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Resilience hub proposed to add social services, shelter and off-grid energy
Summary
Port staff identified a resilience hub as a featured short-term action: a multiuse facility for social services, skill training and emergency shelter using solar and battery backup, and suggested potential sites near the fire district or the Blackfish Resort parcel.
Port staff identified a resilience hub as a key featured action from the implementation table: a permanent multiuse facility that could host social services, workforce training, and provide off-grid energy and shelter capacity during emergencies. The hub concept includes program components for intergenerational engagement, microenterprise support, and energy resiliency (solar and battery backups).
"Establish a permanent multiuse community hub," the presentation urged, and staff listed several candidate locations (former Point-to-Point parcel, sites near the fire district and water district, or portions of the Blackfish Resort parcel). Funding paths discussed included CURB grants, private foundations (PSE foundation), and corporate hometown grants (T-Mobile).
Committee members confirmed local groups were already exploring resiliency functions and recommended the core team identify preferred sites, funding targets and immediate actions so short-term grant requests could be pursued.
