Municipal Resilience Program
What your municipality commits and what the Bank commits back.
Eligibility, the partnership exchange through the workshop process and the services RIIB keeps providing while your community remains a Resilient Rhody MRP Municipality.
39 cities and towns in Rhode Island
All 39 cities and towns are eligible.
Every city and town in Rhode Island can apply to the Municipal Resilience Program on its own.
Neighboring municipalities can also apply together as a regional partnership when that better fits the work.
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The partnership exchange
One process. Shared commitments at every stage.
Municipality and Bank responsibilities move together from forming a core team through workshop day, public outreach, Action Grant support and annual resilience updates that keep the partnership active.
Stage 1 of 7
Form your core team
Stage 1 of 7
Form your core team
Your role
- Establish a local MRP core team of municipal staff and community leaders to steer the workshop process and the follow-on work that comes after.
The Bank's role
- Prepare the Participant for their MRP workshop by helping the local MRP Core Team set workshop objectives, build a list of key local stakeholders, compile local planning and data and schedule a workable workshop date.
Stage 2 of 7
Plan the workshop
Your role
- Work with the Bank's workshop consultant to identify a diverse set of workshop attendees, including municipal leadership, then agree on a workshop date and location that works for the community.
- Give the Bank's workshop consultant access to relevant planning documents, scientific reports and related materials so preparation can draw on local knowledge.
- Send workshop invitations to the attendees you and the consultant identify, with enough lead time for people to clear their calendars.
The Bank's role
- Help the Core Team set workshop objectives, identify key stakeholders, assemble planning inputs and lock in the workshop schedule.
Stage 3 of 7
Workshop day
Your role
- Attend the workshop (about 4 hours; roughly 60 to 120 hours across attendees) and keep sustainable green infrastructure, nature-based solutions and clean energy options in view throughout the conversation.
The Bank's role
- Facilitate an MRP workshop with municipal staff and community leader attendees selected by the Participant's MRP core team, covering local hazards, strengths, vulnerabilities and the priority actions that emerge.
Stage 4 of 7
Summary of Findings
Your role
- Review and provide edits to the Summary of Findings Report prepared by the Bank's workshop consultant so the final document reflects local priorities accurately.
The Bank's role
- Author a Summary of Findings Report that compiles workshop findings and folds in feedback from the Participant's MRP Core Team before the draft is finalized.
Stage 5 of 7
Public listening session
Your role
- Conduct outreach so the Summary of Findings Report is readily accessible to the public, including one public listening session and a public posting of the finished document.
The Bank's role
- Assist the Core Team to plan and hold one public listening session on the Summary of Findings so residents can see and respond to the results.
Stage 6 of 7
Project identification and Action Grants
Your role
- Use the Summary of Findings Report to inform future municipal planning processes and to identify projects that may be strong candidates for MRP Action Grant support.
The Bank's role
- Conduct follow-up Project Identification Meetings with the Participant MRP Core Team to refine information gathered in the MRP workshop and to determine eligibility of identified resilience projects for MRP Action Grants.
- Help the Participant navigate the MRP Action Grant application process, from early project scoping through a complete submission.
Stage 7 of 7
Annual Resilience Update Meetings
Your role
- Hold annual Resilience Update Meetings with the Bank to maintain the Participant's standing as a "Resilient Rhody MRP Municipality" and keep local priorities current.
The Bank's role
- Conduct annual Resilience Update Meetings with the Participant MRP Core Team to review climate resilience progress to date, updates to the Summary of Findings report and priority climate resilience projects for the coming year.
- While the Participant remains a "Resilient Rhody MRP Municipality," share information on alternate funding and financing sources (inside and outside the Bank) plus services that help advance the community's resilience agenda.
Agreement terms
How long the partnership lasts and what the workshop asks of you.
Duration
Agreements extend in perpetuity or as long as the participating municipality continues to meet agreement requirements. This agreement is governed by applicable Rhode Island laws.
Six-month workshop window
Workshops must be completed within six months of agreement execution.
Workshop time
The workshop is about one day and four hours, totaling roughly 60 to 120 hours across attendees.
What you walk away with
Findings, credit and Resilient Rhody status.
Summary of Findings Report
Participants that complete the program receive a Summary of Findings Report customized to their local resilience needs.
Credit and public domain
All materials created through this opportunity should credit the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank's Municipal Resilience Program. Materials, software, maps, reports and other products produced through the program are in the public domain and available at the cost of production.
Resilient Rhody MRP Municipality
Annual Resilience Update Meetings with the Bank maintain the Participant's status as a "Resilient Rhody MRP Municipality," with ongoing guidance on funding and financing options while that status holds.
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Next step
Ready to bring your community in?
Talk with RIIB about joining a workshop cohort or return to the Municipal Resilience Program overview for Action Grants and process details.
Still reviewing terms? Download the Community Participation Terms (PDF).