competition, ODU is leading the development of the <strong><a href=\"https://www.odu.edu/news/2021/1/flood_preparedness#.YdRvYBPMJqs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coastal Virginia Consortium.</a></strong>  </li><li>The Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://fightthefloodva.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fight-the-Flood (FTF)</a> </strong>program to subsidize shoreline protection businesses’ work on coastal properties. FTF is a first in the nation approach to advance feasible adaption solutions for property owners in underserved communities.  Among the twenty-four companies in the FTF program, there are cooperative arrangements, collaborative projects, and a need for research &amp; development (R&amp;D) capacity to further advance innovation.</li></ul><h4><strong>Collaborative R&amp;D</strong></h4><p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach in order to achieve novel breakthroughs requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into innovative outcomes that transcend individual disciplines.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG—Virginia Tech</strong> partnership for a resilience design extension faculty position. This position will play a critical role, as a project coordinator and facilitator, of VASG’s GO Virginia award, and the design and implementation of collaborative public-private R&amp;D partnerships on the network of field stations.</li><li><strong>Sea Grant-CERF</strong> (Coastal Estuarine Research Federation) <strong><a href=\"https://cerfcompetition.vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design Competition</a></strong>, a forward-facing initiative to inspire students and faculty across disciplines to work together in proposing design solutions and innovative strategies to make our coastal environments more resilient in the face of coastal impacts of climate change. The Design Competition is also intended as a complementary way in which CERF can collaborate with local communities to problem-solve together around pressing challenges. The Design Competition will focus on a specific site in Coastal Virginia on which all design proposals must focus.</li><li><strong>VASG’s NSF-funded team science training</strong> is designing, testing, and implementing capacity-building training for effective team science, effectively integrating diverse knowledge and perspectives. The deeper level of knowledge integration achieves innovative outcomes, and is facilitated by <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/nsf-award-team-science-training-coastal-ocean-estuarine-stem-graduate-students/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VASG’s training</a></strong> in visualization tactics, managing constructive conflict, effective cross-disciplinary communication and listening, and advanced taskwork and teamwork skills.<strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> </strong></li></ul><h4><strong>Workforce Development</strong></h4><p>Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific and skill-focused education.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG and <a href=\"https://www.rappahannock.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rappahannock Community College</a></strong> are offering Work-Based Learning apprenticeships with water resilience and adaptation businesses, including winners of the GO Virginia business competition administered by RISE. Coupled with professional certification programs supported by non-profits and university entrepreneurship training, technician-level training and partnerships with businesses can form the backbone of the emerging water adaptation industry cluster’s workforce.</li><li><strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wetlands Watch</a></strong>, <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, and the <strong><a href=\"http://www.usgbc.org/usgbc-hampton-roads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Building Council, Hampton Roads Chapter</a></strong> have joined forces to establish an adaptation research and design collaborative, linking research and education programs at Virginia universities with local governments to help implement resilient interventions. This collaborative resilience laboratory - or \"Collaboratory\" - aims to produce innovative adaptation tools, strategies, and designs in tidewater Virginia by linking academic community programs with real-world needs in coastal communities, helping speed adaptation, and incubating a community of practice. <strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory</a></strong></li></ul>		\n			<h2>Upgrading Virginia\'s Water Adaptation Workforce</h2>		\n		<p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into novel, innovative outcomes. Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific or skill-focused education. However, collaborative teamwork skills are less prevalent; e.g., architectural and engineering firms have partnered with VASG to co-sponsor workforce development initiatives in part to advance students’ teamwork, collaboration, and knowledge integration skills. Coupled with entrepreneurship, design thinking, and other creativity- and innovation-deriving curricula, Virginia could have the best-trained workforce for the emerging water adaptation economy. Options would include:</p><ul><li><strong>Offering <em>community college</em> Work-Based Learning, apprenticeships, and, as appropriate, associate degrees or certifications for technician-level training and partnerships with businesses.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for university <em>undergraduate and graduate</em> work on adaptation R&amp;D, including entrepreneurship training to accompany technical expertise and collaborative research with industry partners, p</strong><strong>roduct performance validation, and co-production of new knowledge.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for NGOs conducting certification training</strong></li></ul>','About This Initiative','','inherit','closed','closed','','286-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 17:04:07','2022-01-04 17:04:07','',286,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1504',0,'revision','',0),(1505,1,'2022-01-04 17:04:07','2022-01-04 17:04:07','<h1>About This Initiative</h1>		\n			<h2>VISION</h2>		\n			<h2>Coastal Virginia will be a global leader in innovative technologies, products, and services that help residential, commercial, and industrial properties adapt to flooding, erosion, and other challenges caused by sea-level rise.</h2>		\n		<p>Increased flooding and high value residential, commercial, and industrial assets in vulnerable urban, suburban and rural coastal communities are growing market demand for new, cost-effective adaptation solutions. Virginia has a competitive advantage – it is experiencing flooding and erosion impacts from the highest level of relative sea-level rise on the east coast thus it is developing innovative adaptation technologies, products, and services with global applications. Growing a water adaptation economy is a priority in the GO Virginia Region 6 <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia6.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-Growth-Diverisfication-Plan-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Growth &amp; Diversification Plan</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/wp-content/uploads/GoVA_ActionPlan2021_WEB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Action Plan</a></strong>, and the Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/articles/service_centers/Economic%20Development/MPPDC%20CEDS%20update%20-%202021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy</a></strong> (CEDS), and aligns with the Economic Development Authority\'s (EDA) equity, recovery &amp; resilience, workforce development, technology-based economic development, and environmentally-sustainable development priorities.</p><p><strong>Assets needing adaptation:</strong> Waterfront properties remain in high demand and were estimated to be worth $134B nationwide in 2018. Home sales in coastal Virginia increased 61% on the Chesapeake Bay between 2019 – 2020, and over 20% more from January – April 2021. In their most recent property tax assessment, rural Mathews County, VA recorded a loss of $75M in property value caused by flooding and erosion on waterfront properties. Businesses are impacted too; coastal shoreline counties support 37% of US jobs and contribute 46% of GDP. Coastal Virginia is home to a growing $53M shellfish aquaculture industry and working waterfronts employ over 122,000 people, generating $8.5B of GDP. All existing water-related infrastructure (a $650B global market) and all sectors of the shoreline economy will need to adapt, greatly increasing market demand for cost-effective adaptation technologies, products, and services.</p><p><strong><a href=\"http://www.vasem.org/reports/2021-the-impact-of-climate-change-on-virginias-coastal-areas/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine report</a></strong> on the impacts of climate change concluded, “significant innovation will be required to…mitigate the impacts that coastal regions are already experiencing and are likely to experience in the future. Virginia could become a national center of expertise and innovation in this regard.”</p>		\n			<h1>Advancing Feasible Adaptation Solutions</h1>		\n		<p>To achieve this vision, several projects are underway through collaborations among multiple partners, including:</p><h4><strong>Supporting Entrepreneurs</strong></h4><ul><li><strong>GO Virginia:</strong> The Coastal Resilience and Adaptation Economy initiative that will foster innovation and growth in Virginia’s water economy. The project will launch a resilience entrepreneurship competition and establish a business-focused network to engage businesses and facilitate resilient practices. The project is a collaboration between <strong><a href=\"http://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, the nonprofit<strong> <a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RISE</a></strong>, the <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/index.php/service-centers/coastal/paa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://odu.edu/\">Old Dominion University</a></strong>. The $2.9M project was funded in part by <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GO Virginia</a></strong>, a state-funded initiative administered by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) to strengthen and diversify Virginia’s economy and foster the creation of higher-wage jobs in strategic industries.  In addition to the workforce development supported by VASG and RISE’s business plan competition, ODU is leading the development of the <strong><a href=\"https://www.odu.edu/news/2021/1/flood_preparedness#.YdRvYBPMJqs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coastal Virginia Consortium.</a></strong>  </li><li>The Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://fightthefloodva.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fight-the-Flood (FTF)</a> </strong>program to subsidize shoreline protection businesses’ work on coastal properties. FTF is a first in the nation approach to advance feasible adaption solutions for property owners in underserved communities.  Among the twenty-four companies in the FTF program, there are cooperative arrangements, collaborative projects, and a need for research &amp; development (R&amp;D) capacity to further advance innovation.</li></ul><h4><strong>Collaborative R&amp;D</strong></h4><p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach in order to achieve novel breakthroughs requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into innovative outcomes that transcend individual disciplines.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG—Virginia Tech</strong> partnership for a resilience design extension faculty position. This position will play a critical role, as a project coordinator and facilitator, of VASG’s GO Virginia award, and the design and implementation of collaborative public-private R&amp;D partnerships on the network of field stations.</li><li><strong>Sea Grant-CERF</strong> (Coastal Estuarine Research Federation) <strong><a href=\"https://cerfcompetition.vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design Competition</a></strong>, a forward-facing initiative to inspire students and faculty across disciplines to work together in proposing design solutions and innovative strategies to make our coastal environments more resilient in the face of coastal impacts of climate change. The Design Competition is also intended as a complementary way in which CERF can collaborate with local communities to problem-solve together around pressing challenges. The Design Competition will focus on a specific site in Coastal Virginia on which all design proposals must focus.</li><li><strong>VASG’s NSF-funded team science training</strong> is designing, testing, and implementing capacity-building training for effective team science, effectively integrating diverse knowledge and perspectives. The deeper level of knowledge integration achieves innovative outcomes, and is facilitated by <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/nsf-award-team-science-training-coastal-ocean-estuarine-stem-graduate-students/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VASG’s training</a></strong> in visualization tactics, managing constructive conflict, effective cross-disciplinary communication and listening, and advanced taskwork and teamwork skills.<strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> </strong></li></ul><h4><strong>Workforce Development</strong></h4><p>Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific and skill-focused education.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG and <a href=\"https://www.rappahannock.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rappahannock Community College</a></strong> are offering Work-Based Learning apprenticeships with water resilience and adaptation businesses, including winners of the GO Virginia business competition administered by RISE. Coupled with professional certification programs supported by non-profits and university entrepreneurship training, technician-level training and partnerships with businesses can form the backbone of the emerging water adaptation industry cluster’s workforce.</li><li><strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wetlands Watch</a></strong>, <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, and the <strong><a href=\"http://www.usgbc.org/usgbc-hampton-roads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Building Council, Hampton Roads Chapter</a></strong> have joined forces to establish an adaptation research and design collaborative, linking research and education programs at Virginia universities with local governments to help implement resilient interventions. This collaborative resilience laboratory - or \"Collaboratory\" - aims to produce innovative adaptation tools, strategies, and designs in tidewater Virginia by linking academic community programs with real-world needs in coastal communities, helping speed adaptation, and incubating a community of practice. <strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory</a></strong></li></ul>		\n			<h2>Upgrading Virginia\'s Water Adaptation Workforce</h2>		\n		<p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into novel, innovative outcomes. Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific or skill-focused education. However, collaborative teamwork skills are less prevalent; e.g., architectural and engineering firms have partnered with VASG to co-sponsor workforce development initiatives in part to advance students’ teamwork, collaboration, and knowledge integration skills. Coupled with entrepreneurship, design thinking, and other creativity- and innovation-deriving curricula, Virginia could have the best-trained workforce for the emerging water adaptation economy. Options would include:</p><ul><li><strong>Offering <em>community college</em> Work-Based Learning, apprenticeships, and, as appropriate, associate degrees or certifications for technician-level training and partnerships with businesses.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for university <em>undergraduate and graduate</em> work on adaptation R&amp;D, including entrepreneurship training to accompany technical expertise and collaborative research with industry partners, p</strong><strong>roduct performance validation, and co-production of new knowledge.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for NGOs conducting certification training</strong></li></ul>','About This Initiative','','inherit','closed','closed','','286-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 17:04:07','2022-01-04 17:04:07','',286,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1505',0,'revision','',0),(1507,1,'2022-01-04 17:06:44','2022-01-04 17:06:44','<h1>About This Initiative</h1>		\n			<h2>VISION</h2>		\n			<h2>Coastal Virginia will be a global leader in innovative technologies, products, and services that help residential, commercial, and industrial properties adapt to flooding, erosion, and other challenges caused by sea-level rise.</h2>		\n		<p>Increased flooding and high value residential, commercial, and industrial assets in vulnerable urban, suburban and rural coastal communities are growing market demand for new, cost-effective adaptation solutions. Virginia has a competitive advantage – it is experiencing flooding and erosion impacts from the highest level of relative sea-level rise on the east coast thus it is developing innovative adaptation technologies, products, and services with global applications. Growing a water adaptation economy is a priority in the GO Virginia Region 6 <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia6.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-Growth-Diverisfication-Plan-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Growth &amp; Diversification Plan</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/wp-content/uploads/GoVA_ActionPlan2021_WEB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Action Plan</a></strong>, and the Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/articles/service_centers/Economic%20Development/MPPDC%20CEDS%20update%20-%202021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy</a></strong> (CEDS), and aligns with the Economic Development Authority\'s (EDA) equity, recovery &amp; resilience, workforce development, technology-based economic development, and environmentally-sustainable development priorities.</p>		\n			<h3>In their most recent property tax assessment, rural Mathews County, VA recorded a loss of $75M in property value caused by flooding and erosion on waterfront properties.</h3>		\n		<p><strong>Assets needing adaptation:</strong> Waterfront properties remain in high demand and were estimated to be worth $134B nationwide in 2018. Home sales in coastal Virginia increased 61% on the Chesapeake Bay between 2019 – 2020, and over 20% more from January – April 2021. In their most recent property tax assessment, rural Mathews County, VA recorded a loss of $75M in property value caused by flooding and erosion on waterfront properties. Businesses are impacted too; coastal shoreline counties support 37% of US jobs and contribute 46% of the GDP. Coastal Virginia is home to a growing $53M shellfish aquaculture industry and working waterfronts employ over 122,000 people, generating $8.5B of the GDP. All existing water-related infrastructure (a $650B global market) and all sectors of the shoreline economy will need to adapt, greatly increasing market demand for cost-effective adaptation technologies, products, and services.</p><p><strong><a href=\"http://www.vasem.org/reports/2021-the-impact-of-climate-change-on-virginias-coastal-areas/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine report</a></strong> on the impacts of climate change concluded, “significant innovation will be required to…mitigate the impacts that coastal regions are already experiencing and are likely to experience in the future. Virginia could become a national center of expertise and innovation in this regard.”</p>		\n			<h1>Advancing Feasible Adaptation Solutions</h1>		\n		<p>To achieve this vision, several projects are underway through collaborations among multiple partners, including:</p><h4><strong>Supporting Entrepreneurs</strong></h4><ul><li><strong>GO Virginia:</strong> The Coastal Resilience and Adaptation Economy initiative that will foster innovation and growth in Virginia’s water economy. The project will launch a resilience entrepreneurship competition and establish a business-focused network to engage businesses and facilitate resilient practices. The project is a collaboration between <strong><a href=\"http://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, the nonprofit<strong> <a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RISE</a></strong>, the <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/index.php/service-centers/coastal/paa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://odu.edu/\">Old Dominion University</a></strong>. The $2.9M project was funded in part by <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GO Virginia</a></strong>, a state-funded initiative administered by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) to strengthen and diversify Virginia’s economy and foster the creation of higher-wage jobs in strategic industries.  In addition to the workforce development supported by VASG and RISE’s business plan competition, ODU is leading the development of the <strong><a href=\"https://www.odu.edu/news/2021/1/flood_preparedness#.YdRvYBPMJqs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coastal Virginia Consortium.</a></strong>  </li><li>The Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://fightthefloodva.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fight-the-Flood (FTF)</a> </strong>program to subsidize shoreline protection businesses’ work on coastal properties. FTF is a first in the nation approach to advance feasible adaption solutions for property owners in underserved communities.  Among the twenty-four companies in the FTF program, there are cooperative arrangements, collaborative projects, and a need for research &amp; development (R&amp;D) capacity to further advance innovation.</li></ul><h4><strong>Collaborative R&amp;D</strong></h4><p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach in order to achieve novel breakthroughs requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into innovative outcomes that transcend individual disciplines.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG—Virginia Tech</strong> partnership for a resilience design extension faculty position. This position will play a critical role, as a project coordinator and facilitator, of VASG’s GO Virginia award, and the design and implementation of collaborative public-private R&amp;D partnerships on the network of field stations.</li><li><strong>Sea Grant-CERF</strong> (Coastal Estuarine Research Federation) <strong><a href=\"https://cerfcompetition.vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design Competition</a></strong>, a forward-facing initiative to inspire students and faculty across disciplines to work together in proposing design solutions and innovative strategies to make our coastal environments more resilient in the face of coastal impacts of climate change. The Design Competition is also intended as a complementary way in which CERF can collaborate with local communities to problem-solve together around pressing challenges. The Design Competition will focus on a specific site in Coastal Virginia on which all design proposals must focus.</li><li><strong>VASG’s NSF-funded team science training</strong> is designing, testing, and implementing capacity-building training for effective team science, effectively integrating diverse knowledge and perspectives. The deeper level of knowledge integration achieves innovative outcomes, and is facilitated by <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/nsf-award-team-science-training-coastal-ocean-estuarine-stem-graduate-students/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VASG’s training</a></strong> in visualization tactics, managing constructive conflict, effective cross-disciplinary communication and listening, and advanced taskwork and teamwork skills.<strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> </strong></li></ul><h4><strong>Workforce Development</strong></h4><p>Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific and skill-focused education.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG and <a href=\"https://www.rappahannock.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rappahannock Community College</a></strong> are offering Work-Based Learning apprenticeships with water resilience and adaptation businesses, including winners of the GO Virginia business competition administered by RISE. Coupled with professional certification programs supported by non-profits and university entrepreneurship training, technician-level training and partnerships with businesses can form the backbone of the emerging water adaptation industry cluster’s workforce.</li><li><strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wetlands Watch</a></strong>, <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, and the <strong><a href=\"http://www.usgbc.org/usgbc-hampton-roads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Building Council, Hampton Roads Chapter</a></strong> have joined forces to establish an adaptation research and design collaborative, linking research and education programs at Virginia universities with local governments to help implement resilient interventions. This collaborative resilience laboratory - or \"Collaboratory\" - aims to produce innovative adaptation tools, strategies, and designs in tidewater Virginia by linking academic community programs with real-world needs in coastal communities, helping speed adaptation, and incubating a community of practice. <strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory</a></strong></li></ul>		\n			<h2>Upgrading Virginia\'s Water Adaptation Workforce</h2>		\n		<p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into novel, innovative outcomes. Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific or skill-focused education. However, collaborative teamwork skills are less prevalent; e.g., architectural and engineering firms have partnered with VASG to co-sponsor workforce development initiatives in part to advance students’ teamwork, collaboration, and knowledge integration skills. Coupled with entrepreneurship, design thinking, and other creativity- and innovation-deriving curricula, Virginia could have the best-trained workforce for the emerging water adaptation economy. Options would include:</p><ul><li><strong>Offering <em>community college</em> Work-Based Learning, apprenticeships, and, as appropriate, associate degrees or certifications for technician-level training and partnerships with businesses.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for university <em>undergraduate and graduate</em> work on adaptation R&amp;D, including entrepreneurship training to accompany technical expertise and collaborative research with industry partners, p</strong><strong>roduct performance validation, and co-production of new knowledge.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for NGOs conducting certification training</strong></li></ul>','About This Initiative','','inherit','closed','closed','','286-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 17:06:44','2022-01-04 17:06:44','',286,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1507',0,'revision','',0),(1508,1,'2022-01-04 17:06:44','2022-01-04 17:06:44','<h1>About This Initiative</h1>		\n			<h2>VISION</h2>		\n			<h2>Coastal Virginia will be a global leader in innovative technologies, products, and services that help residential, commercial, and industrial properties adapt to flooding, erosion, and other challenges caused by sea-level rise.</h2>		\n		<p>Increased flooding and high value residential, commercial, and industrial assets in vulnerable urban, suburban and rural coastal communities are growing market demand for new, cost-effective adaptation solutions. Virginia has a competitive advantage – it is experiencing flooding and erosion impacts from the highest level of relative sea-level rise on the east coast thus it is developing innovative adaptation technologies, products, and services with global applications. Growing a water adaptation economy is a priority in the GO Virginia Region 6 <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia6.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-Growth-Diverisfication-Plan-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Growth &amp; Diversification Plan</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/wp-content/uploads/GoVA_ActionPlan2021_WEB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Action Plan</a></strong>, and the Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/articles/service_centers/Economic%20Development/MPPDC%20CEDS%20update%20-%202021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy</a></strong> (CEDS), and aligns with the Economic Development Authority\'s (EDA) equity, recovery &amp; resilience, workforce development, technology-based economic development, and environmentally-sustainable development priorities.</p>		\n			<h3>In their most recent property tax assessment, rural Mathews County, VA recorded a loss of $75M in property value caused by flooding and erosion on waterfront properties.</h3>		\n		<p><strong>Assets needing adaptation:</strong> Waterfront properties remain in high demand and were estimated to be worth $134B nationwide in 2018. Home sales in coastal Virginia increased 61% on the Chesapeake Bay between 2019 – 2020, and over 20% more from January – April 2021. In their most recent property tax assessment, rural Mathews County, VA recorded a loss of $75M in property value caused by flooding and erosion on waterfront properties. Businesses are impacted too; coastal shoreline counties support 37% of US jobs and contribute 46% of the GDP. Coastal Virginia is home to a growing $53M shellfish aquaculture industry and working waterfronts employ over 122,000 people, generating $8.5B of the GDP. All existing water-related infrastructure (a $650B global market) and all sectors of the shoreline economy will need to adapt, greatly increasing market demand for cost-effective adaptation technologies, products, and services.</p><p><strong><a href=\"http://www.vasem.org/reports/2021-the-impact-of-climate-change-on-virginias-coastal-areas/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine report</a></strong> on the impacts of climate change concluded, “significant innovation will be required to…mitigate the impacts that coastal regions are already experiencing and are likely to experience in the future. Virginia could become a national center of expertise and innovation in this regard.”</p>		\n			<h1>Advancing Feasible Adaptation Solutions</h1>		\n		<p>To achieve this vision, several projects are underway through collaborations among multiple partners, including:</p><h4><strong>Supporting Entrepreneurs</strong></h4><ul><li><strong>GO Virginia:</strong> The Coastal Resilience and Adaptation Economy initiative that will foster innovation and growth in Virginia’s water economy. The project will launch a resilience entrepreneurship competition and establish a business-focused network to engage businesses and facilitate resilient practices. The project is a collaboration between <strong><a href=\"http://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, the nonprofit<strong> <a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RISE</a></strong>, the <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/index.php/service-centers/coastal/paa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://odu.edu/\">Old Dominion University</a></strong>. The $2.9M project was funded in part by <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GO Virginia</a></strong>, a state-funded initiative administered by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) to strengthen and diversify Virginia’s economy and foster the creation of higher-wage jobs in strategic industries.  