South Carolina’s Progress Towards Statewide Resilience with Alex Butler
On this episode, we are joined by Alex Butler, the resilience planning director for the South Carolina Office of Resilience (SCOR). Liz and Alex dive into the history and purpose of SCOR as well as the contents and recommendations included in their recently released Statewide Resilience and Risk Reduction Plan. Alex also shares how SCOR is using nature-based solutions to address flooding and other hazards and describes specific projects and next steps to enhance community resilience across the state.
Learn more
Decoding Acronyms
SCOR: South Carolina Office of Resilience
HUD: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
CDBG-DR: Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery
CDBG-MIT: Community Development Block Grant Mitigation
ARPA: American Rescue Plan
Conversing with Nature is hosted by Dr. Liz Fly, edited by Nicole Pehl, and produced by The Nature Conservancy. Original music provided by Matt Williams, cover art designed by Amy Nguyen, and funding provided by Honda.
Published: January 5, 2024
Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Amazon Music