GCR's Resilience Team Takes Part In OSF's Puerto Rico Municipal Recovery Project

NEW ORLEANS, March 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- GCR's Community Planning and Resilience (CP&R) team will participate in the Open Society Foundation's (OSF) Puerto Rico City Recovery Project, part of a larger Mayor Exchange, which includes technical disaster recovery workshops taking place on March 19 and 20 in San Juan. OSF is bringing mayors from U.S. mainland cities and mayors of Puerto Rican municipalities together with technical experts to develop high-level recovery action plans.

Individual workshops aim to help mayors:  

• Develop a vision for rebuilding their municipalities
• Understand their eligibility for disaster-related funding
• Think creatively about how to manage municipal budgets in the new fiscal climate
• Identify strategic opportunities to expand economic development initiatives
• Coordinate with other municipalities to rebuild Puerto Rico

GCR's CP&R team will lead large and small municipal sessions on disaster recovery planning, pulling from experience managing the recovery efforts of two of the largest natural disasters in U.S. history. "Our team is excited to be a part of this important initiative," said Ted Guillot, Director of CP&R. "We look forward to working with Puerto Rican mayors and their staffs to provide guidance and technical assistance during this critical stage of their recovery efforts. Knowledge is key to a successful recovery, and we hope to impart lessons learned from our team's collective experience leading and supporting recovery and resilience-building efforts around the country."

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