In addition to the workforce development supported by VASG and RISE’s business plan competition, ODU is leading the development of the <strong><a href=\"https://www.odu.edu/news/2021/1/flood_preparedness#.YdRvYBPMJqs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coastal Virginia Consortium.</a></strong>  </li><li>The Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://fightthefloodva.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fight-the-Flood (FTF)</a> </strong>program to subsidize shoreline protection businesses’ work on coastal properties. FTF is a first in the nation approach to advance feasible adaption solutions for property owners in underserved communities.  Among the twenty-four companies in the FTF program, there are cooperative arrangements, collaborative projects, and a need for research &amp; development (R&amp;D) capacity to further advance innovation.</li></ul><h4><strong>Collaborative R&amp;D</strong></h4><p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach in order to achieve novel breakthroughs requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into innovative outcomes that transcend individual disciplines.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG—Virginia Tech</strong> partnership for a resilience design extension faculty position. This position will play a critical role, as a project coordinator and facilitator, of VASG’s GO Virginia award, and the design and implementation of collaborative public-private R&amp;D partnerships on the network of field stations.</li><li><strong>Sea Grant-CERF</strong> (Coastal Estuarine Research Federation) <strong><a href=\"https://cerfcompetition.vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design Competition</a></strong>, a forward-facing initiative to inspire students and faculty across disciplines to work together in proposing design solutions and innovative strategies to make our coastal environments more resilient in the face of coastal impacts of climate change. The Design Competition is also intended as a complementary way in which CERF can collaborate with local communities to problem-solve together around pressing challenges. The Design Competition will focus on a specific site in Coastal Virginia on which all design proposals must focus.</li><li><strong>VASG’s NSF-funded team science training</strong> is designing, testing, and implementing capacity-building training for effective team science, effectively integrating diverse knowledge and perspectives. The deeper level of knowledge integration achieves innovative outcomes, and is facilitated by <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/nsf-award-team-science-training-coastal-ocean-estuarine-stem-graduate-students/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VASG’s training</a></strong> in visualization tactics, managing constructive conflict, effective cross-disciplinary communication and listening, and advanced taskwork and teamwork skills.<strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> </strong></li></ul><h4><strong>Workforce Development</strong></h4><p>Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific and skill-focused education.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG and <a href=\"https://www.rappahannock.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rappahannock Community College</a></strong> are offering Work-Based Learning apprenticeships with water resilience and adaptation businesses, including winners of the GO Virginia business competition administered by RISE. Coupled with professional certification programs supported by non-profits and university entrepreneurship training, technician-level training and partnerships with businesses can form the backbone of the emerging water adaptation industry cluster’s workforce.</li><li><strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wetlands Watch</a></strong>, <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, and the <strong><a href=\"http://www.usgbc.org/usgbc-hampton-roads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Building Council, Hampton Roads Chapter</a></strong> have joined forces to establish an adaptation research and design collaborative, linking research and education programs at Virginia universities with local governments to help implement resilient interventions. This collaborative resilience laboratory - or \"Collaboratory\" - aims to produce innovative adaptation tools, strategies, and designs in tidewater Virginia by linking academic community programs with real-world needs in coastal communities, helping speed adaptation, and incubating a community of practice. <strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory</a></strong></li></ul>		\n			<h2>Upgrading Virginia\'s Water Adaptation Workforce</h2>		\n		<p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into novel, innovative outcomes. Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific or skill-focused education. However, collaborative teamwork skills are less prevalent; e.g., architectural and engineering firms have partnered with VASG to co-sponsor workforce development initiatives in part to advance students’ teamwork, collaboration, and knowledge integration skills. Coupled with entrepreneurship, design thinking, and other creativity- and innovation-deriving curricula, Virginia could have the best-trained workforce for the emerging water adaptation economy. Options would include:</p><ul><li><strong>Offering <em>community college</em> Work-Based Learning, apprenticeships, and, as appropriate, associate degrees or certifications for technician-level training and partnerships with businesses.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for university <em>undergraduate and graduate</em> work on adaptation R&amp;D, including entrepreneurship training to accompany technical expertise and collaborative research with industry partners, p</strong><strong>roduct performance validation, and co-production of new knowledge.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for NGOs conducting certification training</strong></li></ul>','About This Initiative','','inherit','closed','closed','','286-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 17:06:44','2022-01-04 17:06:44','',286,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1508',0,'revision','',0),(1514,1,'2022-01-04 18:42:20','2022-01-04 18:42:20','<h1>About This Initiative</h1>		\n			<h2>VISION</h2>		\n			<h2>Coastal Virginia will be a global leader in innovative technologies, products, and services that help residential, commercial, and industrial properties adapt to flooding, erosion, and other challenges caused by sea-level rise.</h2>		\n		<p>Increased flooding and high value residential, commercial, and industrial assets in vulnerable urban, suburban and rural coastal communities are growing market demand for new, cost-effective adaptation solutions. Virginia has a competitive advantage – it is experiencing flooding and erosion impacts from the highest level of relative sea-level rise on the east coast thus it is developing innovative adaptation technologies, products, and services with global applications. Growing a water adaptation economy is a priority in the GO Virginia Region 6 <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia6.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-Growth-Diverisfication-Plan-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Growth &amp; Diversification Plan</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/wp-content/uploads/GoVA_ActionPlan2021_WEB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Action Plan</a></strong>, and the Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/articles/service_centers/Economic%20Development/MPPDC%20CEDS%20update%20-%202021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy</a></strong> (CEDS), and aligns with the Economic Development Authority\'s (EDA) equity, recovery &amp; resilience, workforce development, technology-based economic development, and environmentally-sustainable development priorities.</p>		\n			<h3>In their most recent property tax assessment, rural Mathews County, VA recorded a loss of $75M in property value caused by flooding and erosion on waterfront properties.</h3>		\n		<p><strong>Assets needing adaptation:</strong> Waterfront properties remain in high demand and were estimated to be worth $134B nationwide in 2018. Home sales in coastal Virginia increased 61% on the Chesapeake Bay between 2019 – 2020, and over 20% more from January – April 2021. In their most recent property tax assessment, rural Mathews County, VA recorded a loss of $75M in property value caused by flooding and erosion on waterfront properties. Businesses are impacted too; coastal shoreline counties support 37% of US jobs and contribute 46% of the GDP. Coastal Virginia is home to a growing $53M shellfish aquaculture industry and working waterfronts employ over 122,000 people, generating $8.5B of the GDP. All existing water-related infrastructure (a $650B global market) and all sectors of the shoreline economy will need to adapt, greatly increasing market demand for cost-effective adaptation technologies, products, and services.</p><p><strong><a href=\"http://www.vasem.org/reports/2021-the-impact-of-climate-change-on-virginias-coastal-areas/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine report</a></strong> on the impacts of climate change concluded, “significant innovation will be required to…mitigate the impacts that coastal regions are already experiencing and are likely to experience in the future. Virginia could become a national center of expertise and innovation in this regard.”</p>		\n			<h2>Water Adaptation Industry Cluster & Innovation Ecosystem</h2>		\n															<img width=\"1024\" height=\"343\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EcosystemGraphic-1024x343.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EcosystemGraphic-1024x343.jpg 1024w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EcosystemGraphic-300x101.jpg 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EcosystemGraphic-768x257.jpg 768w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EcosystemGraphic-1536x515.jpg 1536w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EcosystemGraphic.jpg 1650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" />															\n			<h1>Advancing Feasible Adaptation Solutions</h1>		\n		<p>To achieve this vision, several projects are underway through collaborations among multiple partners, including:</p><h4><strong>Supporting Entrepreneurs</strong></h4><ul><li><strong>GO Virginia:</strong> The Coastal Resilience and Adaptation Economy initiative that will foster innovation and growth in Virginia’s water economy. The project will launch a resilience entrepreneurship competition and establish a business-focused network to engage businesses and facilitate resilient practices. The project is a collaboration between <strong><a href=\"http://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, the nonprofit<strong> <a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RISE</a></strong>, the <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/index.php/service-centers/coastal/paa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://odu.edu/\">Old Dominion University</a></strong>. The $2.9M project was funded in part by <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GO Virginia</a></strong>, a state-funded initiative administered by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) to strengthen and diversify Virginia’s economy and foster the creation of higher-wage jobs in strategic industries.  In addition to the workforce development supported by VASG and RISE’s business plan competition, ODU is leading the development of the <strong><a href=\"https://www.odu.edu/news/2021/1/flood_preparedness#.YdRvYBPMJqs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coastal Virginia Consortium.</a></strong>  </li><li>The Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://fightthefloodva.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fight-the-Flood (FTF)</a> </strong>program to subsidize shoreline protection businesses’ work on coastal properties. FTF is a first in the nation approach to advance feasible adaption solutions for property owners in underserved communities.  Among the twenty-four companies in the FTF program, there are cooperative arrangements, collaborative projects, and a need for research &amp; development (R&amp;D) capacity to further advance innovation.</li></ul><h4><strong>Collaborative R&amp;D</strong></h4><p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach in order to achieve novel breakthroughs requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into innovative outcomes that transcend individual disciplines.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG—Virginia Tech</strong> partnership for a resilience design extension faculty position. This position will play a critical role, as a project coordinator and facilitator, of VASG’s GO Virginia award, and the design and implementation of collaborative public-private R&amp;D partnerships on the network of field stations.</li><li><strong>Sea Grant-CERF</strong> (Coastal Estuarine Research Federation) <strong><a href=\"https://cerfcompetition.vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design Competition</a></strong>, a forward-facing initiative to inspire students and faculty across disciplines to work together in proposing design solutions and innovative strategies to make our coastal environments more resilient in the face of coastal impacts of climate change. The Design Competition is also intended as a complementary way in which CERF can collaborate with local communities to problem-solve together around pressing challenges. The Design Competition will focus on a specific site in Coastal Virginia on which all design proposals must focus.</li><li><strong>VASG’s NSF-funded team science training</strong> is designing, testing, and implementing capacity-building training for effective team science, effectively integrating diverse knowledge and perspectives. The deeper level of knowledge integration achieves innovative outcomes, and is facilitated by <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/nsf-award-team-science-training-coastal-ocean-estuarine-stem-graduate-students/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VASG’s training</a></strong> in visualization tactics, managing constructive conflict, effective cross-disciplinary communication and listening, and advanced taskwork and teamwork skills.<strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> </strong></li></ul><h4><strong>Workforce Development</strong></h4><p>Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific and skill-focused education.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG and <a href=\"https://www.rappahannock.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rappahannock Community College</a></strong> are offering Work-Based Learning apprenticeships with water resilience and adaptation businesses, including winners of the GO Virginia business competition administered by RISE. Coupled with professional certification programs supported by non-profits and university entrepreneurship training, technician-level training and partnerships with businesses can form the backbone of the emerging water adaptation industry cluster’s workforce.</li><li><strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wetlands Watch</a></strong>, <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, and the <strong><a href=\"http://www.usgbc.org/usgbc-hampton-roads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Building Council, Hampton Roads Chapter</a></strong> have joined forces to establish an adaptation research and design collaborative, linking research and education programs at Virginia universities with local governments to help implement resilient interventions. This collaborative resilience laboratory - or <strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\"Collaboratory\"</a></strong> - aims to produce innovative adaptation tools, strategies, and designs in tidewater Virginia by linking academic community programs with real-world needs in coastal communities, helping speed adaptation, and incubating a community of practice.</li></ul>		\n			<h2>Upgrading Virginia\'s Water Adaptation Workforce</h2>		\n		<p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into novel, innovative outcomes. Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific or skill-focused education. However, collaborative teamwork skills are less prevalent; e.g., architectural and engineering firms have partnered with VASG to co-sponsor workforce development initiatives in part to advance students’ teamwork, collaboration, and knowledge integration skills. Coupled with entrepreneurship, design thinking, and other creativity- and innovation-deriving curricula, Virginia could have the best-trained workforce for the emerging water adaptation economy. Options would include:</p><ul><li><strong>Offering <em>community college</em> Work-Based Learning, apprenticeships, and, as appropriate, associate degrees or certifications for technician-level training and partnerships with businesses.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for university <em>undergraduate and graduate</em> work on adaptation R&amp;D, including entrepreneurship training to accompany technical expertise and collaborative research with industry partners, p</strong><strong>roduct performance validation, and co-production of new knowledge.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for NGOs conducting certification training</strong></li></ul>','About This Initiative','','inherit','closed','closed','','286-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 18:42:20','2022-01-04 18:42:20','',286,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1514',0,'revision','',0),(1511,1,'2022-01-04 18:42:08','2022-01-04 18:42:08','','EcosystemGraphic','','inherit','','closed','','ecosystemgraphic','','','2022-01-04 18:42:08','2022-01-04 18:42:08','',286,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EcosystemGraphic.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1512,1,'2022-01-04 18:42:20','2022-01-04 18:42:20','<h1>About This Initiative</h1>		\n			<h2>VISION</h2>		\n			<h2>Coastal Virginia will be a global leader in innovative technologies, products, and services that help residential, commercial, and industrial properties adapt to flooding, erosion, and other challenges caused by sea-level rise.</h2>		\n		<p>Increased flooding and high value residential, commercial, and industrial assets in vulnerable urban, suburban and rural coastal communities are growing market demand for new, cost-effective adaptation solutions. Virginia has a competitive advantage – it is experiencing flooding and erosion impacts from the highest level of relative sea-level rise on the east coast thus it is developing innovative adaptation technologies, products, and services with global applications. Growing a water adaptation economy is a priority in the GO Virginia Region 6 <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia6.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-Growth-Diverisfication-Plan-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Growth &amp; Diversification Plan</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/wp-content/uploads/GoVA_ActionPlan2021_WEB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Action Plan</a></strong>, and the Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/articles/service_centers/Economic%20Development/MPPDC%20CEDS%20update%20-%202021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy</a></strong> (CEDS), and aligns with the Economic Development Authority\'s (EDA) equity, recovery &amp; resilience, workforce development, technology-based economic development, and environmentally-sustainable development priorities.</p>		\n			<h3>In their most recent property tax assessment, rural Mathews County, VA recorded a loss of $75M in property value caused by flooding and erosion on waterfront properties.</h3>		\n		<p><strong>Assets needing adaptation:</strong> Waterfront properties remain in high demand and were estimated to be worth $134B nationwide in 2018. Home sales in coastal Virginia increased 61% on the Chesapeake Bay between 2019 – 2020, and over 20% more from January – April 2021. In their most recent property tax assessment, rural Mathews County, VA recorded a loss of $75M in property value caused by flooding and erosion on waterfront properties. Businesses are impacted too; coastal shoreline counties support 37% of US jobs and contribute 46% of the GDP. Coastal Virginia is home to a growing $53M shellfish aquaculture industry and working waterfronts employ over 122,000 people, generating $8.5B of the GDP. All existing water-related infrastructure (a $650B global market) and all sectors of the shoreline economy will need to adapt, greatly increasing market demand for cost-effective adaptation technologies, products, and services.</p><p><strong><a href=\"http://www.vasem.org/reports/2021-the-impact-of-climate-change-on-virginias-coastal-areas/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine report</a></strong> on the impacts of climate change concluded, “significant innovation will be required to…mitigate the impacts that coastal regions are already experiencing and are likely to experience in the future. Virginia could become a national center of expertise and innovation in this regard.”</p>		\n			<h1>Advancing Feasible Adaptation Solutions</h1>		\n		<p>To achieve this vision, several projects are underway through collaborations among multiple partners, including:</p><h4><strong>Supporting Entrepreneurs</strong></h4><ul><li><strong>GO Virginia:</strong> The Coastal Resilience and Adaptation Economy initiative that will foster innovation and growth in Virginia’s water economy. The project will launch a resilience entrepreneurship competition and establish a business-focused network to engage businesses and facilitate resilient practices. The project is a collaboration between <strong><a href=\"http://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, the nonprofit<strong> <a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RISE</a></strong>, the <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/index.php/service-centers/coastal/paa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://odu.edu/\">Old Dominion University</a></strong>. The $2.9M project was funded in part by <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GO Virginia</a></strong>, a state-funded initiative administered by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) to strengthen and diversify Virginia’s economy and foster the creation of higher-wage jobs in strategic industries.  In addition to the workforce development supported by VASG and RISE’s business plan competition, ODU is leading the development of the <strong><a href=\"https://www.odu.edu/news/2021/1/flood_preparedness#.YdRvYBPMJqs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coastal Virginia Consortium.</a></strong>  </li><li>The Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://fightthefloodva.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fight-the-Flood (FTF)</a> </strong>program to subsidize shoreline protection businesses’ work on coastal properties. FTF is a first in the nation approach to advance feasible adaption solutions for property owners in underserved communities.  Among the twenty-four companies in the FTF program, there are cooperative arrangements, collaborative projects, and a need for research &amp; development (R&amp;D) capacity to further advance innovation.</li></ul><h4><strong>Collaborative R&amp;D</strong></h4><p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach in order to achieve novel breakthroughs requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into innovative outcomes that transcend individual disciplines.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG—Virginia Tech</strong> partnership for a resilience design extension faculty position. This position will play a critical role, as a project coordinator and facilitator, of VASG’s GO Virginia award, and the design and implementation of collaborative public-private R&amp;D partnerships on the network of field stations.</li><li><strong>Sea Grant-CERF</strong> (Coastal Estuarine Research Federation) <strong><a href=\"https://cerfcompetition.vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design Competition</a></strong>, a forward-facing initiative to inspire students and faculty across disciplines to work together in proposing design solutions and innovative strategies to make our coastal environments more resilient in the face of coastal impacts of climate change. The Design Competition is also intended as a complementary way in which CERF can collaborate with local communities to problem-solve together around pressing challenges. The Design Competition will focus on a specific site in Coastal Virginia on which all design proposals must focus.</li><li><strong>VASG’s NSF-funded team science training</strong> is designing, testing, and implementing capacity-building training for effective team science, effectively integrating diverse knowledge and perspectives. The deeper level of knowledge integration achieves innovative outcomes, and is facilitated by <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/nsf-award-team-science-training-coastal-ocean-estuarine-stem-graduate-students/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VASG’s training</a></strong> in visualization tactics, managing constructive conflict, effective cross-disciplinary communication and listening, and advanced taskwork and teamwork skills.<strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> </strong></li></ul><h4><strong>Workforce Development</strong></h4><p>Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific and skill-focused education.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG and <a href=\"https://www.rappahannock.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rappahannock Community College</a></strong> are offering Work-Based Learning apprenticeships with water resilience and adaptation businesses, including winners of the GO Virginia business competition administered by RISE. Coupled with professional certification programs supported by non-profits and university entrepreneurship training, technician-level training and partnerships with businesses can form the backbone of the emerging water adaptation industry cluster’s workforce.</li><li><strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wetlands Watch</a></strong>, <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, and the <strong><a href=\"http://www.usgbc.org/usgbc-hampton-roads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Building Council, Hampton Roads Chapter</a></strong> have joined forces to establish an adaptation research and design collaborative, linking research and education programs at Virginia universities with local governments to help implement resilient interventions. This collaborative resilience laboratory - or <strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\"Collaboratory\"</a></strong> - aims to produce innovative adaptation tools, strategies, and designs in tidewater Virginia by linking academic community programs with real-world needs in coastal communities, helping speed adaptation, and incubating a community of practice.</li></ul>		\n			<h2>Upgrading Virginia\'s Water Adaptation Workforce</h2>		\n		<p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into novel, innovative outcomes. Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific or skill-focused education. However, collaborative teamwork skills are less prevalent; e.g., architectural and engineering firms have partnered with VASG to co-sponsor workforce development initiatives in part to advance students’ teamwork, collaboration, and knowledge integration skills. Coupled with entrepreneurship, design thinking, and other creativity- and innovation-deriving curricula, Virginia could have the best-trained workforce for the emerging water adaptation economy. Options would include:</p><ul><li><strong>Offering <em>community college</em> Work-Based Learning, apprenticeships, and, as appropriate, associate degrees or certifications for technician-level training and partnerships with businesses.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for university <em>undergraduate and graduate</em> work on adaptation R&amp;D, including entrepreneurship training to accompany technical expertise and collaborative research with industry partners, p</strong><strong>roduct performance validation, and co-production of new knowledge.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for NGOs conducting certification training</strong></li></ul>','About This Initiative','','inherit','closed','closed','','286-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 18:42:20','2022-01-04 18:42:20','',286,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1512',0,'revision','',0),(1513,1,'2022-01-04 18:42:20','2022-01-04 18:42:20','<h1>About This Initiative</h1>		\n			<h2>VISION</h2>		\n			<h2>Coastal Virginia will be a global leader in innovative technologies, products, and services that help residential, commercial, and industrial properties adapt to flooding, erosion, and other challenges caused by sea-level rise.</h2>		\n		<p>Increased flooding and high value residential, commercial, and industrial assets in vulnerable urban, suburban and rural coastal communities are growing market demand for new, cost-effective adaptation solutions. Virginia has a competitive advantage – it is experiencing flooding and erosion impacts from the highest level of relative sea-level rise on the east coast thus it is developing innovative adaptation technologies, products, and services with global applications. Growing a water adaptation economy is a priority in the GO Virginia Region 6 <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia6.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-Growth-Diverisfication-Plan-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Growth &amp; Diversification Plan</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/wp-content/uploads/GoVA_ActionPlan2021_WEB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Action Plan</a></strong>, and the Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/articles/service_centers/Economic%20Development/MPPDC%20CEDS%20update%20-%202021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy</a></strong> (CEDS), and aligns with the Economic Development Authority\'s (EDA) equity, recovery &amp; resilience, workforce development, technology-based economic development, and environmentally-sustainable development priorities.</p>		\n			<h3>In their most recent property tax assessment, rural Mathews County, VA recorded a loss of $75M in property value caused by flooding and erosion on waterfront properties.</h3>		\n		<p><strong>Assets needing adaptation:</strong> Waterfront properties remain in high demand and were estimated to be worth $134B nationwide in 2018. Home sales in coastal Virginia increased 61% on the Chesapeake Bay between 2019 – 2020, and over 20% more from January – April 2021. In their most recent property tax assessment, rural Mathews County, VA recorded a loss of $75M in property value caused by flooding and erosion on waterfront properties. Businesses are impacted too; coastal shoreline counties support 37% of US jobs and contribute 46% of the GDP. Coastal Virginia is home to a growing $53M shellfish aquaculture industry and working waterfronts employ over 122,000 people, generating $8.5B of the GDP. All existing water-related infrastructure (a $650B global market) and all sectors of the shoreline economy will need to adapt, greatly increasing market demand for cost-effective adaptation technologies, products, and services.</p><p><strong><a href=\"http://www.vasem.org/reports/2021-the-impact-of-climate-change-on-virginias-coastal-areas/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine report</a></strong> on the impacts of climate change concluded, “significant innovation will be required to…mitigate the impacts that coastal regions are already experiencing and are likely to experience in the future. Virginia could become a national center of expertise and innovation in this regard.”