Resilience Hub Mapping Project

The City of Asheville is seeking a consultant to design and implement a participatory research project focused on documenting resilience resources activated in Asheville in the wake of Tropical Storm Helene. The desired outcome of this work is a community-wide resilience hub asset map and analysis. The consultant will engage residents to document how and where people came together and continue storytelling and narrative collection initiated during the Neighborhood Case Study project and Elevate AVL program. Key aspects of the project include: • Developing a community-wide resilience hub asset map and analysis • Engaging residents to document resilience resources • Continuing storytelling and narrative collection initiated during previous projects • Providing a drug-free workplace during the performance of the work on this contract • Complying with the City's Asheville Business Inclusion Policy to encourage women and minority businesses' participation in the public bidding process.