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Dewey Beach committee proposes "Resilience and Sustainability" as primary new name, backs "Coastal Resilience" as second choice
Summary
Members agreed unanimously to recommend two replacement names for the committee — primary: Resilience and Sustainability Committee; secondary: Coastal Resilience Committee — and said they avoided using the word "climate" because it could be divisive.
The Dewey Beach advisory committee voted to recommend two possible replacement names for its panel: the committee's primary recommendation is "Resilience and Sustainability Committee" and the secondary recommendation is "Coastal Resilience Committee." The motion to submit the two names was moved and seconded and passed unanimously.
Members said they deliberately tried to avoid the word "climate" in the new title because some suggested it could alienate parts of the community. "The word climate, I think, is still gonna just set some people off," said Sally after endorsing resilience-focused language. Committee members favored terms such as "resilience" and "sustainability" as descriptive and less triggering.
The committee reviewed 24 submitted name suggestions and narrowed the list through discussion and ranking. The chair said the committee would submit the two top choices to the town for the commissioners to decide.
Why it matters: A name change signals the committee's priorities and affects public messaging for future outreach and projects (for example, the Tapestry public-engagement ideas discussed later in the meeting).
Next steps: The committee will forward its two recommended names to the town; the town commissioners will make the final decision.