</p>		\n			<h1>Advancing Feasible Adaptation Solutions</h1>		\n		<p>To achieve this vision, several projects are underway through collaborations among multiple partners, including:</p><h4><strong>Supporting Entrepreneurs</strong></h4><ul><li><strong>GO Virginia:</strong> The Coastal Resilience and Adaptation Economy initiative that will foster innovation and growth in Virginia’s water economy. The project will launch a resilience entrepreneurship competition and establish a business-focused network to engage businesses and facilitate resilient practices. The project is a collaboration between <strong><a href=\"http://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, the nonprofit<strong> <a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RISE</a></strong>, the <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/index.php/service-centers/coastal/paa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://odu.edu/\">Old Dominion University</a></strong>. The $2.9M project was funded in part by <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GO Virginia</a></strong>, a state-funded initiative administered by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) to strengthen and diversify Virginia’s economy and foster the creation of higher-wage jobs in strategic industries.  In addition to the workforce development supported by VASG and RISE’s business plan competition, ODU is leading the development of the <strong><a href=\"https://www.odu.edu/news/2021/1/flood_preparedness#.YdRvYBPMJqs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coastal Virginia Consortium.</a></strong>  </li><li>The Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://fightthefloodva.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fight-the-Flood (FTF)</a> </strong>program to subsidize shoreline protection businesses’ work on coastal properties. FTF is a first in the nation approach to advance feasible adaption solutions for property owners in underserved communities.  Among the twenty-four companies in the FTF program, there are cooperative arrangements, collaborative projects, and a need for research &amp; development (R&amp;D) capacity to further advance innovation.</li></ul><h4><strong>Collaborative R&amp;D</strong></h4><p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach in order to achieve novel breakthroughs requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into innovative outcomes that transcend individual disciplines.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG—Virginia Tech</strong> partnership for a resilience design extension faculty position. This position will play a critical role, as a project coordinator and facilitator, of VASG’s GO Virginia award, and the design and implementation of collaborative public-private R&amp;D partnerships on the network of field stations.</li><li><strong>Sea Grant-CERF</strong> (Coastal Estuarine Research Federation) <strong><a href=\"https://cerfcompetition.vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design Competition</a></strong>, a forward-facing initiative to inspire students and faculty across disciplines to work together in proposing design solutions and innovative strategies to make our coastal environments more resilient in the face of coastal impacts of climate change. The Design Competition is also intended as a complementary way in which CERF can collaborate with local communities to problem-solve together around pressing challenges. The Design Competition will focus on a specific site in Coastal Virginia on which all design proposals must focus.</li><li><strong>VASG’s NSF-funded team science training</strong> is designing, testing, and implementing capacity-building training for effective team science, effectively integrating diverse knowledge and perspectives. The deeper level of knowledge integration achieves innovative outcomes, and is facilitated by <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/nsf-award-team-science-training-coastal-ocean-estuarine-stem-graduate-students/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VASG’s training</a></strong> in visualization tactics, managing constructive conflict, effective cross-disciplinary communication and listening, and advanced taskwork and teamwork skills.<strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> </strong></li></ul><h4><strong>Workforce Development</strong></h4><p>Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific and skill-focused education.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG and <a href=\"https://www.rappahannock.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rappahannock Community College</a></strong> are offering Work-Based Learning apprenticeships with water resilience and adaptation businesses, including winners of the GO Virginia business competition administered by RISE. Coupled with professional certification programs supported by non-profits and university entrepreneurship training, technician-level training and partnerships with businesses can form the backbone of the emerging water adaptation industry cluster’s workforce.</li><li><strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wetlands Watch</a></strong>, <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, and the <strong><a href=\"http://www.usgbc.org/usgbc-hampton-roads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Building Council, Hampton Roads Chapter</a></strong> have joined forces to establish an adaptation research and design collaborative, linking research and education programs at Virginia universities with local governments to help implement resilient interventions. This collaborative resilience laboratory - or <strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\"Collaboratory\"</a></strong> - aims to produce innovative adaptation tools, strategies, and designs in tidewater Virginia by linking academic community programs with real-world needs in coastal communities, helping speed adaptation, and incubating a community of practice.</li></ul>		\n			<h2>Upgrading Virginia\'s Water Adaptation Workforce</h2>		\n		<p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into novel, innovative outcomes. Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific or skill-focused education. However, collaborative teamwork skills are less prevalent; e.g., architectural and engineering firms have partnered with VASG to co-sponsor workforce development initiatives in part to advance students’ teamwork, collaboration, and knowledge integration skills. Coupled with entrepreneurship, design thinking, and other creativity- and innovation-deriving curricula, Virginia could have the best-trained workforce for the emerging water adaptation economy. Options would include:</p><ul><li><strong>Offering <em>community college</em> Work-Based Learning, apprenticeships, and, as appropriate, associate degrees or certifications for technician-level training and partnerships with businesses.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for university <em>undergraduate and graduate</em> work on adaptation R&amp;D, including entrepreneurship training to accompany technical expertise and collaborative research with industry partners, p</strong><strong>roduct performance validation, and co-production of new knowledge.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for NGOs conducting certification training</strong></li></ul>','About This Initiative','','inherit','closed','closed','','286-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 18:42:20','2022-01-04 18:42:20','',286,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1513',0,'revision','',0),(1515,1,'2022-01-04 18:42:34','2022-01-04 18:42:34','<h1>About This Initiative</h1>		\n			<h2>VISION</h2>		\n			<h2>Coastal Virginia will be a global leader in innovative technologies, products, and services that help residential, commercial, and industrial properties adapt to flooding, erosion, and other challenges caused by sea-level rise.</h2>		\n		<p>Increased flooding and high value residential, commercial, and industrial assets in vulnerable urban, suburban and rural coastal communities are growing market demand for new, cost-effective adaptation solutions. Virginia has a competitive advantage – it is experiencing flooding and erosion impacts from the highest level of relative sea-level rise on the east coast thus it is developing innovative adaptation technologies, products, and services with global applications. Growing a water adaptation economy is a priority in the GO Virginia Region 6 <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia6.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-Growth-Diverisfication-Plan-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Growth &amp; Diversification Plan</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/wp-content/uploads/GoVA_ActionPlan2021_WEB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Action Plan</a></strong>, and the Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/articles/service_centers/Economic%20Development/MPPDC%20CEDS%20update%20-%202021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy</a></strong> (CEDS), and aligns with the Economic Development Authority\'s (EDA) equity, recovery &amp; resilience, workforce development, technology-based economic development, and environmentally-sustainable development priorities.</p>		\n			<h3>In their most recent property tax assessment, rural Mathews County, VA recorded a loss of $75M in property value caused by flooding and erosion on waterfront properties.</h3>		\n		<p><strong>Assets needing adaptation:</strong> Waterfront properties remain in high demand and were estimated to be worth $134B nationwide in 2018. Home sales in coastal Virginia increased 61% on the Chesapeake Bay between 2019 – 2020, and over 20% more from January – April 2021. In their most recent property tax assessment, rural Mathews County, VA recorded a loss of $75M in property value caused by flooding and erosion on waterfront properties. Businesses are impacted too; coastal shoreline counties support 37% of US jobs and contribute 46% of the GDP. Coastal Virginia is home to a growing $53M shellfish aquaculture industry and working waterfronts employ over 122,000 people, generating $8.5B of the GDP. All existing water-related infrastructure (a $650B global market) and all sectors of the shoreline economy will need to adapt, greatly increasing market demand for cost-effective adaptation technologies, products, and services.</p><p><strong><a href=\"http://www.vasem.org/reports/2021-the-impact-of-climate-change-on-virginias-coastal-areas/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine report</a></strong> on the impacts of climate change concluded, “significant innovation will be required to…mitigate the impacts that coastal regions are already experiencing and are likely to experience in the future. Virginia could become a national center of expertise and innovation in this regard.”</p>		\n			<h2>Water Adaptation Industry Cluster & Innovation Ecosystem</h2>		\n															<img width=\"1024\" height=\"343\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EcosystemGraphic-1024x343.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EcosystemGraphic-1024x343.jpg 1024w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EcosystemGraphic-300x101.jpg 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EcosystemGraphic-768x257.jpg 768w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EcosystemGraphic-1536x515.jpg 1536w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EcosystemGraphic.jpg 1650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" />															\n			<h1>Advancing Feasible Adaptation Solutions</h1>		\n		<p>To achieve this vision, several projects are underway through collaborations among multiple partners, including:</p><h4><strong>Supporting Entrepreneurs</strong></h4><ul><li><strong>GO Virginia:</strong> The Coastal Resilience and Adaptation Economy initiative that will foster innovation and growth in Virginia’s water economy. The project will launch a resilience entrepreneurship competition and establish a business-focused network to engage businesses and facilitate resilient practices. The project is a collaboration between <strong><a href=\"http://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, the nonprofit<strong> <a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RISE</a></strong>, the <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/index.php/service-centers/coastal/paa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://odu.edu/\">Old Dominion University</a></strong>. The $2.9M project was funded in part by <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GO Virginia</a></strong>, a state-funded initiative administered by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) to strengthen and diversify Virginia’s economy and foster the creation of higher-wage jobs in strategic industries.  In addition to the workforce development supported by VASG and RISE’s business plan competition, ODU is leading the development of the <strong><a href=\"https://www.odu.edu/news/2021/1/flood_preparedness#.YdRvYBPMJqs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coastal Virginia Consortium.</a></strong>  </li><li>The Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://fightthefloodva.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fight-the-Flood (FTF)</a> </strong>program to subsidize shoreline protection businesses’ work on coastal properties. FTF is a first in the nation approach to advance feasible adaption solutions for property owners in underserved communities.  Among the twenty-four companies in the FTF program, there are cooperative arrangements, collaborative projects, and a need for research &amp; development (R&amp;D) capacity to further advance innovation.</li></ul><h4><strong>Collaborative R&amp;D</strong></h4><p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach in order to achieve novel breakthroughs requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into innovative outcomes that transcend individual disciplines.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG—Virginia Tech</strong> partnership for a resilience design extension faculty position. This position will play a critical role, as a project coordinator and facilitator, of VASG’s GO Virginia award, and the design and implementation of collaborative public-private R&amp;D partnerships on the network of field stations.</li><li><strong>Sea Grant-CERF</strong> (Coastal Estuarine Research Federation) <strong><a href=\"https://cerfcompetition.vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design Competition</a></strong>, a forward-facing initiative to inspire students and faculty across disciplines to work together in proposing design solutions and innovative strategies to make our coastal environments more resilient in the face of coastal impacts of climate change. The Design Competition is also intended as a complementary way in which CERF can collaborate with local communities to problem-solve together around pressing challenges. The Design Competition will focus on a specific site in Coastal Virginia on which all design proposals must focus.</li><li><strong>VASG’s NSF-funded team science training</strong> is designing, testing, and implementing capacity-building training for effective team science, effectively integrating diverse knowledge and perspectives. The deeper level of knowledge integration achieves innovative outcomes, and is facilitated by <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/nsf-award-team-science-training-coastal-ocean-estuarine-stem-graduate-students/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VASG’s training</a></strong> in visualization tactics, managing constructive conflict, effective cross-disciplinary communication and listening, and advanced taskwork and teamwork skills.<strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> </strong></li></ul><h4><strong>Workforce Development</strong></h4><p>Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific and skill-focused education.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG and <a href=\"https://www.rappahannock.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rappahannock Community College</a></strong> are offering Work-Based Learning apprenticeships with water resilience and adaptation businesses, including winners of the GO Virginia business competition administered by RISE. Coupled with professional certification programs supported by non-profits and university entrepreneurship training, technician-level training and partnerships with businesses can form the backbone of the emerging water adaptation industry cluster’s workforce.</li><li><strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wetlands Watch</a></strong>, <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, and the <strong><a href=\"http://www.usgbc.org/usgbc-hampton-roads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Building Council, Hampton Roads Chapter</a></strong> have joined forces to establish an adaptation research and design collaborative, linking research and education programs at Virginia universities with local governments to help implement resilient interventions. This collaborative resilience laboratory - or <strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\"Collaboratory\"</a></strong> - aims to produce innovative adaptation tools, strategies, and designs in tidewater Virginia by linking academic community programs with real-world needs in coastal communities, helping speed adaptation, and incubating a community of practice.</li></ul>		\n			<h2>Upgrading Virginia\'s Water Adaptation Workforce</h2>		\n		<p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into novel, innovative outcomes. Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific or skill-focused education. However, collaborative teamwork skills are less prevalent; e.g., architectural and engineering firms have partnered with VASG to co-sponsor workforce development initiatives in part to advance students’ teamwork, collaboration, and knowledge integration skills. Coupled with entrepreneurship, design thinking, and other creativity- and innovation-deriving curricula, Virginia could have the best-trained workforce for the emerging water adaptation economy. Options would include:</p><ul><li><strong>Offering <em>community college</em> Work-Based Learning, apprenticeships, and, as appropriate, associate degrees or certifications for technician-level training and partnerships with businesses.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for university <em>undergraduate and graduate</em> work on adaptation R&amp;D, including entrepreneurship training to accompany technical expertise and collaborative research with industry partners, p</strong><strong>roduct performance validation, and co-production of new knowledge.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for NGOs conducting certification training</strong></li></ul>','About This Initiative','','inherit','closed','closed','','286-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 18:42:34','2022-01-04 18:42:34','',286,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1515',0,'revision','',0),(1516,1,'2022-01-04 18:42:35','2022-01-04 18:42:35','<h1>About This Initiative</h1>		\n			<h2>VISION</h2>		\n			<h2>Coastal Virginia will be a global leader in innovative technologies, products, and services that help residential, commercial, and industrial properties adapt to flooding, erosion, and other challenges caused by sea-level rise.</h2>		\n		<p>Increased flooding and high value residential, commercial, and industrial assets in vulnerable urban, suburban and rural coastal communities are growing market demand for new, cost-effective adaptation solutions. Virginia has a competitive advantage – it is experiencing flooding and erosion impacts from the highest level of relative sea-level rise on the east coast thus it is developing innovative adaptation technologies, products, and services with global applications. Growing a water adaptation economy is a priority in the GO Virginia Region 6 <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia6.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-Growth-Diverisfication-Plan-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Growth &amp; Diversification Plan</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/wp-content/uploads/GoVA_ActionPlan2021_WEB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Action Plan</a></strong>, and the Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/articles/service_centers/Economic%20Development/MPPDC%20CEDS%20update%20-%202021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy</a></strong> (CEDS), and aligns with the Economic Development Authority\'s (EDA) equity, recovery &amp; resilience, workforce development, technology-based economic development, and environmentally-sustainable development priorities.</p>		\n			<h3>In their most recent property tax assessment, rural Mathews County, VA recorded a loss of $75M in property value caused by flooding and erosion on waterfront properties.</h3>		\n		<p><strong>Assets needing adaptation:</strong> Waterfront properties remain in high demand and were estimated to be worth $134B nationwide in 2018. Home sales in coastal Virginia increased 61% on the Chesapeake Bay between 2019 – 2020, and over 20% more from January – April 2021. In their most recent property tax assessment, rural Mathews County, VA recorded a loss of $75M in property value caused by flooding and erosion on waterfront properties. Businesses are impacted too; coastal shoreline counties support 37% of US jobs and contribute 46% of the GDP. Coastal Virginia is home to a growing $53M shellfish aquaculture industry and working waterfronts employ over 122,000 people, generating $8.5B of the GDP. All existing water-related infrastructure (a $650B global market) and all sectors of the shoreline economy will need to adapt, greatly increasing market demand for cost-effective adaptation technologies, products, and services.</p><p><strong><a href=\"http://www.vasem.org/reports/2021-the-impact-of-climate-change-on-virginias-coastal-areas/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine report</a></strong> on the impacts of climate change concluded, “significant innovation will be required to…mitigate the impacts that coastal regions are already experiencing and are likely to experience in the future. Virginia could become a national center of expertise and innovation in this regard.”</p>		\n			<h2>Water Adaptation Industry Cluster & Innovation Ecosystem</h2>		\n															<img width=\"1024\" height=\"343\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EcosystemGraphic-1024x343.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EcosystemGraphic-1024x343.jpg 1024w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EcosystemGraphic-300x101.jpg 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EcosystemGraphic-768x257.jpg 768w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EcosystemGraphic-1536x515.jpg 1536w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EcosystemGraphic.jpg 1650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" />															\n			<h1>Advancing Feasible Adaptation Solutions</h1>		\n		<p>To achieve this vision, several projects are underway through collaborations among multiple partners, including:</p><h4><strong>Supporting Entrepreneurs</strong></h4><ul><li><strong>GO Virginia:</strong> The Coastal Resilience and Adaptation Economy initiative that will foster innovation and growth in Virginia’s water economy. The project will launch a resilience entrepreneurship competition and establish a business-focused network to engage businesses and facilitate resilient practices. The project is a collaboration between <strong><a href=\"http://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, the nonprofit<strong> <a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RISE</a></strong>, the <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/index.php/service-centers/coastal/paa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://odu.edu/\">Old Dominion University</a></strong>. The $2.9M project was funded in part by <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GO Virginia</a></strong>, a state-funded initiative administered by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) to strengthen and diversify Virginia’s economy and foster the creation of higher-wage jobs in strategic industries.  In addition to the workforce development supported by VASG and RISE’s business plan competition, ODU is leading the development of the <strong><a href=\"https://www.odu.edu/news/2021/1/flood_preparedness#.YdRvYBPMJqs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coastal Virginia Consortium.</a></strong>  </li><li>The Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://fightthefloodva.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fight-the-Flood (FTF)</a> </strong>program to subsidize shoreline protection businesses’ work on coastal properties. FTF is a first in the nation approach to advance feasible adaption solutions for property owners in underserved communities.  Among the twenty-four companies in the FTF program, there are cooperative arrangements, collaborative projects, and a need for research &amp; development (R&amp;D) capacity to further advance innovation.</li></ul><h4><strong>Collaborative R&amp;D</strong></h4><p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach in order to achieve novel breakthroughs requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into innovative outcomes that transcend individual disciplines.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG—Virginia Tech</strong> partnership for a resilience design extension faculty position. This position will play a critical role, as a project coordinator and facilitator, of VASG’s GO Virginia award, and the design and implementation of collaborative public-private R&amp;D partnerships on the network of field stations.</li><li><strong>Sea Grant-CERF</strong> (Coastal Estuarine Research Federation) <strong><a href=\"https://cerfcompetition.vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design Competition</a></strong>, a forward-facing initiative to inspire students and faculty across disciplines to work together in proposing design solutions and innovative strategies to make our coastal environments more resilient in the face of coastal impacts of climate change. The Design Competition is also intended as a complementary way in which CERF can collaborate with local communities to problem-solve together around pressing challenges. The Design Competition will focus on a specific site in Coastal Virginia on which all design proposals must focus.</li><li><strong>VASG’s NSF-funded team science training</strong> is designing, testing, and implementing capacity-building training for effective team science, effectively integrating diverse knowledge and perspectives. The deeper level of knowledge integration achieves innovative outcomes, and is facilitated by <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/nsf-award-team-science-training-coastal-ocean-estuarine-stem-graduate-students/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VASG’s training</a></strong> in visualization tactics, managing constructive conflict, effective cross-disciplinary communication and listening, and advanced taskwork and teamwork skills.<strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> </strong></li></ul><h4><strong>Workforce Development</strong></h4><p>Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific and skill-focused education.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG and <a href=\"https://www.rappahannock.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rappahannock Community College</a></strong> are offering Work-Based Learning apprenticeships with water resilience and adaptation businesses, including winners of the GO Virginia business competition administered by RISE. Coupled with professional certification programs supported by non-profits and university entrepreneurship training, technician-level training and partnerships with businesses can form the backbone of the emerging water adaptation industry cluster’s workforce.</li><li><strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wetlands Watch</a></strong>, <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, and the <strong><a href=\"http://www.usgbc.org/usgbc-hampton-roads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Building Council, Hampton Roads Chapter</a></strong> have joined forces to establish an adaptation research and design collaborative, linking research and education programs at Virginia universities with local governments to help implement resilient interventions. This collaborative resilience laboratory - or <strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\"Collaboratory\"</a></strong> - aims to produce innovative adaptation tools, strategies, and designs in tidewater Virginia by linking academic community programs with real-world needs in coastal communities, helping speed adaptation, and incubating a community of practice.</li></ul>		\n			<h2>Upgrading Virginia\'s Water Adaptation Workforce</h2>		\n		<p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into novel, innovative outcomes. Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific or skill-focused education. However, collaborative teamwork skills are less prevalent; e.g., architectural and engineering firms have partnered with VASG to co-sponsor workforce development initiatives in part to advance students’ teamwork, collaboration, and knowledge integration skills. Coupled with entrepreneurship, design thinking, and other creativity- and innovation-deriving curricula, Virginia could have the best-trained workforce for the emerging water adaptation economy. Options would include:</p><ul><li><strong>Offering <em>community college</em> Work-Based Learning, apprenticeships, and, as appropriate, associate degrees or certifications for technician-level training and partnerships with businesses.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for university <em>undergraduate and graduate</em> work on adaptation R&amp;D, including entrepreneurship training to accompany technical expertise and collaborative research with industry partners, p</strong><strong>roduct performance validation, and co-production of new knowledge.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for NGOs conducting certification training</strong></li></ul>','About This Initiative','','inherit','closed','closed','','286-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 18:42:35','2022-01-04 18:42:35','',286,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1516',0,'revision','',0),(1517,1,'2022-01-04 18:42:35','2022-01-04 18:42:35','<h1>About This Initiative</h1>		\n			<h2>VISION</h2>		\n			<h2>Coastal Virginia will be a global leader in innovative technologies, products, and services that help residential, commercial, and industrial properties adapt to flooding, erosion, and other challenges caused by sea-level rise.</h2>		\n		<p>Increased flooding and high value residential, commercial, and industrial assets in vulnerable urban, suburban and rural coastal communities are growing market demand for new, cost-effective adaptation solutions. Virginia has a competitive advantage – it is experiencing flooding and erosion impacts from the highest level of relative sea-level rise on the east coast thus it is developing innovative adaptation technologies, products, and services with global applications. Growing a water adaptation economy is a priority in the GO Virginia Region 6 <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia6.