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City advances resilience hub pilot in Avondale and opens warming center playbook
Summary
The Office of Environment and Sustainability described resilience hub planning, a pilot with the Urban League in Avondale and recent warming-center activations; the committee heard plans to pair solar and battery backup with community services to protect residents during extreme weather.
Cincinnati’s Office of Environment and Sustainability (OES) described work to establishing resilience hubs—community facilities that operate every day, during emergencies and for recovery—to protect residents during extreme weather and grid stress.
OES staff said resilience hubs combine services (food, medical support, senior programming), building and landscape improvements, and on-site power (solar and battery backup) to provide refuge and support during heat waves, cold snaps and power outages. Howard Miller, OES climate-resilience lead, said the concept aims to serve neighborhoods with heightened vulnerability and to be co-created with neighborhood residents and trusted community organizations.
The city is piloting a resilience hub in Avondale in partnership with…
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