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-Growth-Diverisfication-Plan-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Growth &amp; Diversification Plan</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/wp-content/uploads/GoVA_ActionPlan2021_WEB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Action Plan</a></strong>, and the Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/articles/service_centers/Economic%20Development/MPPDC%20CEDS%20update%20-%202021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy</a></strong> (CEDS), and aligns with the Economic Development Authority\'s (EDA) equity, recovery &amp; resilience, workforce development, technology-based economic development, and environmentally-sustainable development priorities.</p>		\n			<h3>In their most recent property tax assessment, rural Mathews County, VA recorded a loss of $75M in property value caused by flooding and erosion on waterfront properties.</h3>		\n		<p><strong>Assets needing adaptation:</strong> Waterfront properties remain in high demand and were estimated to be worth $134B nationwide in 2018. Home sales in coastal Virginia increased 61% on the Chesapeake Bay between 2019 – 2020, and over 20% more from January – April 2021. In their most recent property tax assessment, rural Mathews County, VA recorded a loss of $75M in property value caused by flooding and erosion on waterfront properties. Businesses are impacted too; coastal shoreline counties support 37% of US jobs and contribute 46% of the GDP. Coastal Virginia is home to a growing $53M shellfish aquaculture industry and working waterfronts employ over 122,000 people, generating $8.5B of the GDP. All existing water-related infrastructure (a $650B global market) and all sectors of the shoreline economy will need to adapt, greatly increasing market demand for cost-effective adaptation technologies, products, and services.</p><p><strong><a href=\"http://www.vasem.org/reports/2021-the-impact-of-climate-change-on-virginias-coastal-areas/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine report</a></strong> on the impacts of climate change concluded, “significant innovation will be required to…mitigate the impacts that coastal regions are already experiencing and are likely to experience in the future. Virginia could become a national center of expertise and innovation in this regard.”</p>		\n			<h2>Water Adaptation Industry Cluster & Innovation Ecosystem</h2>		\n															<img width=\"1650\" height=\"553\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EcosystemGraphic.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EcosystemGraphic.jpg 1650w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EcosystemGraphic-300x101.jpg 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EcosystemGraphic-1024x343.jpg 1024w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EcosystemGraphic-768x257.jpg 768w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EcosystemGraphic-1536x515.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1650px) 100vw, 1650px\" />															\n			<h1>Advancing Feasible Adaptation Solutions</h1>		\n		<p>To achieve this vision, several projects are underway through collaborations among multiple partners, including:</p><h4><strong>Supporting Entrepreneurs</strong></h4><ul><li><strong>GO Virginia:</strong> The Coastal Resilience and Adaptation Economy initiative that will foster innovation and growth in Virginia’s water economy. The project will launch a resilience entrepreneurship competition and establish a business-focused network to engage businesses and facilitate resilient practices. The project is a collaboration between <strong><a href=\"http://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, the nonprofit<strong> <a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RISE</a></strong>, the <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/index.php/service-centers/coastal/paa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://odu.edu/\">Old Dominion University</a></strong>. The $2.9M project was funded in part by <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GO Virginia</a></strong>, a state-funded initiative administered by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) to strengthen and diversify Virginia’s economy and foster the creation of higher-wage jobs in strategic industries.  In addition to the workforce development supported by VASG and RISE’s business plan competition, ODU is leading the development of the <strong><a href=\"https://www.odu.edu/news/2021/1/flood_preparedness#.YdRvYBPMJqs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coastal Virginia Consortium.</a></strong>  </li><li>The Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://fightthefloodva.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fight-the-Flood (FTF)</a> </strong>program to subsidize shoreline protection businesses’ work on coastal properties. FTF is a first in the nation approach to advance feasible adaption solutions for property owners in underserved communities.  Among the twenty-four companies in the FTF program, there are cooperative arrangements, collaborative projects, and a need for research &amp; development (R&amp;D) capacity to further advance innovation.</li></ul><h4><strong>Collaborative R&amp;D</strong></h4><p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach in order to achieve novel breakthroughs requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into innovative outcomes that transcend individual disciplines.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG—Virginia Tech</strong> partnership for a resilience design extension faculty position. This position will play a critical role, as a project coordinator and facilitator, of VASG’s GO Virginia award, and the design and implementation of collaborative public-private R&amp;D partnerships on the network of field stations.</li><li><strong>Sea Grant-CERF</strong> (Coastal Estuarine Research Federation) <strong><a href=\"https://cerfcompetition.vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design Competition</a></strong>, a forward-facing initiative to inspire students and faculty across disciplines to work together in proposing design solutions and innovative strategies to make our coastal environments more resilient in the face of coastal impacts of climate change. The Design Competition is also intended as a complementary way in which CERF can collaborate with local communities to problem-solve together around pressing challenges. The Design Competition will focus on a specific site in Coastal Virginia on which all design proposals must focus.</li><li><strong>VASG’s NSF-funded team science training</strong> is designing, testing, and implementing capacity-building training for effective team science, effectively integrating diverse knowledge and perspectives. The deeper level of knowledge integration achieves innovative outcomes, and is facilitated by <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/nsf-award-team-science-training-coastal-ocean-estuarine-stem-graduate-students/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VASG’s training</a></strong> in visualization tactics, managing constructive conflict, effective cross-disciplinary communication and listening, and advanced taskwork and teamwork skills.<strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> </strong></li></ul><h4><strong>Workforce Development</strong></h4><p>Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific and skill-focused education.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG and <a href=\"https://www.rappahannock.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rappahannock Community College</a></strong> are offering Work-Based Learning apprenticeships with water resilience and adaptation businesses, including winners of the GO Virginia business competition administered by RISE. Coupled with professional certification programs supported by non-profits and university entrepreneurship training, technician-level training and partnerships with businesses can form the backbone of the emerging water adaptation industry cluster’s workforce.</li><li><strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wetlands Watch</a></strong>, <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, and the <strong><a href=\"http://www.usgbc.org/usgbc-hampton-roads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Building Council, Hampton Roads Chapter</a></strong> have joined forces to establish an adaptation research and design collaborative, linking research and education programs at Virginia universities with local governments to help implement resilient interventions. This collaborative resilience laboratory - or <strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\"Collaboratory\"</a></strong> - aims to produce innovative adaptation tools, strategies, and designs in tidewater Virginia by linking academic community programs with real-world needs in coastal communities, helping speed adaptation, and incubating a community of practice.</li></ul>		\n			<h2>Upgrading Virginia\'s Water Adaptation Workforce</h2>		\n		<p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into novel, innovative outcomes. Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific or skill-focused education. However, collaborative teamwork skills are less prevalent; e.g., architectural and engineering firms have partnered with VASG to co-sponsor workforce development initiatives in part to advance students’ teamwork, collaboration, and knowledge integration skills. Coupled with entrepreneurship, design thinking, and other creativity- and innovation-deriving curricula, Virginia could have the best-trained workforce for the emerging water adaptation economy. Options would include:</p><ul><li><strong>Offering <em>community college</em> Work-Based Learning, apprenticeships, and, as appropriate, associate degrees or certifications for technician-level training and partnerships with businesses.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for university <em>undergraduate and graduate</em> work on adaptation R&amp;D, including entrepreneurship training to accompany technical expertise and collaborative research with industry partners, p</strong><strong>roduct performance validation, and co-production of new knowledge.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for NGOs conducting certification training</strong></li></ul>','About This Initiative','','inherit','closed','closed','','286-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 18:42:35','2022-01-04 18:42:35','',286,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1517',0,'revision','',0),(1518,1,'2022-01-04 18:42:49','2022-01-04 18:42:49','<h1>About This Initiative</h1>		\n			<h2>VISION</h2>		\n			<h2>Coastal Virginia will be a global leader in innovative technologies, products, and services that help residential, commercial, and industrial properties adapt to flooding, erosion, and other challenges caused by sea-level rise.</h2>		\n		<p>Increased flooding and high value residential, commercial, and industrial assets in vulnerable urban, suburban and rural coastal communities are growing market demand for new, cost-effective adaptation solutions. Virginia has a competitive advantage – it is experiencing flooding and erosion impacts from the highest level of relative sea-level rise on the east coast thus it is developing innovative adaptation technologies, products, and services with global applications. Growing a water adaptation economy is a priority in the GO Virginia Region 6 <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia6.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-Growth-Diverisfication-Plan-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Growth &amp; Diversification Plan</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/wp-content/uploads/GoVA_ActionPlan2021_WEB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Action Plan</a></strong>, and the Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/articles/service_centers/Economic%20Development/MPPDC%20CEDS%20update%20-%202021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy</a></strong> (CEDS), and aligns with the Economic Development Authority\'s (EDA) equity, recovery &amp; resilience, workforce development, technology-based economic development, and environmentally-sustainable development priorities.</p>		\n			<h3>In their most recent property tax assessment, rural Mathews County, VA recorded a loss of $75M in property value caused by flooding and erosion on waterfront properties.</h3>		\n		<p><strong>Assets needing adaptation:</strong> Waterfront properties remain in high demand and were estimated to be worth $134B nationwide in 2018. Home sales in coastal Virginia increased 61% on the Chesapeake Bay between 2019 – 2020, and over 20% more from January – April 2021. In their most recent property tax assessment, rural Mathews County, VA recorded a loss of $75M in property value caused by flooding and erosion on waterfront properties. Businesses are impacted too; coastal shoreline counties support 37% of US jobs and contribute 46% of the GDP. Coastal Virginia is home to a growing $53M shellfish aquaculture industry and working waterfronts employ over 122,000 people, generating $8.5B of the GDP. All existing water-related infrastructure (a $650B global market) and all sectors of the shoreline economy will need to adapt, greatly increasing market demand for cost-effective adaptation technologies, products, and services.</p><p><strong><a href=\"http://www.vasem.org/reports/2021-the-impact-of-climate-change-on-virginias-coastal-areas/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine report</a></strong> on the impacts of climate change concluded, “significant innovation will be required to…mitigate the impacts that coastal regions are already experiencing and are likely to experience in the future. Virginia could become a national center of expertise and innovation in this regard.”</p>		\n			<h2>Water Adaptation Industry Cluster & Innovation Ecosystem</h2>		\n															<img width=\"1650\" height=\"553\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EcosystemGraphic.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EcosystemGraphic.jpg 1650w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EcosystemGraphic-300x101.jpg 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EcosystemGraphic-1024x343.jpg 1024w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EcosystemGraphic-768x257.jpg 768w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EcosystemGraphic-1536x515.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1650px) 100vw, 1650px\" />															\n			<h1>Advancing Feasible Adaptation Solutions</h1>		\n		<p>To achieve this vision, several projects are underway through collaborations among multiple partners, including:</p><h4><strong>Supporting Entrepreneurs</strong></h4><ul><li><strong>GO Virginia:</strong> The Coastal Resilience and Adaptation Economy initiative that will foster innovation and growth in Virginia’s water economy. The project will launch a resilience entrepreneurship competition and establish a business-focused network to engage businesses and facilitate resilient practices. The project is a collaboration between <strong><a href=\"http://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, the nonprofit<strong> <a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RISE</a></strong>, the <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/index.php/service-centers/coastal/paa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://odu.edu/\">Old Dominion University</a></strong>. The $2.9M project was funded in part by <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GO Virginia</a></strong>, a state-funded initiative administered by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) to strengthen and diversify Virginia’s economy and foster the creation of higher-wage jobs in strategic industries.  In addition to the workforce development supported by VASG and RISE’s business plan competition, ODU is leading the development of the <strong><a href=\"https://www.odu.edu/news/2021/1/flood_preparedness#.YdRvYBPMJqs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coastal Virginia Consortium.</a></strong>  </li><li>The Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://fightthefloodva.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fight-the-Flood (FTF)</a> </strong>program to subsidize shoreline protection businesses’ work on coastal properties. FTF is a first in the nation approach to advance feasible adaption solutions for property owners in underserved communities.  Among the twenty-four companies in the FTF program, there are cooperative arrangements, collaborative projects, and a need for research &amp; development (R&amp;D) capacity to further advance innovation.</li></ul><h4><strong>Collaborative R&amp;D</strong></h4><p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach in order to achieve novel breakthroughs requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into innovative outcomes that transcend individual disciplines.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG—Virginia Tech</strong> partnership for a resilience design extension faculty position. This position will play a critical role, as a project coordinator and facilitator, of VASG’s GO Virginia award, and the design and implementation of collaborative public-private R&amp;D partnerships on the network of field stations.</li><li><strong>Sea Grant-CERF</strong> (Coastal Estuarine Research Federation) <strong><a href=\"https://cerfcompetition.vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design Competition</a></strong>, a forward-facing initiative to inspire students and faculty across disciplines to work together in proposing design solutions and innovative strategies to make our coastal environments more resilient in the face of coastal impacts of climate change. The Design Competition is also intended as a complementary way in which CERF can collaborate with local communities to problem-solve together around pressing challenges. The Design Competition will focus on a specific site in Coastal Virginia on which all design proposals must focus.</li><li><strong>VASG’s NSF-funded team science training</strong> is designing, testing, and implementing capacity-building training for effective team science, effectively integrating diverse knowledge and perspectives. The deeper level of knowledge integration achieves innovative outcomes, and is facilitated by <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/nsf-award-team-science-training-coastal-ocean-estuarine-stem-graduate-students/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VASG’s training</a></strong> in visualization tactics, managing constructive conflict, effective cross-disciplinary communication and listening, and advanced taskwork and teamwork skills.<strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> </strong></li></ul><h4><strong>Workforce Development</strong></h4><p>Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific and skill-focused education.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG and <a href=\"https://www.rappahannock.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rappahannock Community College</a></strong> are offering Work-Based Learning apprenticeships with water resilience and adaptation businesses, including winners of the GO Virginia business competition administered by RISE. Coupled with professional certification programs supported by non-profits and university entrepreneurship training, technician-level training and partnerships with businesses can form the backbone of the emerging water adaptation industry cluster’s workforce.</li><li><strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wetlands Watch</a></strong>, <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, and the <strong><a href=\"http://www.usgbc.org/usgbc-hampton-roads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Building Council, Hampton Roads Chapter</a></strong> have joined forces to establish an adaptation research and design collaborative, linking research and education programs at Virginia universities with local governments to help implement resilient interventions. This collaborative resilience laboratory - or <strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\"Collaboratory\"</a></strong> - aims to produce innovative adaptation tools, strategies, and designs in tidewater Virginia by linking academic community programs with real-world needs in coastal communities, helping speed adaptation, and incubating a community of practice.</li></ul>		\n			<h2>Upgrading Virginia\'s Water Adaptation Workforce</h2>		\n		<p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into novel, innovative outcomes. Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific or skill-focused education. However, collaborative teamwork skills are less prevalent; e.g., architectural and engineering firms have partnered with VASG to co-sponsor workforce development initiatives in part to advance students’ teamwork, collaboration, and knowledge integration skills. Coupled with entrepreneurship, design thinking, and other creativity- and innovation-deriving curricula, Virginia could have the best-trained workforce for the emerging water adaptation economy. Options would include:</p><ul><li><strong>Offering <em>community college</em> Work-Based Learning, apprenticeships, and, as appropriate, associate degrees or certifications for technician-level training and partnerships with businesses.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for university <em>undergraduate and graduate</em> work on adaptation R&amp;D, including entrepreneurship training to accompany technical expertise and collaborative research with industry partners, p</strong><strong>roduct performance validation, and co-production of new knowledge.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for NGOs conducting certification training</strong></li></ul>','About This Initiative','','inherit','closed','closed','','286-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 18:42:49','2022-01-04 18:42:49','',286,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1518',0,'revision','',0),(1519,1,'2022-01-04 18:42:50','2022-01-04 18:42:50','<h1>About This Initiative</h1>		\n			<h2>VISION</h2>		\n			<h2>Coastal Virginia will be a global leader in innovative technologies, products, and services that help residential, commercial, and industrial properties adapt to flooding, erosion, and other challenges caused by sea-level rise.</h2>		\n		<p>Increased flooding and high value residential, commercial, and industrial assets in vulnerable urban, suburban and rural coastal communities are growing market demand for new, cost-effective adaptation solutions. Virginia has a competitive advantage – it is experiencing flooding and erosion impacts from the highest level of relative sea-level rise on the east coast thus it is developing innovative adaptation technologies, products, and services with global applications. Growing a water adaptation economy is a priority in the GO Virginia Region 6 <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia6.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-Growth-Diverisfication-Plan-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Growth &amp; Diversification Plan</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/wp-content/uploads/GoVA_ActionPlan2021_WEB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Action Plan</a></strong>, and the Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/articles/service_centers/Economic%20Development/MPPDC%20CEDS%20update%20-%202021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy</a></strong> (CEDS), and aligns with the Economic Development Authority\'s (EDA) equity, recovery &amp; resilience, workforce development, technology-based economic development, and environmentally-sustainable development priorities.</p>		\n			<h3>In their most recent property tax assessment, rural Mathews County, VA recorded a loss of $75M in property value caused by flooding and erosion on waterfront properties.</h3>		\n		<p><strong>Assets needing adaptation:</strong> Waterfront properties remain in high demand and were estimated to be worth $134B nationwide in 2018. Home sales in coastal Virginia increased 61% on the Chesapeake Bay between 2019 – 2020, and over 20% more from January – April 2021. In their most recent property tax assessment, rural Mathews County, VA recorded a loss of $75M in property value caused by flooding and erosion on waterfront properties. Businesses are impacted too; coastal shoreline counties support 37% of US jobs and contribute 46% of the GDP. Coastal Virginia is home to a growing $53M shellfish aquaculture industry and working waterfronts employ over 122,000 people, generating $8.5B of the GDP. All existing water-related infrastructure (a $650B global market) and all sectors of the shoreline economy will need to adapt, greatly increasing market demand for cost-effective adaptation technologies, products, and services.</p><p><strong><a href=\"http://www.vasem.org/reports/2021-the-impact-of-climate-change-on-virginias-coastal-areas/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine report</a></strong> on the impacts of climate change concluded, “significant innovation will be required to…mitigate the impacts that coastal regions are already experiencing and are likely to experience in the future. Virginia could become a national center of expertise and innovation in this regard.”</p>		\n			<h2>Water Adaptation Industry Cluster & Innovation Ecosystem</h2>		\n															<img width=\"1650\" height=\"553\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EcosystemGraphic.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EcosystemGraphic.jpg 1650w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EcosystemGraphic-300x101.jpg 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EcosystemGraphic-1024x343.jpg 1024w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EcosystemGraphic-768x257.jpg 768w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EcosystemGraphic-1536x515.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1650px) 100vw, 1650px\" />															\n			<h1>Advancing Feasible Adaptation Solutions</h1>		\n		<p>To achieve this vision, several projects are underway through collaborations among multiple partners, including:</p><h4><strong>Supporting Entrepreneurs</strong></h4><ul><li><strong>GO Virginia:</strong> The Coastal Resilience and Adaptation Economy initiative that will foster innovation and growth in Virginia’s water economy. The project will launch a resilience entrepreneurship competition and establish a business-focused network to engage businesses and facilitate resilient practices. The project is a collaboration between <strong><a href=\"http://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, the nonprofit<strong> <a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RISE</a></strong>, the <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/index.php/service-centers/coastal/paa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://odu.edu/\">Old Dominion University</a></strong>. The $2.9M project was funded in part by <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GO Virginia</a></strong>, a state-funded initiative administered by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) to strengthen and diversify Virginia’s economy and foster the creation of higher-wage jobs in strategic industries.  In addition to the workforce development supported by VASG and RISE’s business plan competition, ODU is leading the development of the <strong><a href=\"https://www.odu.edu/news/2021/1/flood_preparedness#.YdRvYBPMJqs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coastal Virginia Consortium.</a></strong>  </li><li>The Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://fightthefloodva.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fight-the-Flood (FTF)</a> </strong>program to subsidize shoreline protection businesses’ work on coastal properties. FTF is a first in the nation approach to advance feasible adaption solutions for property owners in underserved communities.  Among the twenty-four companies in the FTF program, there are cooperative arrangements, collaborative projects, and a need for research &amp; development (R&amp;D) capacity to further advance innovation.</li></ul><h4><strong>Collaborative R&amp;D</strong></h4><p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach in order to achieve novel breakthroughs requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into innovative outcomes that transcend individual disciplines.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG—Virginia Tech</strong> partnership for a resilience design extension faculty position. This position will play a critical role, as a project coordinator and facilitator, of VASG’s GO Virginia award, and the design and implementation of collaborative public-private R&amp;D partnerships on the network of field stations.</li><li><strong>Sea Grant-CERF</strong> (Coastal Estuarine Research Federation) <strong><a href=\"https://cerfcompetition.vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design Competition</a></strong>, a forward-facing initiative to inspire students and faculty across disciplines to work together in proposing design solutions and innovative strategies to make our coastal environments more resilient in the face of coastal impacts of climate change. The Design Competition is also intended as a complementary way in which CERF can collaborate with local communities to problem-solve together around pressing challenges. The Design Competition will focus on a specific site in Coastal Virginia on which all design proposals must focus.</li><li><strong>VASG’s NSF-funded team science training</strong> is designing, testing, and implementing capacity-building training for effective team science, effectively integrating diverse knowledge and perspectives. The deeper level of knowledge integration achieves innovative outcomes, and is facilitated by <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/nsf-award-team-science-training-coastal-ocean-estuarine-stem-graduate-students/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VASG’s training</a></strong> in visualization tactics, managing constructive conflict, effective cross-disciplinary communication and listening, and advanced taskwork and teamwork skills.<strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> </strong></li></ul><h4><strong>Workforce Development</strong></h4><p>Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific and skill-focused education.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG and <a href=\"https://www.rappahannock.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rappahannock Community College</a></strong> are offering Work-Based Learning apprenticeships with water resilience and adaptation businesses, including winners of the GO Virginia business competition administered by RISE. Coupled with professional certification programs supported by non-profits and university entrepreneurship training, technician-level training and partnerships with businesses can form the backbone of the emerging water adaptation industry cluster’s workforce.</li><li><strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wetlands Watch</a></strong>, <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, and the <strong><a href=\"http://www.usgbc.org/usgbc-hampton-roads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Building Council, Hampton Roads Chapter</a></strong> have joined forces to establish an adaptation research and design collaborative, linking research and education programs at Virginia universities with local governments to help implement resilient interventions. This collaborative resilience laboratory - or <strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\"Collaboratory\"</a></strong> - aims to produce innovative adaptation tools, strategies, and designs in tidewater Virginia by linking academic community programs with real-world needs in coastal communities, helping speed adaptation, and incubating a community of practice.</li></ul>		\n			<h2>Upgrading Virginia\'s Water Adaptation Workforce</h2>		\n		<p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into novel, innovative outcomes. Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific or skill-focused education. However, collaborative teamwork skills are less prevalent; e.g., architectural and engineering firms have partnered with VASG to co-sponsor workforce development initiatives in part to advance students’ teamwork, collaboration, and knowledge integration skills. Coupled with entrepreneurship, design thinking, and other creativity- and innovation-deriving curricula, Virginia could have the best-trained workforce for the emerging water adaptation economy. Options would include:</p><ul><li><strong>Offering <em>community college</em> Work-Based Learning, apprenticeships, and, as appropriate, associate degrees or certifications for technician-level training and partnerships with businesses.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for university <em>undergraduate and graduate</em> work on adaptation R&amp;D, including entrepreneurship training to accompany technical expertise and collaborative research with industry partners, p</strong><strong>roduct performance validation, and co-production of new knowledge.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for NGOs conducting certification training</strong></li></ul>','About This Initiative','','inherit','closed','closed','','286-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 18:42:50','2022-01-04 18:42:50','',286,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1519',0,'revision','',0),(1520,1,'2022-01-04 18:42:50','2022-01-04 18:42:50','<h1>About This Initiative</h1>		\n			<h2>VISION</h2>		\n			<h2>Coastal Virginia will be a global leader in innovative technologies, products, and services that help residential, commercial, and industrial properties adapt to flooding, erosion, and other challenges caused by sea-level rise.</h2>		\n		<p>Increased flooding and high value residential, commercial, and industrial assets in vulnerable urban, suburban and rural coastal communities are growing market demand for new, cost-effective adaptation solutions. Virginia has a competitive advantage – it is experiencing flooding and erosion impacts from the highest level of relative sea-level rise on the east coast thus it is developing innovative adaptation technologies, products, and services with global applications. Growing a water adaptation economy is a priority in the GO Virginia Region 6 <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia6.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-Growth-Diverisfication-Plan-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Growth &amp; Diversification Plan</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/wp-content/uploads/GoVA_ActionPlan2021_WEB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Action Plan</a></strong>, and the Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/articles/service_centers/Economic%20Development/MPPDC%20CEDS%20update%20-%202021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy</a></strong> (CEDS), and aligns with the Economic Development Authority\'s (EDA) equity, recovery &amp; resilience, workforce development, technology-based economic development, and environmentally-sustainable development priorities.</p>		\n			<h3>In their most recent property tax assessment, rural Mathews County, VA recorded a loss of $75M in property value caused by flooding and erosion on waterfront properties.</h3>		\n		<p><strong>Assets needing adaptation:</strong> Waterfront properties remain in high demand and were estimated to be worth $134B nationwide in 2018. Home sales in coastal Virginia increased 61% on the Chesapeake Bay between 2019 – 2020, and over 20% more from January – April 2021. In their most recent property tax assessment, rural Mathews County, VA recorded a loss of $75M in property value caused by flooding and erosion on waterfront properties. Businesses are impacted too; coastal shoreline counties support 37% of US jobs and contribute 46% of the GDP. Coastal Virginia is home to a growing $53M shellfish aquaculture industry and working waterfronts employ over 122,000 people, generating $8.5B of the GDP. All existing water-related infrastructure (a $650B global market) and all sectors of the shoreline economy will need to adapt, greatly increasing market demand for cost-effective adaptation technologies, products, and services.</p><p><strong><a href=\"http://www.vasem.org/reports/2021-the-impact-of-climate-change-on-virginias-coastal-areas/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine report</a></strong> on the impacts of climate change concluded, “significant innovation will be required to…mitigate the impacts that coastal regions are already experiencing and are likely to experience in the future. Virginia could become a national center of expertise and innovation in this regard.”</p>		\n			<h2>Water Adaptation Industry Cluster & Innovation Ecosystem</h2>		\n															<img width=\"1650\" height=\"553\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EcosystemGraphic.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EcosystemGraphic.jpg 1650w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EcosystemGraphic-300x101.jpg 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EcosystemGraphic-1024x343.jpg 1024w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EcosystemGraphic-768x257.jpg 768w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EcosystemGraphic-1536x515.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1650px) 100vw, 1650px\" />															\n			<h1>Advancing Feasible Adaptation Solutions</h1>		\n		<p>To achieve this vision, several projects are underway through collaborations among multiple partners, including:</p><h4><strong>Supporting Entrepreneurs</strong></h4><ul><li><strong>GO Virginia:</strong> The Coastal Resilience and Adaptation Economy initiative that will foster innovation and growth in Virginia’s water economy. The project will launch a resilience entrepreneurship competition and establish a business-focused network to engage businesses and facilitate resilient practices. The project is a collaboration between <strong><a href=\"http://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, the nonprofit<strong> <a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RISE</a></strong>, the <strong><a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/index.php/service-centers/coastal/paa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https://odu.edu/\">Old Dominion University</a></strong>. The $2.9M project was funded in part by <strong><a href=\"https://govirginia.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GO Virginia</a></strong>, a state-funded initiative administered by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) to strengthen and diversify Virginia’s economy and foster the creation of higher-wage jobs in strategic industries.  In addition to the workforce development supported by VASG and RISE’s business plan competition, ODU is leading the development of the <strong><a href=\"https://www.odu.edu/news/2021/1/flood_preparedness#.YdRvYBPMJqs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coastal Virginia Consortium.</a></strong>  </li><li>The Middle Peninsula’s <strong><a href=\"https://fightthefloodva.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fight-the-Flood (FTF)</a> </strong>program to subsidize shoreline protection businesses’ work on coastal properties. FTF is a first in the nation approach to advance feasible adaption solutions for property owners in underserved communities.  Among the twenty-four companies in the FTF program, there are cooperative arrangements, collaborative projects, and a need for research &amp; development (R&amp;D) capacity to further advance innovation.</li></ul><h4><strong>Collaborative R&amp;D</strong></h4><p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach in order to achieve novel breakthroughs requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into innovative outcomes that transcend individual disciplines.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG—Virginia Tech</strong> partnership for a resilience design extension faculty position. This position will play a critical role, as a project coordinator and facilitator, of VASG’s GO Virginia award, and the design and implementation of collaborative public-private R&amp;D partnerships on the network of field stations.</li><li><strong>Sea Grant-CERF</strong> (Coastal Estuarine Research Federation) <strong><a href=\"https://cerfcompetition.vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design Competition</a></strong>, a forward-facing initiative to inspire students and faculty across disciplines to work together in proposing design solutions and innovative strategies to make our coastal environments more resilient in the face of coastal impacts of climate change. The Design Competition is also intended as a complementary way in which CERF can collaborate with local communities to problem-solve together around pressing challenges. The Design Competition will focus on a specific site in Coastal Virginia on which all design proposals must focus.</li><li><strong>VASG’s NSF-funded team science training</strong> is designing, testing, and implementing capacity-building training for effective team science, effectively integrating diverse knowledge and perspectives. The deeper level of knowledge integration achieves innovative outcomes, and is facilitated by <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/nsf-award-team-science-training-coastal-ocean-estuarine-stem-graduate-students/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VASG’s training</a></strong> in visualization tactics, managing constructive conflict, effective cross-disciplinary communication and listening, and advanced taskwork and teamwork skills.<strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> </strong></li></ul><h4><strong>Workforce Development</strong></h4><p>Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific and skill-focused education.</p><ul><li><strong>VASG and <a href=\"https://www.rappahannock.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rappahannock Community College</a></strong> are offering Work-Based Learning apprenticeships with water resilience and adaptation businesses, including winners of the GO Virginia business competition administered by RISE. Coupled with professional certification programs supported by non-profits and university entrepreneurship training, technician-level training and partnerships with businesses can form the backbone of the emerging water adaptation industry cluster’s workforce.</li><li><strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wetlands Watch</a></strong>, <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Sea Grant</a></strong>, and the <strong><a href=\"http://www.usgbc.org/usgbc-hampton-roads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Building Council, Hampton Roads Chapter</a></strong> have joined forces to establish an adaptation research and design collaborative, linking research and education programs at Virginia universities with local governments to help implement resilient interventions. This collaborative resilience laboratory - or <strong><a href=\"https://wetlandswatch.org/design-collaboratory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\"Collaboratory\"</a></strong> - aims to produce innovative adaptation tools, strategies, and designs in tidewater Virginia by linking academic community programs with real-world needs in coastal communities, helping speed adaptation, and incubating a community of practice.</li></ul>		\n			<h2>Upgrading Virginia\'s Water Adaptation Workforce</h2>		\n		<p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into novel, innovative outcomes. Collectively, Virginia’s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific or skill-focused education. However, collaborative teamwork skills are less prevalent; e.g., architectural and engineering firms have partnered with VASG to co-sponsor workforce development initiatives in part to advance students’ teamwork, collaboration, and knowledge integration skills. Coupled with entrepreneurship, design thinking, and other creativity- and innovation-deriving curricula, Virginia could have the best-trained workforce for the emerging water adaptation economy. Options would include:</p><ul><li><strong>Offering <em>community college</em> Work-Based Learning, apprenticeships, and, as appropriate, associate degrees or certifications for technician-level training and partnerships with businesses.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for university <em>undergraduate and graduate</em> work on adaptation R&amp;D, including entrepreneurship training to accompany technical expertise and collaborative research with industry partners, p</strong><strong>roduct performance validation, and co-production of new knowledge.</strong></li><li><strong>Support for NGOs conducting certification training</strong></li></ul>','About This Initiative','','inherit','closed','closed','','286-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 18:42:50','2022-01-04 18:42:50','',286,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1520',0,'revision','',0),(1524,1,'2022-01-04 19:31:59','2022-01-04 19:31:59','<img width=\"400\" height=\"266\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/VASG_Stacked_White.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/VASG_Stacked_White.png 400w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/VASG_Stacked_White-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" />															\n															<img width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING-300x300.png 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING-150x150.png 150w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" />															\n			<h2>Coastal Virginia</h2>		\n			<h1>Water Adaptation & Innovation Coalition</h1>		\n			<h2>Collaborative Research • Workforce Development • Economic Opportunities</h2>		\n			<a href=\"#HomeScroll\">\n						</a>\n			<h2>local solutions, global opportunities</h2>		\n		<p>The Commonwealth’s economy depends upon the resilience of its coastal zone and inland waterways. Flooding, saltwater intrusion, erosion, and other risks from climate change require new products, technologies, services, and designs to adapt buildings, businesses, and infrastructure. Virginia has a competitive advantage because it is already experiencing impacts from the highest degree of relative sea-level rise on the East Coast, years before other states. Current options are limited—new adaptation solutions developed in Virginia will provide global commercialization opportunities. </p>		\n			<h3>together for virginia</h3>		\n		<p>Developing breakthrough, cost-effective adaptation solutions requires partnerships across university, industry, public, and non-profit sectors. To fully capitalize on Virginia’s innovation ecosystem and economic opportunity in resilience, we need a collaborative R&amp;D facility to:</p>		\n		<p>Foster public-private collaboration and innovation</p>		\n		<p>Invent new resilience and adaptation <br />products, technologies, services, and designs</p>		\n		<p>Conduct bench scale and simulation studies</p>		\n		<p>Expand collaborative R&amp;D projects on the existing<br />network of publicly-owned waterfront properties to validate <br />products, technologies, services, and designs</p>		\n		<p>Launch adaptation and resilience businesses</p>		\n			<h2>A Priority project to drive innovation</h2>		\n		<p>The development of an adaptation and innovation R&amp;D campus has been identified as a priority in the coastal regions’ Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) and is widely supported by local and state stakeholders. A state-funded multi-stakeholder planning process identified core strengths, assets, and opportunities in a water adaptation and innovation economy, including broader regional partnerships to launch this economic sector in several priority areas.</p><p>The planning process resulted in an <strong>Action Plan </strong>based upon the conclusion that Virginia has the assets to assemble a world-class water adaptation and innovation R&amp;D facility. Virginia could lead the world in the design, construction, and implementation of:</p>		\n		<p>Comprehensive blue-green-gray resilience <br />and adaptation infrastructure</p>		\n		<p>Carbon-encumbering, low-energy, water-managed <br />residential, commercial, and office buildings</p>		\n		<p>Working waterfronts infrastructure and industrial buildings</p>		\n		<p>Decentralized, rural watermanagement infrastructure</p>		\n		<p>Building concept is for demonstration purposes only and may not represent final construction. <br />Building illustration courtesy of Clark Nexsen. </p><p>The goal is to establish long-term, public-private innovation and R&amp;D capacity. This strategy meets short-term, immediate needs to adapt shorelines, landscaping, buildings, and open water features. It also ensures long-term economic development opportunities by designing, building, and testing waterfront property solutions for problems experienced by the next generation.</p>		\n			<a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/about/\" role=\"button\">\n						READ MORE\n					</a>','Home','','inherit','closed','closed','','7-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 19:31:59','2022-01-04 19:31:59','',7,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1524',0,'revision','',0),(1522,1,'2022-01-04 19:31:59','2022-01-04 19:31:59','<img width=\"400\" height=\"266\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/VASG_Stacked_White.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/VASG_Stacked_White.png 400w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/VASG_Stacked_White-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" />															\n															<img width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING-300x300.png 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING-150x150.png 150w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" />															\n			<h2>Coastal Virginia</h2>		\n			<h1>Water Adaptation & Innovation Coalition</h1>		\n			<h2>Collaborative Research • Workforce Development • Economic Opportunities</h2>		\n			<a href=\"#HomeScroll\">\n						</a>\n			<h2>local solutions, global opportunities</h2>		\n		<p>The Commonwealth’s economy depends upon the resilience of its coastal zone. Flooding, saltwater intrusion, erosion, and other risks from climate change require new products, technologies, services, and designs to adapt buildings, businesses, and infrastructure. Virginia has a competitive advantage because it is already experiencing impacts from the highest degree of relative sea-level rise on the East Coast, years before other states. Current options are limited—new adaptation solutions developed in Virginia will provide global commercialization opportunities. </p>		\n			<h3>together for virginia</h3>		\n		<p>Developing breakthrough, cost-effective adaptation solutions requires partnerships across university, industry, public, and non-profit sectors. To fully capitalize on Virginia’s innovation ecosystem and economic opportunity in resilience, we need a collaborative R&amp;D facility to:</p>		\n		<p>Foster public-private collaboration and innovation</p>		\n		<p>Invent new resilience and adaptation <br />products, technologies, services, and designs</p>		\n		<p>Conduct bench scale and simulation studies</p>		\n		<p>Build out demonstration pilots on the existing<br />network of publicly-owned waterfront properties to validate <br />products, technologies, services, and designs</p>		\n		<p>Launch adaptation and resilience businesses</p>		\n			<h2>A Priority project to drive innovation</h2>		\n		<p>The development of an adaptation and innovation R&amp;D campus has been identified as a priority in the coastal regions’ Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) and is widely supported by local and state stakeholders. A state-funded multi-stakeholder planning process identified core strengths, assets, and opportunities in a water adaptation and innovation economy, including broader regional partnerships to launch this economic sector in several priority areas.</p><p>The planning process resulted in an <strong>Action Plan </strong>based upon the conclusion that Virginia has the assets to assemble a world-class water adaptation and innovation R&amp;D facility. Virginia could lead the world in the design, construction, and implementation of:</p>		\n		<p>Comprehensive blue-green-gray resilience <br />and adaptation infrastructure</p>		\n		<p>Carbon-encumbering, low-energy, water-managed <br />residential, commercial, and office buildings</p>		\n		<p>Working waterfronts infrastructure and industrial buildings</p>		\n		<p>Decentralized, rural watermanagement infrastructure</p>		\n		<p>Building concept is for demonstration purposes only and may not represent final construction. <br />Building illustration courtesy of Clark Nexsen. </p><p>The goal is to establish long-term, public-private innovation and R&amp;D capacity. This strategy meets short-term, immediate needs to adapt shorelines, landscaping, buildings, and open water features. It also ensures long-term economic development opportunities by designing, building, and testing waterfront property solutions for problems experienced by the next generation.</p>		\n			<a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/about/\" role=\"button\">\n						READ MORE\n					</a>','Home','','inherit','closed','closed','','7-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 19:31:59','2022-01-04 19:31:59','',7,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1522',0,'revision','',0),(1523,1,'2022-01-04 19:31:59','2022-01-04 19:31:59','<img width=\"400\" height=\"266\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/VASG_Stacked_White.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/VASG_Stacked_White.png 400w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/VASG_Stacked_White-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" />															\n															<img width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING-300x300.png 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING-150x150.png 150w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" />															\n			<h2>Coastal Virginia</h2>		\n			<h1>Water Adaptation & Innovation Coalition</h1>		\n			<h2>Collaborative Research • Workforce Development • Economic Opportunities</h2>		\n			<a href=\"#HomeScroll\">\n						</a>\n			<h2>local solutions, global opportunities</h2>		\n		<p>The Commonwealth’s economy depends upon the resilience of its coastal zone. Flooding, saltwater intrusion, erosion, and other risks from climate change require new products, technologies, services, and designs to adapt buildings, businesses, and infrastructure. Virginia has a competitive advantage because it is already experiencing impacts from the highest degree of relative sea-level rise on the East Coast, years before other states. Current options are limited—new adaptation solutions developed in Virginia will provide global commercialization opportunities. </p>		\n			<h3>together for virginia</h3>		\n		<p>Developing breakthrough, cost-effective adaptation solutions requires partnerships across university, industry, public, and non-profit sectors. To fully capitalize on Virginia’s innovation ecosystem and economic opportunity in resilience, we need a collaborative R&amp;D facility to:</p>		\n		<p>Foster public-private collaboration and innovation</p>		\n		<p>Invent new resilience and adaptation <br />products, technologies, services, and designs</p>		\n		<p>Conduct bench scale and simulation studies</p>		\n		<p>Build out demonstration pilots on the existing<br />network of publicly-owned waterfront properties to validate <br />products, technologies, services, and designs</p>		\n		<p>Launch adaptation and resilience businesses</p>		\n			<h2>A Priority project to drive innovation</h2>		\n		<p>The development of an adaptation and innovation R&amp;D campus has been identified as a priority in the coastal regions’ Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) and is widely supported by local and state stakeholders. A state-funded multi-stakeholder planning process identified core strengths, assets, and opportunities in a water adaptation and innovation economy, including broader regional partnerships to launch this economic sector in several priority areas.</p><p>The planning process resulted in an <strong>Action Plan </strong>based upon the conclusion that Virginia has the assets to assemble a world-class water adaptation and innovation R&amp;D facility. Virginia could lead the world in the design, construction, and implementation of:</p>		\n		<p>Comprehensive blue-green-gray resilience <br />and adaptation infrastructure</p>		\n		<p>Carbon-encumbering, low-energy, water-managed <br />residential, commercial, and office buildings</p>		\n		<p>Working waterfronts infrastructure and industrial buildings</p>		\n		<p>Decentralized, rural watermanagement infrastructure</p>		\n		<p>Building concept is for demonstration purposes only and may not represent final construction. <br />Building illustration courtesy of Clark Nexsen. </p><p>The goal is to establish long-term, public-private innovation and R&amp;D capacity. This strategy meets short-term, immediate needs to adapt shorelines, landscaping, buildings, and open water features. It also ensures long-term economic development opportunities by designing, building, and testing waterfront property solutions for problems experienced by the next generation.</p>		\n			<a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/about/\" role=\"button\">\n						READ MORE\n					</a>','Home','','inherit','closed','closed','','7-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 19:31:59','2022-01-04 19:31:59','',7,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1523',0,'revision','',0),(1525,1,'2022-01-04 19:34:10','2022-01-04 19:34:10','<img width=\"400\" height=\"266\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/VASG_Stacked_White.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/VASG_Stacked_White.png 400w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/VASG_Stacked_White-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" />															\n															<img width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING-300x300.png 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING-150x150.png 150w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" />															\n			<h2>Coastal Virginia</h2>		\n			<h1>Water Adaptation & Innovation Coalition</h1>		\n			<h2>Collaborative Research • Workforce Development • Economic Opportunities</h2>		\n			<a href=\"#HomeScroll\">\n						</a>\n			<h2>local solutions, global opportunities</h2>		\n		<p>The Commonwealth’s economy depends upon the resilience of its coastal zone and inland waterways. Flooding, saltwater intrusion, erosion, and other risks from climate change require new products, technologies, services, and designs to adapt buildings, businesses, and infrastructure. Virginia has a competitive advantage because it is already experiencing impacts from the highest degree of relative sea-level rise on the East Coast, years before other states. Current options are limited—new adaptation solutions developed in Virginia will provide global commercialization opportunities. </p>		\n			<h3>together for virginia</h3>		\n		<p>Developing breakthrough, cost-effective adaptation solutions requires partnerships across university, industry, public, and non-profit sectors. To fully capitalize on Virginia’s innovation ecosystem and economic opportunity in resilience, we need a collaborative R&amp;D facility to:</p>		\n		<p>Foster public-private collaboration and innovation</p>		\n		<p>Invent new resilience and adaptation <br />products, technologies, services, and designs</p>		\n		<p>Conduct bench scale and simulation studies</p>		\n		<p>Expand collaborative R&amp;D projects on the existing<br />network of publicly-owned waterfront properties to validate <br />products, technologies, services, and designs</p>		\n		<p>Launch adaptation and resilience businesses</p>		\n			<h2>A Priority project to drive innovation</h2>		\n		<p>The development of an adaptation and innovation R&amp;D campus has been identified as a priority in the coastal regions’ Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) and is widely supported by local and state stakeholders. A state-funded multi-stakeholder planning process identified core strengths, assets, and opportunities in a water adaptation and innovation economy, including broader regional partnerships to launch this economic sector in several priority areas.</p><p>The planning process resulted in an <strong>Action Plan </strong>based upon the conclusion that Virginia has the assets to assemble a world-class water adaptation and innovation R&amp;D facility. Virginia could lead the world in the design, construction, and implementation of:</p>		\n		<p>Comprehensive blue-green-gray resilience <br />and adaptation infrastructure</p>		\n		<p>Carbon-encumbering, low-energy, water-managed <br />residential, commercial, and office buildings</p>		\n		<p>Working waterfronts infrastructure and industrial buildings</p>		\n		<p>Decentralized, rural watermanagement infrastructure</p>		\n		<p>Building concept is for demonstration purposes only and may not represent final construction. <br />Building illustration courtesy of Clark Nexsen. </p><p>The goal is to establish long-term, public-private innovation and R&amp;D capacity. This strategy meets short-term, immediate needs to adapt shorelines, landscaping, buildings, and open water features. It also ensures long-term economic development opportunities by designing, building, and testing waterfront property solutions for problems experienced by the next generation.</p>		\n			<a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/about/\" role=\"button\">\n						READ MORE\n					</a>','Home','','inherit','closed','closed','','7-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 19:34:10','2022-01-04 19:34:10','',7,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1525',0,'revision','',0),(1526,1,'2022-01-04 19:34:10','2022-01-04 19:34:10','<img width=\"400\" height=\"266\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/VASG_Stacked_White.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/VASG_Stacked_White.png 400w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/VASG_Stacked_White-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" />															\n															<img width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING-300x300.png 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING-150x150.png 150w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" />															\n			<h2>Coastal Virginia</h2>		\n			<h1>Water Adaptation & Innovation Coalition</h1>		\n			<h2>Collaborative Research • Workforce Development • Economic Opportunities</h2>		\n			<a href=\"#HomeScroll\">\n						</a>\n			<h2>local solutions, global opportunities</h2>		\n		<p>The Commonwealth’s economy depends upon the resilience of its coastal zone and inland waterways. Flooding, saltwater intrusion, erosion, and other risks from climate change require new products, technologies, services, and designs to adapt buildings, businesses, and infrastructure. Virginia has a competitive advantage because it is already experiencing impacts from the highest degree of relative sea-level rise on the East Coast, years before other states. Current options are limited—new adaptation solutions developed in Virginia will provide global commercialization opportunities. </p>		\n			<h3>together for virginia</h3>		\n		<p>Developing breakthrough, cost-effective adaptation solutions requires partnerships across university, industry, public, and non-profit sectors. To fully capitalize on Virginia’s innovation ecosystem and economic opportunity in resilience, we need a collaborative R&amp;D facility to:</p>		\n		<p>Foster public-private collaboration and innovation</p>		\n		<p>Invent new resilience and adaptation <br />products, technologies, services, and designs</p>		\n		<p>Conduct bench scale and simulation studies</p>		\n		<p>Expand collaborative R&amp;D projects on the existing<br />network of publicly-owned waterfront properties to validate <br />products, technologies, services, and designs</p>		\n		<p>Launch adaptation and resilience businesses</p>		\n			<h2>A Priority project to drive innovation</h2>		\n		<p>The development of an adaptation and innovation R&amp;D campus has been identified as a priority in the coastal regions’ Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) and is widely supported by local and state stakeholders. A state-funded multi-stakeholder planning process identified core strengths, assets, and opportunities in a water adaptation and innovation economy, including broader regional partnerships to launch this economic sector in several priority areas.</p><p>The planning process resulted in an <strong>Action Plan </strong>based upon the conclusion that Virginia has the assets to assemble a world-class water adaptation and innovation R&amp;D facility. Virginia could lead the world in the design, construction, and implementation of:</p>		\n		<p>Comprehensive blue-green-gray resilience <br />and adaptation infrastructure</p>		\n		<p>Carbon-encumbering, low-energy, water-managed <br />residential, commercial, and office buildings</p>		\n		<p>Working waterfronts infrastructure and industrial buildings</p>		\n		<p>Decentralized, rural watermanagement infrastructure</p>		\n		<p>Building concept is for demonstration purposes only and may not represent final construction. <br />Building illustration courtesy of Clark Nexsen. </p><p>The goal is to establish long-term, public-private innovation and R&amp;D capacity. This strategy meets short-term, immediate needs to adapt shorelines, landscaping, buildings, and open water features. It also ensures long-term economic development opportunities by designing, building, and testing waterfront property solutions for problems experienced by the next generation.</p>		\n			<a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/about/\" role=\"button\">\n						READ MORE\n					</a>','Home','','inherit','closed','closed','','7-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 19:34:10','2022-01-04 19:34:10','',7,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1526',0,'revision','',0),(1527,1,'2022-01-04 19:34:10','2022-01-04 19:34:10','<img width=\"400\" height=\"266\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/VASG_Stacked_White.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/VASG_Stacked_White.png 400w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/VASG_Stacked_White-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" />															\n															<img width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING-300x300.png 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING-150x150.png 150w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" />															\n			<h2>Coastal Virginia</h2>		\n			<h1>Water Adaptation & Innovation Coalition</h1>		\n			<h2>Collaborative Research • Workforce Development • Economic Opportunities</h2>		\n			<a href=\"#HomeScroll\">\n						</a>\n			<h2>local solutions, global opportunities</h2>		\n		<p>The Commonwealth’s economy depends upon the resilience of its coastal zone and inland waterways. Flooding, saltwater intrusion, erosion, and other risks from climate change require new products, technologies, services, and designs to adapt buildings, businesses, and infrastructure. Virginia has a competitive advantage because it is already experiencing impacts from the highest degree of relative sea-level rise on the East Coast, years before other states. Current options are limited—new adaptation solutions developed in Virginia will provide global commercialization opportunities. </p>		\n			<h3>together for virginia</h3>		\n		<p>Developing breakthrough, cost-effective adaptation solutions requires partnerships across university, industry, public, and non-profit sectors. To fully capitalize on Virginia’s innovation ecosystem and economic opportunities, we need to leverage and expand collaborative R&amp;D capacity to:</p>		\n		<p>Foster public-private collaboration and innovation</p>		\n		<p>Invent new resilience and adaptation <br />products, technologies, services, and designs</p>		\n		<p>Conduct bench scale and simulation studies</p>		\n		<p>Expand collaborative R&amp;D projects on the existing<br />network of publicly-owned waterfront properties to validate <br />products, technologies, services, and designs</p>		\n		<p>Launch adaptation and resilience businesses</p>		\n			<h2>A Priority project to drive innovation</h2>		\n		<p>The development of an adaptation and innovation R&amp;D campus has been identified as a priority in the coastal regions’ Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) and is widely supported by local and state stakeholders. A state-funded multi-stakeholder planning process identified core strengths, assets, and opportunities in a water adaptation and innovation economy, including broader regional partnerships to launch this economic sector in several priority areas.</p><p>The planning process resulted in an <strong>Action Plan </strong>based upon the conclusion that Virginia has the assets to assemble a world-class water adaptation and innovation R&amp;D facility. Virginia could lead the world in the design, construction, and implementation of:</p>		\n		<p>Comprehensive blue-green-gray resilience <br />and adaptation infrastructure</p>		\n		<p>Carbon-encumbering, low-energy, water-managed <br />residential, commercial, and office buildings</p>		\n		<p>Working waterfronts infrastructure and industrial buildings</p>		\n		<p>Decentralized, rural watermanagement infrastructure</p>		\n		<p>Building concept is for demonstration purposes only and may not represent final construction. <br />Building illustration courtesy of Clark Nexsen. </p><p>The goal is to establish long-term, public-private innovation and R&amp;D capacity. This strategy meets short-term, immediate needs to adapt shorelines, landscaping, buildings, and open water features. It also ensures long-term economic development opportunities by designing, building, and testing waterfront property solutions for problems experienced by the next generation.</p>		\n			<a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/about/\" role=\"button\">\n						READ MORE\n					</a>','Home','','inherit','closed','closed','','7-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 19:34:10','2022-01-04 19:34:10','',7,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1527',0,'revision','',0),(1531,1,'2022-01-04 19:43:34','2022-01-04 19:43:34','<img width=\"400\" height=\"266\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/VASG_Stacked_White.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/VASG_Stacked_White.png 400w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/VASG_Stacked_White-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" />															\n															<img width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING-300x300.png 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING-150x150.png 150w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" />															\n			<h2>Coastal Virginia</h2>		\n			<h1>Water Adaptation & Innovation Coalition</h1>		\n			<h2>Collaborative Research • Workforce Development • Economic Opportunities</h2>		\n			<a href=\"#HomeScroll\">\n						</a>\n			<h2>local solutions, global opportunities</h2>		\n		<p>The Commonwealth’s economy depends upon the resilience of its coastal zone and inland waterways. Flooding, saltwater intrusion, erosion, and other risks from climate change require new products, technologies, services, and designs to adapt buildings, businesses, and infrastructure. Virginia has a competitive advantage because it is already experiencing impacts from the highest degree of relative sea-level rise on the East Coast, years before other states. Current options are limited—new adaptation solutions developed in Virginia will provide global commercialization opportunities. </p>		\n			<h3>together for virginia</h3>		\n		<p>Developing breakthrough, cost-effective adaptation solutions requires partnerships across university, industry, public, and non-profit sectors. To fully capitalize on Virginia’s innovation ecosystem and economic opportunities, we need to leverage and expand collaborative R&amp;D capacity to:</p>		\n		<p>Foster public-private collaboration and innovation</p>		\n		<p>Invent new resilience and adaptation <br />products, technologies, services, and designs</p>		\n		<p>Conduct bench scale and simulation studies</p>		\n		<p>Expand collaborative R&amp;D projects on the existing<br />network of publicly-owned waterfront properties to validate <br />products, technologies, services, and designs</p>		\n		<p>Launch adaptation and resilience businesses</p>		\n			<h2>Driving innovation</h2>		\n		<p>The development of an adaptation and innovation R&amp;D campus has been identified as a priority in the coastal regions’ Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) and is widely supported by local and state stakeholders. A state-funded multi-stakeholder planning process identified core strengths, assets, and opportunities in a water adaptation and innovation economy, including broader regional partnerships to launch this economic sector in several priority areas.</p><p>The planning process resulted in an <strong>Action Plan </strong>that recognized Virginia has the assets to assemble a world-class water adaptation and innovation R&amp;D facility. The Commonwealth has launched a $2.9M <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/go-virginia-adaptation-economy/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GO Virginia economic development initiative</a> </strong>to grow the water economy. Clearly, Virginia could lead the world in the design, construction, and implementation of:</p>		\n		<p>Comprehensive blue-green-gray resilience <br />and adaptation infrastructure</p>		\n		<p>Carbon-encumbering, low-energy, water-managed <br />residential, commercial, and office buildings</p>		\n		<p>Working waterfronts infrastructure and industrial buildings</p>		\n		<p>Decentralized, rural watermanagement infrastructure</p>		\n		<p>Building concept is for demonstration purposes only and may not represent final construction. <br />Building illustration courtesy of Clark Nexsen. </p><p>The goal is to establish long-term, public-private innovation and R&amp;D capacity. This strategy meets short-term, immediate needs to adapt shorelines, landscaping, buildings, and open water features. It also ensures long-term economic development opportunities by designing, building, and testing waterfront property solutions for problems experienced by the next generation.</p>		\n			<a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/about/\" role=\"button\">\n						READ MORE\n					</a>','Home','','inherit','closed','closed','','7-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 19:43:34','2022-01-04 19:43:34','',7,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1531',0,'revision','',0),(1529,1,'2022-01-04 19:43:33','2022-01-04 19:43:33','<img width=\"400\" height=\"266\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/VASG_Stacked_White.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/VASG_Stacked_White.png 400w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/VASG_Stacked_White-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" />															\n															<img width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING-300x300.png 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING-150x150.png 150w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" />															\n			<h2>Coastal Virginia</h2>		\n			<h1>Water Adaptation & Innovation Coalition</h1>		\n			<h2>Collaborative Research • Workforce Development • Economic Opportunities</h2>		\n			<a href=\"#HomeScroll\">\n						</a>\n			<h2>local solutions, global opportunities</h2>		\n		<p>The Commonwealth’s economy depends upon the resilience of its coastal zone and inland waterways. Flooding, saltwater intrusion, erosion, and other risks from climate change require new products, technologies, services, and designs to adapt buildings, businesses, and infrastructure. Virginia has a competitive advantage because it is already experiencing impacts from the highest degree of relative sea-level rise on the East Coast, years before other states. Current options are limited—new adaptation solutions developed in Virginia will provide global commercialization opportunities. </p>		\n			<h3>together for virginia</h3>		\n		<p>Developing breakthrough, cost-effective adaptation solutions requires partnerships across university, industry, public, and non-profit sectors. To fully capitalize on Virginia’s innovation ecosystem and economic opportunities, we need to leverage and expand collaborative R&amp;D capacity to:</p>		\n		<p>Foster public-private collaboration and innovation</p>		\n		<p>Invent new resilience and adaptation <br />products, technologies, services, and designs</p>		\n		<p>Conduct bench scale and simulation studies</p>		\n		<p>Expand collaborative R&amp;D projects on the existing<br />network of publicly-owned waterfront properties to validate <br />products, technologies, services, and designs</p>		\n		<p>Launch adaptation and resilience businesses</p>		\n			<h2>A Priority project to drive innovation</h2>		\n		<p>The development of an adaptation and innovation R&amp;D campus has been identified as a priority in the coastal regions’ Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) and is widely supported by local and state stakeholders. A state-funded multi-stakeholder planning process identified core strengths, assets, and opportunities in a water adaptation and innovation economy, including broader regional partnerships to launch this economic sector in several priority areas.</p><p>The planning process resulted in an <strong>Action Plan </strong>based upon the conclusion that Virginia has the assets to assemble a world-class water adaptation and innovation R&amp;D facility. Virginia could lead the world in the design, construction, and implementation of:</p>		\n		<p>Comprehensive blue-green-gray resilience <br />and adaptation infrastructure</p>		\n		<p>Carbon-encumbering, low-energy, water-managed <br />residential, commercial, and office buildings</p>		\n		<p>Working waterfronts infrastructure and industrial buildings</p>		\n		<p>Decentralized, rural watermanagement infrastructure</p>		\n		<p>Building concept is for demonstration purposes only and may not represent final construction. <br />Building illustration courtesy of Clark Nexsen. </p><p>The goal is to establish long-term, public-private innovation and R&amp;D capacity. This strategy meets short-term, immediate needs to adapt shorelines, landscaping, buildings, and open water features. It also ensures long-term economic development opportunities by designing, building, and testing waterfront property solutions for problems experienced by the next generation.</p>		\n			<a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/about/\" role=\"button\">\n						READ MORE\n					</a>','Home','','inherit','closed','closed','','7-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 19:43:33','2022-01-04 19:43:33','',7,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1529',0,'revision','',0),(1530,1,'2022-01-04 19:43:34','2022-01-04 19:43:34','<img width=\"400\" height=\"266\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/VASG_Stacked_White.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/VASG_Stacked_White.png 400w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/VASG_Stacked_White-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" />															\n															<img width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING-300x300.png 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING-150x150.png 150w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" />															\n			<h2>Coastal Virginia</h2>		\n			<h1>Water Adaptation & Innovation Coalition</h1>		\n			<h2>Collaborative Research • Workforce Development • Economic Opportunities</h2>		\n			<a href=\"#HomeScroll\">\n						</a>\n			<h2>local solutions, global opportunities</h2>		\n		<p>The Commonwealth’s economy depends upon the resilience of its coastal zone and inland waterways. Flooding, saltwater intrusion, erosion, and other risks from climate change require new products, technologies, services, and designs to adapt buildings, businesses, and infrastructure. Virginia has a competitive advantage because it is already experiencing impacts from the highest degree of relative sea-level rise on the East Coast, years before other states. Current options are limited—new adaptation solutions developed in Virginia will provide global commercialization opportunities. </p>		\n			<h3>together for virginia</h3>		\n		<p>Developing breakthrough, cost-effective adaptation solutions requires partnerships across university, industry, public, and non-profit sectors. To fully capitalize on Virginia’s innovation ecosystem and economic opportunities, we need to leverage and expand collaborative R&amp;D capacity to:</p>		\n		<p>Foster public-private collaboration and innovation</p>		\n		<p>Invent new resilience and adaptation <br />products, technologies, services, and designs</p>		\n		<p>Conduct bench scale and simulation studies</p>		\n		<p>Expand collaborative R&amp;D projects on the existing<br />network of publicly-owned waterfront properties to validate <br />products, technologies, services, and designs</p>		\n		<p>Launch adaptation and resilience businesses</p>		\n			<h2>A Priority project to drive innovation</h2>		\n		<p>The development of an adaptation and innovation R&amp;D campus has been identified as a priority in the coastal regions’ Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) and is widely supported by local and state stakeholders. A state-funded multi-stakeholder planning process identified core strengths, assets, and opportunities in a water adaptation and innovation economy, including broader regional partnerships to launch this economic sector in several priority areas.</p><p>The planning process resulted in an <strong>Action Plan </strong>based upon the conclusion that Virginia has the assets to assemble a world-class water adaptation and innovation R&amp;D facility. Virginia could lead the world in the design, construction, and implementation of:</p>		\n		<p>Comprehensive blue-green-gray resilience <br />and adaptation infrastructure</p>		\n		<p>Carbon-encumbering, low-energy, water-managed <br />residential, commercial, and office buildings</p>		\n		<p>Working waterfronts infrastructure and industrial buildings</p>		\n		<p>Decentralized, rural watermanagement infrastructure</p>		\n		<p>Building concept is for demonstration purposes only and may not represent final construction. <br />Building illustration courtesy of Clark Nexsen. </p><p>The goal is to establish long-term, public-private innovation and R&amp;D capacity. This strategy meets short-term, immediate needs to adapt shorelines, landscaping, buildings, and open water features. It also ensures long-term economic development opportunities by designing, building, and testing waterfront property solutions for problems experienced by the next generation.</p>		\n			<a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/about/\" role=\"button\">\n						READ MORE\n					</a>','Home','','inherit','closed','closed','','7-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 19:43:34','2022-01-04 19:43:34','',7,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1530',0,'revision','',0),(1532,1,'2022-01-04 19:46:23','2022-01-04 19:46:23','<img width=\"400\" height=\"266\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/VASG_Stacked_White.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/VASG_Stacked_White.png 400w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/VASG_Stacked_White-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" />															\n															<img width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING-300x300.png 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING-150x150.png 150w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" />															\n			<h2>Coastal Virginia</h2>		\n			<h1>Water Adaptation & Innovation Coalition</h1>		\n			<h2>Collaborative Research • Workforce Development • Economic Opportunities</h2>		\n			<a href=\"#HomeScroll\">\n						</a>\n			<h2>local solutions, global opportunities</h2>		\n		<p>The Commonwealth’s economy depends upon the resilience of its coastal zone and inland waterways. Flooding, saltwater intrusion, erosion, and other risks from climate change require new products, technologies, services, and designs to adapt buildings, businesses, and infrastructure. Virginia has a competitive advantage because it is already experiencing impacts from the highest degree of relative sea-level rise on the East Coast, years before other states. Current options are limited—new adaptation solutions developed in Virginia will provide global commercialization opportunities. </p>		\n			<h3>together for virginia</h3>		\n		<p>Developing breakthrough, cost-effective adaptation solutions requires partnerships across university, industry, public, and non-profit sectors. To fully capitalize on Virginia’s innovation ecosystem and economic opportunities, we need to leverage and expand collaborative R&amp;D capacity to:</p>		\n		<p>Foster public-private collaboration and innovation</p>		\n		<p>Invent new resilience and adaptation <br />products, technologies, services, and designs</p>		\n		<p>Conduct bench scale and simulation studies</p>		\n		<p>Expand collaborative R&amp;D projects on the existing<br />network of publicly-owned waterfront properties to validate <br />products, technologies, services, and designs</p>		\n		<p>Launch adaptation and resilience businesses</p>		\n			<h2>Driving innovation</h2>		\n		<p>The development of an adaptation and innovation R&amp;D campus has been identified as a priority in the coastal regions’ Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) and is widely supported by local and state stakeholders. A state-funded multi-stakeholder planning process identified core strengths, assets, and opportunities in a water adaptation and innovation economy, including broader regional partnerships to launch this economic sector in several priority areas.</p><p>The planning process resulted in an <strong>Action Plan </strong>that recognized Virginia has the assets to assemble a world-class water adaptation and innovation R&amp;D facility. The Commonwealth has launched a $2.9M <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/go-virginia-adaptation-economy/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GO Virginia economic development initiative</a> </strong>to grow the water economy. Clearly, Virginia could lead the world in the design, construction, and implementation of:</p>		\n		<p>Comprehensive blue-green-gray resilience <br />and adaptation infrastructure</p>		\n		<p>Carbon-encumbering, low-energy, water-managed <br />residential, commercial, and office buildings</p>		\n		<p>Working waterfronts infrastructure and industrial buildings</p>		\n		<p>Decentralized, rural watermanagement infrastructure</p>		\n		<p>Building concept is for demonstration purposes only and may not represent final construction. <br />Building illustration courtesy of Clark Nexsen. </p><p>The goal is to establish long-term, public-private innovation and R&amp;D capacity. This strategy meets short-term, immediate needs to adapt shorelines, landscaping, buildings, and open water features. It also ensures long-term economic development opportunities by designing, building, and testing waterfront property solutions for problems experienced by the next generation.</p>		\n			<a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/about/\" role=\"button\">\n						READ MORE\n					</a>','Home','','inherit','closed','closed','','7-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 19:46:23','2022-01-04 19:46:23','',7,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1532',0,'revision','',0),(1533,1,'2022-01-04 19:46:24','2022-01-04 19:46:24','<img width=\"400\" height=\"266\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/VASG_Stacked_White.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/VASG_Stacked_White.png 400w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/VASG_Stacked_White-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" />															\n															<img width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING-300x300.png 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING-150x150.png 150w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" />															\n			<h2>Coastal Virginia</h2>		\n			<h1>Water Adaptation & Innovation Coalition</h1>		\n			<h2>Collaborative Research • Workforce Development • Economic Opportunities</h2>		\n			<a href=\"#HomeScroll\">\n						</a>\n			<h2>local solutions, global opportunities</h2>		\n		<p>The Commonwealth’s economy depends upon the resilience of its coastal zone and inland waterways. Flooding, saltwater intrusion, erosion, and other risks from climate change require new products, technologies, services, and designs to adapt buildings, businesses, and infrastructure. Virginia has a competitive advantage because it is already experiencing impacts from the highest degree of relative sea-level rise on the East Coast, years before other states. Current options are limited—new adaptation solutions developed in Virginia will provide global commercialization opportunities. </p>		\n			<h3>together for virginia</h3>		\n		<p>Developing breakthrough, cost-effective adaptation solutions requires partnerships across university, industry, public, and non-profit sectors. To fully capitalize on Virginia’s innovation ecosystem and economic opportunities, we need to leverage and expand collaborative R&amp;D capacity to:</p>		\n		<p>Foster public-private collaboration and innovation</p>		\n		<p>Invent new resilience and adaptation <br />products, technologies, services, and designs</p>		\n		<p>Conduct bench scale and simulation studies</p>		\n		<p>Expand collaborative R&amp;D projects on the existing<br />network of publicly-owned waterfront properties to validate <br />products, technologies, services, and designs</p>		\n		<p>Launch adaptation and resilience businesses</p>		\n			<h2>Driving innovation</h2>		\n		<p>The development of an adaptation and innovation R&amp;D campus has been identified as a priority in the coastal regions’ Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) and is widely supported by local and state stakeholders. A state-funded multi-stakeholder planning process identified core strengths, assets, and opportunities in a water adaptation and innovation economy, including broader regional partnerships to launch this economic sector in several priority areas.</p><p>The planning process resulted in an <strong>Action Plan </strong>that recognized Virginia has the assets to assemble a world-class water adaptation and innovation R&amp;D facility. The Commonwealth has launched a $2.9M <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/go-virginia-adaptation-economy/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GO Virginia economic development initiative</a> </strong>to grow the water economy. Clearly, Virginia could lead the world in the design, construction, and implementation of:</p>		\n		<p>Comprehensive blue-green-gray resilience <br />and adaptation infrastructure</p>		\n		<p>Carbon-encumbering, low-energy, water-managed <br />residential, commercial, and office buildings</p>		\n		<p>Working waterfronts infrastructure and industrial buildings</p>		\n		<p>Decentralized, rural watermanagement infrastructure</p>		\n		<p>Building concept is for demonstration purposes only and may not represent final construction. <br />Building illustration courtesy of Clark Nexsen. </p><p>The goal is to establish long-term, public-private innovation and R&amp;D capacity. This strategy meets short-term, immediate needs to adapt shorelines, landscaping, buildings, and open water features. It also ensures long-term economic development opportunities by designing, building, and testing waterfront property solutions for problems experienced by the next generation.</p>		\n			<a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/about/\" role=\"button\">\n						READ MORE\n					</a>','Home','','inherit','closed','closed','','7-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 19:46:24','2022-01-04 19:46:24','',7,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1533',0,'revision','',0),(1534,1,'2022-01-04 19:46:24','2022-01-04 19:46:24','<img width=\"400\" height=\"266\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/VASG_Stacked_White.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/VASG_Stacked_White.png 400w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/VASG_Stacked_White-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" />															\n															<img width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING-300x300.png 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING-150x150.png 150w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" />															\n			<h2>Coastal Virginia</h2>		\n			<h1>Water Adaptation & Innovation Coalition</h1>		\n			<h2>Collaborative Research • Workforce Development • Economic Opportunities</h2>		\n			<a href=\"#HomeScroll\">\n						</a>\n			<h2>local solutions, global opportunities</h2>		\n		<p>The Commonwealth’s economy depends upon the resilience of its coastal zone and inland waterways. Flooding, saltwater intrusion, erosion, and other risks from climate change require new products, technologies, services, and designs to adapt buildings, businesses, and infrastructure. Virginia has a competitive advantage because it is already experiencing impacts from the highest degree of relative sea-level rise on the East Coast, years before other states. Current options are limited—new adaptation solutions developed in Virginia will provide global commercialization opportunities. </p>		\n			<h3>together for virginia</h3>		\n		<p>Developing breakthrough, cost-effective adaptation solutions requires partnerships across university, industry, public, and non-profit sectors. To fully capitalize on Virginia’s innovation ecosystem and economic opportunities, we need to leverage and expand collaborative R&amp;D capacity to:</p>		\n		<p>Foster public-private collaboration and innovation</p>		\n		<p>Invent new resilience and adaptation <br />products, technologies, services, and designs</p>		\n		<p>Conduct bench scale and simulation studies</p>		\n		<p>Expand collaborative R&amp;D projects on the existing<br />network of publicly-owned waterfront properties to validate <br />products, technologies, services, and designs</p>		\n		<p>Launch adaptation and resilience businesses</p>		\n			<h2>Driving innovation</h2>		\n		<p>The development of an adaptation and innovation R&amp;D campus has been identified as a priority in the coastal regions’ Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) and is widely supported by local and state stakeholders. A state-funded multi-stakeholder planning process identified core strengths, assets, and opportunities in a water adaptation and innovation economy, including broader regional partnerships to launch this economic sector in several priority areas.</p><p>The planning process resulted in an <strong>Action Plan </strong>that recognized Virginia has the assets to assemble a world-class water adaptation and innovation R&amp;D facility. The Commonwealth has launched a $2.9M <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/go-virginia-adaptation-economy/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GO Virginia economic development initiative</a> </strong>to grow the water economy. Clearly, Virginia could lead the world in the design, construction, and implementation of:</p>		\n		<p>Comprehensive blue-green-gray resilience <br />and adaptation infrastructure</p>		\n		<p>Carbon-encumbering, low-energy, smart-water<br />residential, commercial, and office buildings</p>		\n		<p>Working waterfronts infrastructure and industrial buildings</p>		\n		<p>Decentralized, rural watermanagement infrastructure</p>		\n		<p>Historic and cultural resource preservation</p>		\n		<p>Building concept is for demonstration purposes only and may not represent final construction. <br />Building illustration courtesy of Clark Nexsen. </p><p>The goal is to establish long-term, public-private innovation and R&amp;D capacity. This strategy meets short-term, immediate needs to adapt shorelines, landscaping, buildings, and open water features. It also ensures long-term economic development opportunities by designing, building, and testing waterfront property solutions for problems experienced by the next generation.</p>		\n			<a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/about/\" role=\"button\">\n						READ MORE\n					</a>','Home','','inherit','closed','closed','','7-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 19:46:24','2022-01-04 19:46:24','',7,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1534',0,'revision','',0),(1535,1,'2022-01-04 19:52:45','2022-01-04 19:52:45','','GoVA_CampusConceptBubblesNN','','inherit','','closed','','gova_campusconceptbubblesnn','','','2022-01-04 19:52:45','2022-01-04 19:52:45','',7,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/GoVA_CampusConceptBubblesNN.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1536,1,'2022-01-04 19:53:06','2022-01-04 19:53:06','<img width=\"400\" height=\"266\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/VASG_Stacked_White.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/VASG_Stacked_White.png 400w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/VASG_Stacked_White-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" />															\n															<img width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING-300x300.png 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING-150x150.png 150w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" />															\n			<h2>Coastal Virginia</h2>		\n			<h1>Water Adaptation & Innovation Coalition</h1>		\n			<h2>Collaborative Research • Workforce Development • Economic Opportunities</h2>		\n			<a href=\"#HomeScroll\">\n						</a>\n			<h2>local solutions, global opportunities</h2>		\n		<p>The Commonwealth’s economy depends upon the resilience of its coastal zone and inland waterways. Flooding, saltwater intrusion, erosion, and other risks from climate change require new products, technologies, services, and designs to adapt buildings, businesses, and infrastructure. Virginia has a competitive advantage because it is already experiencing impacts from the highest degree of relative sea-level rise on the East Coast, years before other states. Current options are limited—new adaptation solutions developed in Virginia will provide global commercialization opportunities. </p>		\n			<h3>together for virginia</h3>		\n		<p>Developing breakthrough, cost-effective adaptation solutions requires partnerships across university, industry, public, and non-profit sectors. To fully capitalize on Virginia’s innovation ecosystem and economic opportunities, we need to leverage and expand collaborative R&amp;D capacity to:</p>		\n		<p>Foster public-private collaboration and innovation</p>		\n		<p>Invent new resilience and adaptation <br />products, technologies, services, and designs</p>		\n		<p>Conduct bench scale and simulation studies</p>		\n		<p>Expand collaborative R&amp;D projects on the existing<br />network of publicly-owned waterfront properties to validate <br />products, technologies, services, and designs</p>		\n		<p>Launch adaptation and resilience businesses</p>		\n			<h2>Driving innovation</h2>		\n		<p>The development of an adaptation and innovation R&amp;D campus has been identified as a priority in the coastal regions’ Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) and is widely supported by local and state stakeholders. A state-funded multi-stakeholder planning process identified core strengths, assets, and opportunities in a water adaptation and innovation economy, including broader regional partnerships to launch this economic sector in several priority areas.</p><p>The planning process resulted in an <strong>Action Plan </strong>that recognized Virginia has the assets to assemble a world-class water adaptation and innovation R&amp;D facility. The Commonwealth has launched a $2.9M <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/go-virginia-adaptation-economy/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GO Virginia economic development initiative</a> </strong>to grow the water economy. Clearly, Virginia could lead the world in the design, construction, and implementation of:</p>		\n		<p>Comprehensive blue-green-gray resilience <br />and adaptation infrastructure</p>		\n		<p>Carbon-encumbering, low-energy, smart-water<br />residential, commercial, and office buildings</p>		\n		<p>Working waterfronts infrastructure and industrial buildings</p>		\n		<p>Decentralized, rural watermanagement infrastructure</p>		\n		<p>Historic and cultural resource preservation</p>		\n		<p>Building concept is for demonstration purposes only and may not represent final construction. <br />Building illustration courtesy of Clark Nexsen. </p><p>The goal is to establish long-term, public-private innovation and R&amp;D capacity. This strategy meets short-term, immediate needs to adapt shorelines, landscaping, buildings, and open water features. It also ensures long-term economic development opportunities by designing, building, and testing waterfront property solutions for problems experienced by the next generation.</p>		\n			<a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/about/\" role=\"button\">\n						READ MORE\n					</a>','Home','','inherit','closed','closed','','7-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 19:53:06','2022-01-04 19:53:06','',7,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1536',0,'revision','',0),(1537,1,'2022-01-04 19:53:06','2022-01-04 19:53:06','<img width=\"400\" height=\"266\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/VASG_Stacked_White.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/VASG_Stacked_White.png 400w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/VASG_Stacked_White-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" />															\n															<img width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING-300x300.png 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING-150x150.png 150w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" />															\n			<h2>Coastal Virginia</h2>		\n			<h1>Water Adaptation & Innovation Coalition</h1>		\n			<h2>Collaborative Research • Workforce Development • Economic Opportunities</h2>		\n			<a href=\"#HomeScroll\">\n						</a>\n			<h2>local solutions, global opportunities</h2>		\n		<p>The Commonwealth’s economy depends upon the resilience of its coastal zone and inland waterways. Flooding, saltwater intrusion, erosion, and other risks from climate change require new products, technologies, services, and designs to adapt buildings, businesses, and infrastructure. Virginia has a competitive advantage because it is already experiencing impacts from the highest degree of relative sea-level rise on the East Coast, years before other states. Current options are limited—new adaptation solutions developed in Virginia will provide global commercialization opportunities. </p>		\n			<h3>together for virginia</h3>		\n		<p>Developing breakthrough, cost-effective adaptation solutions requires partnerships across university, industry, public, and non-profit sectors. To fully capitalize on Virginia’s innovation ecosystem and economic opportunities, we need to leverage and expand collaborative R&amp;D capacity to:</p>		\n		<p>Foster public-private collaboration and innovation</p>		\n		<p>Invent new resilience and adaptation <br />products, technologies, services, and designs</p>		\n		<p>Conduct bench scale and simulation studies</p>		\n		<p>Expand collaborative R&amp;D projects on the existing<br />network of publicly-owned waterfront properties to validate <br />products, technologies, services, and designs</p>		\n		<p>Launch adaptation and resilience businesses</p>		\n			<h2>Driving innovation</h2>		\n		<p>The development of an adaptation and innovation R&amp;D campus has been identified as a priority in the coastal regions’ Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) and is widely supported by local and state stakeholders. A state-funded multi-stakeholder planning process identified core strengths, assets, and opportunities in a water adaptation and innovation economy, including broader regional partnerships to launch this economic sector in several priority areas.</p><p>The planning process resulted in an <strong>Action Plan </strong>that recognized Virginia has the assets to assemble a world-class water adaptation and innovation R&amp;D facility. The Commonwealth has launched a $2.9M <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/go-virginia-adaptation-economy/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GO Virginia economic development initiative</a> </strong>to grow the water economy. Clearly, Virginia could lead the world in the design, construction, and implementation of:</p>		\n		<p>Comprehensive blue-green-gray resilience <br />and adaptation infrastructure</p>		\n		<p>Carbon-encumbering, low-energy, smart-water<br />residential, commercial, and office buildings</p>		\n		<p>Working waterfronts infrastructure and industrial buildings</p>		\n		<p>Decentralized, rural watermanagement infrastructure</p>		\n		<p>Historic and cultural resource preservation</p>		\n		<p>Building concept is for demonstration purposes only and may not represent final construction. <br />Building illustration courtesy of Clark Nexsen. </p><p>The goal is to establish long-term, public-private innovation and R&amp;D capacity. This strategy meets short-term, immediate needs to adapt shorelines, landscaping, buildings, and open water features. It also ensures long-term economic development opportunities by designing, building, and testing waterfront property solutions for problems experienced by the next generation.</p>		\n			<a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/about/\" role=\"button\">\n						READ MORE\n					</a>','Home','','inherit','closed','closed','','7-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 19:53:06','2022-01-04 19:53:06','',7,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1537',0,'revision','',0),(1538,1,'2022-01-04 19:53:07','2022-01-04 19:53:07','<img width=\"400\" height=\"266\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/VASG_Stacked_White.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/VASG_Stacked_White.png 400w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/VASG_Stacked_White-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" />															\n															<img width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING-300x300.png 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING-150x150.png 150w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paa_transparent_WHITE_RING.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" />															\n			<h2>Coastal Virginia</h2>		\n			<h1>Water Adaptation & Innovation Coalition</h1>		\n			<h2>Collaborative Research • Workforce Development • Economic Opportunities</h2>		\n			<a href=\"#HomeScroll\">\n						</a>\n			<h2>local solutions, global opportunities</h2>		\n		<p>The Commonwealth’s economy depends upon the resilience of its coastal zone and inland waterways. Flooding, saltwater intrusion, erosion, and other risks from climate change require new products, technologies, services, and designs to adapt buildings, businesses, and infrastructure. Virginia has a competitive advantage because it is already experiencing impacts from the highest degree of relative sea-level rise on the East Coast, years before other states. Current options are limited—new adaptation solutions developed in Virginia will provide global commercialization opportunities. </p>		\n			<h3>together for virginia</h3>		\n		<p>Developing breakthrough, cost-effective adaptation solutions requires partnerships across university, industry, public, and non-profit sectors. To fully capitalize on Virginia’s innovation ecosystem and economic opportunities, we need to leverage and expand collaborative R&amp;D capacity to:</p>		\n		<p>Foster public-private collaboration and innovation</p>		\n		<p>Invent new resilience and adaptation <br />products, technologies, services, and designs</p>		\n		<p>Conduct bench scale and simulation studies</p>		\n		<p>Expand collaborative R&amp;D projects on the existing<br />network of publicly-owned waterfront properties to validate <br />products, technologies, services, and designs</p>		\n		<p>Launch adaptation and resilience businesses</p>		\n			<h2>Driving innovation</h2>		\n		<p>The development of an adaptation and innovation R&amp;D campus has been identified as a priority in the coastal regions’ Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) and is widely supported by local and state stakeholders. A state-funded multi-stakeholder planning process identified core strengths, assets, and opportunities in a water adaptation and innovation economy, including broader regional partnerships to launch this economic sector in several priority areas.</p><p>The planning process resulted in an <strong>Action Plan </strong>that recognized Virginia has the assets to assemble a world-class water adaptation and innovation R&amp;D facility. The Commonwealth has launched a $2.9M <strong><a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org/go-virginia-adaptation-economy/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GO Virginia economic development initiative</a> </strong>to grow the water economy. Clearly, Virginia could lead the world in the design, construction, and implementation of:</p>		\n		<p>Comprehensive blue-green-gray resilience <br />and adaptation infrastructure</p>		\n		<p>Carbon-encumbering, low-energy, smart-water<br />residential, commercial, and office buildings</p>		\n		<p>Working waterfronts infrastructure and industrial buildings</p>		\n		<p>Decentralized, rural watermanagement infrastructure</p>		\n		<p>Historic and cultural resource preservation</p>		\n		<p>Building concept is for demonstration purposes only and may not represent final construction. <br />Building illustration courtesy of Clark Nexsen. </p><p>The goal is to establish long-term, public-private innovation and R&amp;D capacity. This strategy meets short-term, immediate needs to adapt shorelines, landscaping, buildings, and open water features. It also ensures long-term economic development opportunities by designing, building, and testing waterfront property solutions for problems experienced by the next generation.</p>		\n			<a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/about/\" role=\"button\">\n						READ MORE\n					</a>','Home','','inherit','closed','closed','','7-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 19:53:07','2022-01-04 19:53:07','',7,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1538',0,'revision','',0),(1540,1,'2022-01-04 19:57:57','2022-01-04 19:57:57','<h1>RISE Rural coastal community <br>resilience challenge</h1>		\n			<h2>Competition Overview</h2>		\n				<h2>Application Deadline: Monday, January 10, 2022, 2pm EST</h2>\n		<p>The impact of climate change is being experienced at an accelerated rate. In the U.S., almost 40% of the population lives in coastal areas vulnerable to sea level rise, leaving these communities at higher risk of flooding, shoreline erosion, and hazards from storms.</p><p>With thousands of miles of shoreline, rural coastal Virginia is uniquely vulnerable to coastal storms and flooding associated with tides and extreme precipitation, which are exacerbated by climate change and sea level rise. Exposure to broad rivers and the open waters of the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean intensify coastal erosion, risking private property and public infrastructure. Saltwater intrusion is also a threat to well water quality and to coastal farms and forests. The region’s heavy reliance on septic systems for wastewater disposal presents both economic and public health challenges.</p><p>To address these issues, the RISE Rural Coastal Community Resilience Challenge offers <strong>up to $1,700,000</strong> in grants and <strong>over $1,000,000</strong> in support services to businesses solving the many problems that face rural coastal communities as a result of climate change. Selected teams will work closely with government, business, academic and tech leaders in coastal Virginia on pilots to validate their innovative solutions across the rural Middle Peninsula region and scale them to other communities.</p><p>Rural coastal Virginia presents a rare opportunity: Numerous publicly owned properties and buildings for real-world product testing and development; an unbeatable living laboratory for the best climate resilience and adaptation solutions; and the chance to make a positive impact quickly.</p>		\n			<a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/rural-resilience-challenge/\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n						APPLY NOW\n					</a>\n			<h2>IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS</h2>		\n		<p><a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Applicant-Guidelines_RISE-Rural-Resilience-Challenge.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RISE Rural Coastal Community Resilience Challenge Applicant Guidelines (PDF)</strong></a></p>		\n			<h2>Informational Webinars</h2>		\n		<p><a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/faq/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Each Thursday beginning October 21, 2021 until January 10, 2022 at 2:00pm EST</strong></a></p>		\n			<h2>Contact</h2>		\n		<p><a href=\"mailto:RISE@riseresilience.org\">RISE@riseresilience.org</a></p>		\n			<h2>Available research field stations:</h2>		\n												<figure>\n											<a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/adams-creek/\">\n							<img width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/AdamsCreekCROP.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/AdamsCreekCROP.jpg 800w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/AdamsCreekCROP-300x300.jpg 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/AdamsCreekCROP-150x150.jpg 150w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/AdamsCreekCROP-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" />								</a>\n											<figcaption>Adams Creek Recreation Area</figcaption>\n										</figure>\n												<figure>\n											<a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/captain-sinclair/\">\n							<img width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CaptainSinclair2CROP.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CaptainSinclair2CROP.jpg 800w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CaptainSinclair2CROP-300x300.jpg 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CaptainSinclair2CROP-150x150.jpg 150w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CaptainSinclair2CROP-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" />								</a>\n											<figcaption>Captain Sinclair\'s Recreational Area</figcaption>\n										</figure>\n												<figure>\n											<a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/dutchman-point/\">\n							<img width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DutchmanPointCROP.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DutchmanPointCROP.jpg 800w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DutchmanPointCROP-300x300.jpg 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DutchmanPointCROP-150x150.jpg 150w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DutchmanPointCROP-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" />								</a>\n											<figcaption>Dutchman\'s Point</figcaption>\n										</figure>\n												<figure>\n											<a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/guinea-marsh-islands/\">\n							<img width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/GuineaCrop.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/GuineaCrop.jpg 800w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/GuineaCrop-300x300.jpg 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/GuineaCrop-150x150.jpg 150w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/GuineaCrop-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" />								</a>\n											<figcaption>Guinea Marsh Islands</figcaption>\n										</figure>\n												<figure>\n											<a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/pamturn/\">\n							<img width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PamturnCROP.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PamturnCROP.jpg 800w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PamturnCROP-300x300.jpg 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PamturnCROP-150x150.jpg 150w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PamturnCROP-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" />								</a>\n											<figcaption>Pamturn</figcaption>\n										</figure>\n												<figure>\n											<a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/perrin-river-bryant-donation/\">\n							<img width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PerrinRiverBryantCROP.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PerrinRiverBryantCROP.jpg 800w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PerrinRiverBryantCROP-300x300.jpg 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PerrinRiverBryantCROP-150x150.jpg 150w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PerrinRiverBryantCROP-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" />								</a>\n											<figcaption>Perrin River/Bryant Donation</figcaption>\n										</figure>\n												<figure>\n											<a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/shenk-property/\">\n							<img width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ShenkCROP.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ShenkCROP.jpg 800w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ShenkCROP-300x300.jpg 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ShenkCROP-150x150.jpg 150w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ShenkCROP-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" />								</a>\n											<figcaption>Shenk Property</figcaption>\n										</figure>\n												<figure>\n											<a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/sloop-landing/\">\n							<img width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/SloopLandingCROP.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/SloopLandingCROP.jpg 800w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/SloopLandingCROP-300x300.jpg 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/SloopLandingCROP-150x150.jpg 150w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/SloopLandingCROP-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" />								</a>\n											<figcaption>Sloop Landing</figcaption>\n										</figure>\n												<figure>\n											<a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/winter-harbor/\">\n							<img width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/WinterCROP.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/WinterCROP.jpg 800w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/WinterCROP-300x300.jpg 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/WinterCROP-150x150.jpg 150w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/WinterCROP-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" />								</a>\n											<figcaption>Winter Harbor North &amp; South</figcaption>\n										</figure>\n			<h3>The Challenge seeks businesses with innovative, scalable solutions that address any of the following topics:</h3>		\n		<h5><strong>Water Quality Management</strong></h5><p>Septic System Design<br />Buildings’ Water System Redesign</p><h5><strong>Protection of Buildings and Property</strong></h5><p>Use and Application of Dredge Material<br />Property Accessibility<br />Integrated Coastal Property Design<br />Existing Building Rehabilitation</p><h5><strong>Flood Management</strong></h5><p>Living Shoreline Vegetation Production<br />Rural Drainage Improvement</p><p>For detailed challenge topic descriptions, visit the <a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/rural-resilience-challenge/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RISE Rural Coastal Community Resilience Challenge website</strong></a>.</p>		\n			<h3>Winning businesses will get access to:</h3>		\n		<ul><li><strong>Up to $200,000 USD in non-dilutive grant funding</strong></li><li><strong>Real-world pilot sites in the rural Middle Peninsula region of Virginia</strong></li><li><strong>Feedback from government pilot hosts</strong></li><li><strong>Assistance and support with permitting issues and questions</strong></li><li><strong>University R&amp;D assistance and interns</strong></li><li><strong>Co-working office space in the Middle Peninsula of Virginia</strong></li><li><strong>Fabrication facility in Hampton Roads of Virginia</strong></li></ul><ul><li><strong>Customized business accelerator curriculum</strong></li><li><strong>Government, technical, and business mentors</strong></li><li><strong>PR opportunities and media visibility</strong></li><li><strong>Regulatory assistance with government funding</strong></li><li><strong>Introductions to potential investors and customers</strong></li><li><strong>The only ecosystem of coastal resilience entrepreneurs in the U.S.</strong></li></ul><p>Project timelines are anticipated to be up to 15 months. <a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Applicant-Guidelines_RISE-Rural-Resilience-Challenge.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Download the RISE Rural Coastal Community Resilience Challenge Applicant Guidelines</strong></a> to learn more about solution and applicant eligibility, work the Challenge award can support, and the two-part application process.</p>		\n			<h2>Eligibility</h2>		\n		<p>To be eligible for funding and other resources applicants must:</p><ul><li><strong>Be a for-profit company</strong></li><li><strong>Be registered on sam.gov and have a DUNS number</strong></li><li><strong>Be eligible to receive funds from the Commonwealth of Virginia and adhere to applicable rules and regulations</strong></li><li><strong>Meet goals of the Challenge (see Challenge Topics)</strong></li><li><strong>Deploy the proposed solution in the Middle Peninsula region of Virginia</strong></li><li><strong>Complete the proposed project by June 30, 2023</strong></li></ul><h4><em><strong>Geographic Eligibility</strong></em></h4><p>Applicants must demonstrate that the proposed solution may be implemented in and directly benefit the rural Middle Peninsula region in Southeastern Virginia. The Middle Peninsula region includes the counties of Essex, Gloucester, King and Queen, King William, Mathews, and Middlesex, and the incorporated towns of Urbanna, Tappahannock and West Point, and is bordered on the east by the Chesapeake Bay, to the north by the Rappahannock River, and to the south of the York River.</p>		\n			<h4>The Challenge Partners</h4>		\n												<figure>\n											<a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n							<img width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PartnersRISE.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PartnersRISE.png 500w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PartnersRISE-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" />								</a>\n											<figcaption>RISE <br>Resilience Innovations</figcaption>\n										</figure>\n												<figure>\n											<a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n							<img width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PartnersMPPDC.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PartnersMPPDC.png 500w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PartnersMPPDC-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" />								</a>\n											<figcaption>Middle Peninsula Planning <br>District Commission</figcaption>\n										</figure>\n												<figure>\n											<a href=\"https://vacoastalwilds.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n							<img width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PartnersMPCBPAA.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PartnersMPCBPAA.png 500w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PartnersMPCBPAA-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" />								</a>\n											<figcaption>Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority</figcaption>\n										</figure>\n												<figure>\n											<a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n							<img width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PartnersVASG.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PartnersVASG.png 500w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PartnersVASG-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" />								</a>\n											<figcaption>Virginia <br>Sea Grant</figcaption>\n										</figure>\n		<p>This Challenge is funded in part by GO Virginia, a state-funded initiative administered by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) that strengthens and diversifies Virginia\'s economy and fosters the creation of higher wage jobs in strategic industries.</p>','Community Resilience Challenge','','inherit','closed','closed','','301-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 19:57:57','2022-01-04 19:57:57','',301,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1540',0,'revision','',0),(1541,1,'2022-01-04 19:57:57','2022-01-04 19:57:57','<h1>RISE Rural coastal community <br>resilience challenge</h1>		\n			<h2>Competition Overview</h2>		\n				<h2>Application Deadline: Monday, January 10, 2022, 2pm EST</h2>\n		<p>The impact of climate change is being experienced at an accelerated rate. In the U.S., almost 40% of the population lives in coastal areas vulnerable to sea level rise, leaving these communities at higher risk of flooding, shoreline erosion, and hazards from storms.</p><p>With thousands of miles of shoreline, rural coastal Virginia is uniquely vulnerable to coastal storms and flooding associated with tides and extreme precipitation, which are exacerbated by climate change and sea level rise. Exposure to broad rivers and the open waters of the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean intensify coastal erosion, risking private property and public infrastructure. Saltwater intrusion is also a threat to well water quality and to coastal farms and forests. The region’s heavy reliance on septic systems for wastewater disposal presents both economic and public health challenges.</p><p>To address these issues, the RISE Rural Coastal Community Resilience Challenge offers <strong>up to $1,700,000</strong> in grants and <strong>over $1,000,000</strong> in support services to businesses solving the many problems that face rural coastal communities as a result of climate change. Selected teams will work closely with government, business, academic and tech leaders in coastal Virginia on pilots to validate their innovative solutions across the rural Middle Peninsula region and scale them to other communities.</p><p>Rural coastal Virginia presents a rare opportunity: Numerous publicly owned properties and buildings for real-world product testing and development; an unbeatable living laboratory for the best climate resilience and adaptation solutions; and the chance to make a positive impact quickly.</p>		\n			<a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/rural-resilience-challenge/\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n						APPLY NOW\n					</a>\n			<h2>IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS</h2>		\n		<p><a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Applicant-Guidelines_RISE-Rural-Resilience-Challenge.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RISE Rural Coastal Community Resilience Challenge Applicant Guidelines (PDF)</strong></a></p>		\n			<h2>Informational Webinars</h2>		\n		<p><a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/faq/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Each Thursday beginning October 21, 2021 until January 10, 2022 at 2:00pm EST</strong></a></p>		\n			<h2>Contact</h2>		\n		<p><a href=\"mailto:RISE@riseresilience.org\">RISE@riseresilience.org</a></p>		\n			<h2>Available research field stations:</h2>		\n												<figure>\n											<a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/adams-creek/\">\n							<img width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/AdamsCreekCROP.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/AdamsCreekCROP.jpg 800w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/AdamsCreekCROP-300x300.jpg 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/AdamsCreekCROP-150x150.jpg 150w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/AdamsCreekCROP-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" />								</a>\n											<figcaption>Adams Creek Recreation Area</figcaption>\n										</figure>\n												<figure>\n											<a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/captain-sinclair/\">\n							<img width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CaptainSinclair2CROP.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CaptainSinclair2CROP.jpg 800w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CaptainSinclair2CROP-300x300.jpg 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CaptainSinclair2CROP-150x150.jpg 150w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CaptainSinclair2CROP-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" />								</a>\n											<figcaption>Captain Sinclair\'s Recreational Area</figcaption>\n										</figure>\n												<figure>\n											<a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/dutchman-point/\">\n							<img width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DutchmanPointCROP.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DutchmanPointCROP.jpg 800w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DutchmanPointCROP-300x300.jpg 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DutchmanPointCROP-150x150.jpg 150w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DutchmanPointCROP-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" />								</a>\n											<figcaption>Dutchman\'s Point</figcaption>\n										</figure>\n												<figure>\n											<a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/guinea-marsh-islands/\">\n							<img width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/GuineaCrop.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/GuineaCrop.jpg 800w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/GuineaCrop-300x300.jpg 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/GuineaCrop-150x150.jpg 150w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/GuineaCrop-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" />								</a>\n											<figcaption>Guinea Marsh Islands</figcaption>\n										</figure>\n												<figure>\n											<a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/pamturn/\">\n							<img width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PamturnCROP.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PamturnCROP.jpg 800w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PamturnCROP-300x300.jpg 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PamturnCROP-150x150.jpg 150w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PamturnCROP-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" />								</a>\n											<figcaption>Pamturn</figcaption>\n										</figure>\n												<figure>\n											<a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/perrin-river-bryant-donation/\">\n							<img width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PerrinRiverBryantCROP.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PerrinRiverBryantCROP.jpg 800w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PerrinRiverBryantCROP-300x300.jpg 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PerrinRiverBryantCROP-150x150.jpg 150w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PerrinRiverBryantCROP-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" />								</a>\n											<figcaption>Perrin River/Bryant Donation</figcaption>\n										</figure>\n												<figure>\n											<a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/shenk-property/\">\n							<img width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ShenkCROP.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ShenkCROP.jpg 800w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ShenkCROP-300x300.jpg 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ShenkCROP-150x150.jpg 150w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ShenkCROP-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" />								</a>\n											<figcaption>Shenk Property</figcaption>\n										</figure>\n												<figure>\n											<a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/sloop-landing/\">\n							<img width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/SloopLandingCROP.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/SloopLandingCROP.jpg 800w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/SloopLandingCROP-300x300.jpg 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/SloopLandingCROP-150x150.jpg 150w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/SloopLandingCROP-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" />								</a>\n											<figcaption>Sloop Landing</figcaption>\n										</figure>\n												<figure>\n											<a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/winter-harbor/\">\n							<img width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/WinterCROP.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/WinterCROP.jpg 800w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/WinterCROP-300x300.jpg 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/WinterCROP-150x150.jpg 150w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/WinterCROP-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" />								</a>\n											<figcaption>Winter Harbor North &amp; South</figcaption>\n										</figure>\n			<h3>The Challenge seeks businesses with innovative, scalable solutions that address any of the following topics:</h3>		\n		<h5><strong>Water Quality Management</strong></h5><p>Septic System Design<br />Buildings’ Water System Redesign</p><h5><strong>Protection of Buildings and Property</strong></h5><p>Use and Application of Dredge Material<br />Property Accessibility<br />Integrated Coastal Property Design<br />Existing Building Rehabilitation</p><h5><strong>Flood Management</strong></h5><p>Living Shoreline Vegetation Production<br />Rural Drainage Improvement</p><p>For detailed challenge topic descriptions, visit the <a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/rural-resilience-challenge/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RISE Rural Coastal Community Resilience Challenge website</strong></a>.</p>		\n			<h3>Winning businesses will get access to:</h3>		\n		<ul><li><strong>Up to $200,000 USD in non-dilutive grant funding</strong></li><li><strong>Real-world pilot sites in the rural Middle Peninsula region of Virginia</strong></li><li><strong>Feedback from government pilot hosts</strong></li><li><strong>Assistance and support with permitting issues and questions</strong></li><li><strong>University R&amp;D assistance and interns</strong></li><li><strong>Co-working office space in the Middle Peninsula of Virginia</strong></li><li><strong>Fabrication facility in Hampton Roads of Virginia</strong></li></ul><ul><li><strong>Customized business accelerator curriculum</strong></li><li><strong>Government, technical, and business mentors</strong></li><li><strong>PR opportunities and media visibility</strong></li><li><strong>Regulatory assistance with government funding</strong></li><li><strong>Introductions to potential investors and customers</strong></li><li><strong>The only ecosystem of coastal resilience entrepreneurs in the U.S.</strong></li></ul><p>Project timelines are anticipated to be up to 15 months. <a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Applicant-Guidelines_RISE-Rural-Resilience-Challenge.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Download the RISE Rural Coastal Community Resilience Challenge Applicant Guidelines</strong></a> to learn more about solution and applicant eligibility, work the Challenge award can support, and the two-part application process.</p>		\n			<h2>Eligibility</h2>		\n		<p>To be eligible for funding and other resources applicants must:</p><ul><li><strong>Be a for-profit company</strong></li><li><strong>Be registered on sam.gov and have a DUNS number</strong></li><li><strong>Be eligible to receive funds from the Commonwealth of Virginia and adhere to applicable rules and regulations</strong></li><li><strong>Meet goals of the Challenge (see Challenge Topics)</strong></li><li><strong>Deploy the proposed solution in the Middle Peninsula region of Virginia</strong></li><li><strong>Complete the proposed project by June 30, 2023</strong></li></ul><h4><em><strong>Geographic Eligibility</strong></em></h4><p>Applicants must demonstrate that the proposed solution may be implemented in and directly benefit the rural Middle Peninsula region in Southeastern Virginia. The Middle Peninsula region includes the counties of Essex, Gloucester, King and Queen, King William, Mathews, and Middlesex, and the incorporated towns of Urbanna, Tappahannock and West Point, and is bordered on the east by the Chesapeake Bay, to the north by the Rappahannock River, and to the south of the York River.</p>		\n			<h4>The Challenge Partners</h4>		\n												<figure>\n											<a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n							<img width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PartnersRISE.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PartnersRISE.png 500w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PartnersRISE-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" />								</a>\n											<figcaption>RISE <br>Resilience Innovations</figcaption>\n										</figure>\n												<figure>\n											<a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n							<img width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PartnersMPPDC.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PartnersMPPDC.png 500w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PartnersMPPDC-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" />								</a>\n											<figcaption>Middle Peninsula Planning <br>District Commission</figcaption>\n										</figure>\n												<figure>\n											<a href=\"https://vacoastalwilds.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n							<img width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PartnersMPCBPAA.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PartnersMPCBPAA.png 500w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PartnersMPCBPAA-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" />								</a>\n											<figcaption>Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority</figcaption>\n										</figure>\n												<figure>\n											<a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n							<img width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PartnersVASG.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PartnersVASG.png 500w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PartnersVASG-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" />								</a>\n											<figcaption>Virginia <br>Sea Grant</figcaption>\n										</figure>\n		<p>This Challenge is funded in part by GO Virginia, a state-funded initiative administered by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) that strengthens and diversifies Virginia\'s economy and fosters the creation of higher wage jobs in strategic industries.</p>','Community Resilience Challenge','','inherit','closed','closed','','301-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 19:57:57','2022-01-04 19:57:57','',301,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1541',0,'revision','',0),(1542,1,'2022-01-04 19:57:57','2022-01-04 19:57:57','<h1>RISE Rural coastal community <br>resilience challenge</h1>		\n			<h2>Competition Overview</h2>		\n				<h2>Application Deadline: Monday, January 10, 2022, 2pm EST</h2>\n		<p>The impact of climate change is being experienced at an accelerated rate. In the U.S., almost 40% of the population lives in coastal areas vulnerable to sea level rise, leaving these communities at higher risk of flooding, shoreline erosion, and hazards from storms.</p><p>With thousands of miles of shoreline, rural coastal Virginia is uniquely vulnerable to coastal storms and flooding associated with tides and extreme precipitation, which are exacerbated by climate change and sea level rise. Exposure to broad rivers and the open waters of the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean intensify coastal erosion, risking private property and public infrastructure. Saltwater intrusion is also a threat to well water quality and to coastal farms and forests. The region’s heavy reliance on septic systems for wastewater disposal presents both economic and public health challenges.</p><p>To address these issues, the RISE Rural Coastal Community Resilience Challenge offers <strong>up to $1,700,000</strong> in grants and <strong>over $1,000,000</strong> in support services to businesses solving the many problems that face rural coastal communities as a result of climate change. Selected teams will work closely with government, business, academic and tech leaders in coastal Virginia on pilots to validate their innovative solutions across the rural Middle Peninsula region and scale them to other communities.</p><p>Rural coastal Virginia presents a rare opportunity: Numerous publicly owned properties and buildings for real-world product testing and development; an unbeatable living laboratory for the best climate resilience and adaptation solutions; and the chance to make a positive impact quickly.</p>		\n			<a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/rural-resilience-challenge/\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n						APPLY NOW\n					</a>\n			<h2>IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS</h2>		\n		<p><a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Applicant-Guidelines_RISE-Rural-Resilience-Challenge.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RISE Rural Coastal Community Resilience Challenge Applicant Guidelines (PDF)</strong></a></p>		\n			<h2>Informational Webinars</h2>		\n		<p><a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/faq/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Each Thursday beginning October 21, 2021 until January 10, 2022 at 2:00pm EST</strong></a></p>		\n			<h2>Contact</h2>		\n		<p><a href=\"mailto:RISE@riseresilience.org\">RISE@riseresilience.org</a></p>		\n			<h2>Sample of available research field stations:</h2>		\n												<figure>\n											<a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/adams-creek/\">\n							<img width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/AdamsCreekCROP.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/AdamsCreekCROP.jpg 800w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/AdamsCreekCROP-300x300.jpg 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/AdamsCreekCROP-150x150.jpg 150w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/AdamsCreekCROP-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" />								</a>\n											<figcaption>Adams Creek Recreation Area</figcaption>\n										</figure>\n												<figure>\n											<a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/captain-sinclair/\">\n							<img width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CaptainSinclair2CROP.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CaptainSinclair2CROP.jpg 800w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CaptainSinclair2CROP-300x300.jpg 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CaptainSinclair2CROP-150x150.jpg 150w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CaptainSinclair2CROP-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" />								</a>\n											<figcaption>Captain Sinclair\'s Recreational Area</figcaption>\n										</figure>\n												<figure>\n											<a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/dutchman-point/\">\n							<img width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DutchmanPointCROP.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DutchmanPointCROP.jpg 800w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DutchmanPointCROP-300x300.jpg 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DutchmanPointCROP-150x150.jpg 150w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DutchmanPointCROP-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" />								</a>\n											<figcaption>Dutchman\'s Point</figcaption>\n										</figure>\n												<figure>\n											<a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/guinea-marsh-islands/\">\n							<img width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/GuineaCrop.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/GuineaCrop.jpg 800w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/GuineaCrop-300x300.jpg 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/GuineaCrop-150x150.jpg 150w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/GuineaCrop-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" />								</a>\n											<figcaption>Guinea Marsh Islands</figcaption>\n										</figure>\n												<figure>\n											<a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/pamturn/\">\n							<img width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PamturnCROP.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PamturnCROP.jpg 800w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PamturnCROP-300x300.jpg 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PamturnCROP-150x150.jpg 150w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PamturnCROP-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" />								</a>\n											<figcaption>Pamturn</figcaption>\n										</figure>\n												<figure>\n											<a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/perrin-river-bryant-donation/\">\n							<img width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PerrinRiverBryantCROP.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PerrinRiverBryantCROP.jpg 800w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PerrinRiverBryantCROP-300x300.jpg 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PerrinRiverBryantCROP-150x150.jpg 150w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PerrinRiverBryantCROP-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" />								</a>\n											<figcaption>Perrin River/Bryant Donation</figcaption>\n										</figure>\n												<figure>\n											<a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/shenk-property/\">\n							<img width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ShenkCROP.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ShenkCROP.jpg 800w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ShenkCROP-300x300.jpg 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ShenkCROP-150x150.jpg 150w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ShenkCROP-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" />								</a>\n											<figcaption>Shenk Property</figcaption>\n										</figure>\n												<figure>\n											<a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/sloop-landing/\">\n							<img width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/SloopLandingCROP.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/SloopLandingCROP.jpg 800w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/SloopLandingCROP-300x300.jpg 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/SloopLandingCROP-150x150.jpg 150w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/SloopLandingCROP-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" />								</a>\n											<figcaption>Sloop Landing</figcaption>\n										</figure>\n												<figure>\n											<a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/winter-harbor/\">\n							<img width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/WinterCROP.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/WinterCROP.jpg 800w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/WinterCROP-300x300.jpg 300w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/WinterCROP-150x150.jpg 150w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/WinterCROP-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" />								</a>\n											<figcaption>Winter Harbor North &amp; South</figcaption>\n										</figure>\n			<h3>The Challenge seeks businesses with innovative, scalable solutions that address any of the following topics:</h3>		\n		<h5><strong>Water Quality Management</strong></h5><p>Septic System Design<br />Buildings’ Water System Redesign</p><h5><strong>Protection of Buildings and Property</strong></h5><p>Use and Application of Dredge Material<br />Property Accessibility<br />Integrated Coastal Property Design<br />Existing Building Rehabilitation</p><h5><strong>Flood Management</strong></h5><p>Living Shoreline Vegetation Production<br />Rural Drainage Improvement</p><p>For detailed challenge topic descriptions, visit the <a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/rural-resilience-challenge/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RISE Rural Coastal Community Resilience Challenge website</strong></a>.</p>		\n			<h3>Winning businesses will get access to:</h3>		\n		<ul><li><strong>Up to $200,000 USD in non-dilutive grant funding</strong></li><li><strong>Real-world pilot sites in the rural Middle Peninsula region of Virginia</strong></li><li><strong>Feedback from government pilot hosts</strong></li><li><strong>Assistance and support with permitting issues and questions</strong></li><li><strong>University R&amp;D assistance and interns</strong></li><li><strong>Co-working office space in the Middle Peninsula of Virginia</strong></li><li><strong>Fabrication facility in Hampton Roads of Virginia</strong></li></ul><ul><li><strong>Customized business accelerator curriculum</strong></li><li><strong>Government, technical, and business mentors</strong></li><li><strong>PR opportunities and media visibility</strong></li><li><strong>Regulatory assistance with government funding</strong></li><li><strong>Introductions to potential investors and customers</strong></li><li><strong>The only ecosystem of coastal resilience entrepreneurs in the U.S.</strong></li></ul><p>Project timelines are anticipated to be up to 15 months. <a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Applicant-Guidelines_RISE-Rural-Resilience-Challenge.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Download the RISE Rural Coastal Community Resilience Challenge Applicant Guidelines</strong></a> to learn more about solution and applicant eligibility, work the Challenge award can support, and the two-part application process.</p>		\n			<h2>Eligibility</h2>		\n		<p>To be eligible for funding and other resources applicants must:</p><ul><li><strong>Be a for-profit company</strong></li><li><strong>Be registered on sam.gov and have a DUNS number</strong></li><li><strong>Be eligible to receive funds from the Commonwealth of Virginia and adhere to applicable rules and regulations</strong></li><li><strong>Meet goals of the Challenge (see Challenge Topics)</strong></li><li><strong>Deploy the proposed solution in the Middle Peninsula region of Virginia</strong></li><li><strong>Complete the proposed project by June 30, 2023</strong></li></ul><h4><em><strong>Geographic Eligibility</strong></em></h4><p>Applicants must demonstrate that the proposed solution may be implemented in and directly benefit the rural Middle Peninsula region in Southeastern Virginia. The Middle Peninsula region includes the counties of Essex, Gloucester, King and Queen, King William, Mathews, and Middlesex, and the incorporated towns of Urbanna, Tappahannock and West Point, and is bordered on the east by the Chesapeake Bay, to the north by the Rappahannock River, and to the south of the York River.</p>		\n			<h4>The Challenge Partners</h4>		\n												<figure>\n											<a href=\"https://riseresilience.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n							<img width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PartnersRISE.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PartnersRISE.png 500w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PartnersRISE-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" />								</a>\n											<figcaption>RISE <br>Resilience Innovations</figcaption>\n										</figure>\n												<figure>\n											<a href=\"https://www.mppdc.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n							<img width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PartnersMPPDC.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PartnersMPPDC.png 500w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PartnersMPPDC-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" />								</a>\n											<figcaption>Middle Peninsula Planning <br>District Commission</figcaption>\n										</figure>\n												<figure>\n											<a href=\"https://vacoastalwilds.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n							<img width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PartnersMPCBPAA.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PartnersMPCBPAA.png 500w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PartnersMPCBPAA-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" />								</a>\n											<figcaption>Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority</figcaption>\n										</figure>\n												<figure>\n											<a href=\"https://vaseagrant.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n							<img width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PartnersVASG.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PartnersVASG.png 500w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PartnersVASG-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" />								</a>\n											<figcaption>Virginia <br>Sea Grant</figcaption>\n										</figure>\n		<p>This Challenge is funded in part by GO Virginia, a state-funded initiative administered by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) that strengthens and diversifies Virginia\'s economy and fosters the creation of higher wage jobs in strategic industries.</p>','Community Resilience Challenge','','inherit','closed','closed','','301-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 19:57:57','2022-01-04 19:57:57','',301,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1542',0,'revision','',0),(1546,1,'2022-01-04 20:07:20','2022-01-04 20:07:20','<h1>Field stations</h1>		\n			<h1>A Public-Private research Partnership</h1>		\n		<p>Rural coastal Virginia presents a rare opportunity—numerous publicly owned properties and buildings for real-world product testing and development—an unequaled living laboratory for testing the best climate resilience and adaptation solutions, and the chance to make a positive impact quickly. Explore each of these nine properties that are among the best field station opportunities* for research.</p><p><em>*The total inventory includes over 50 properties and these may also be available to suit individual research requirements.</em></p>		\n            <a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/adams-creek/\" style=\"background-image: url(https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/AdamsCreekCROP.jpg);\"  tabindex=\"0\">\n                        <h2>Adams Creek Recreation Area</h2>                        <p></p>\n            </a>\n            <a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/captain-sinclair/\" style=\"background-image: url(https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CaptainSinclair2CROP.jpg);\"  tabindex=\"1\">\n                        <h2>Captain Sinclair Recreational Area</h2>                        <p></p>\n            </a>\n            <a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/dutchman-point/\" style=\"background-image: url(https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DutchmanPointCROP.jpg);\"  tabindex=\"2\">\n                        <h2>Dutchman Point</h2>                        <p></p>\n            </a>\n            <a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/guinea-marsh-islands/\" style=\"background-image: url(https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/GuineaCrop.jpg);\"  tabindex=\"3\">\n                        <h2>Guinea Marsh Islands</h2>                        <p></p>\n            </a>\n        <style typr=\"text/css\">\n                    #eael-img-accordion-4909221 .eael-image-accordion-hover:hover {\n                        flex: 3 1 0% !important;\n                    }\n                    #eael-img-accordion-4909221 .eael-image-accordion-hover:hover:hover .overlay-inner * {\n                        opacity: 1;\n                        visibility: visible;\n                        transform: none;\n                        transition: all .3s .3s;\n                    }\n                </style>		\n            <a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/pamturn/\" style=\"background-image: url(https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PamturnCROP.jpg);\"  tabindex=\"0\">\n                        <h2>Pamturn</h2>                        <p></p>\n            </a>\n            <a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/perrin-river-bryant-donation/\" style=\"background-image: url(https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PerrinRiverBryantCROP.jpg);\"  tabindex=\"1\">\n                        <h2>Perrin River / Bryant Donation</h2>                        <p></p>\n            </a>\n            <a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/shenk-property/\" style=\"background-image: url(https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ShenkCROP.jpg);\"  tabindex=\"2\">\n                        <h2>Shenk Property</h2>                        <p></p>\n            </a>\n            <a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/sloop-landing/\" style=\"background-image: url(https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/SloopLandingCROP.jpg);\"  tabindex=\"3\">\n                        <h2>Sloop Landing</h2>                        <p></p>\n            </a>\n            <a href=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/winter-harbor/\" style=\"background-image: url(https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/WinterCROP.jpg);\"  tabindex=\"4\">\n                        <h2>Winter Harbor North &amp; South</h2>                        <p></p>\n            </a>\n        <style typr=\"text/css\">\n                    #eael-img-accordion-528af73 .eael-image-accordion-hover:hover {\n                        flex: 3 1 0% !important;\n                    }\n                    #eael-img-accordion-528af73 .eael-image-accordion-hover:hover:hover .overlay-inner * {\n                        opacity: 1;\n                        visibility: visible;\n                        transform: none;\n                        transition: all .3s .3s;\n                    }\n                </style>		\n															<img width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PartnersMPPDC.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PartnersMPPDC.png 500w, https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PartnersMPPDC-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" />															\n			<h3>Multi-use Public Land Access</h3>		\n		<p>The Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority (MP-PAA) offers access to public waters and recreational lands. Shorelines are high-priority natural areas and it is critical to set aside access sites for all types of recreational activities important to our economy and to the citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia. These MP-PAA properties can be <a href=\"https://mppaa.virginiainteractive.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>reserved online</strong></a> for outdoor recreational activities like hunting, hiking nature trails, fishing, crabbing, boating, and many others. Be mindful of users engaged in these activities while conducting research at any of the sites.</p>','Field Stations','','inherit','closed','closed','','512-revision-v1','','','2022-01-04 20:07:20','2022-01-04 20:07:20','',512,'https://wateradaptationeconomy.org/?p=1546',0,'revision','',0);
