Podcasts Government Partners for Better Communities (Virginia's DHCD Podcast) 19. RISE's Katerina Oskarsson Spurring innovation to address a global challenge in Hampton Roads

19. RISE's Katerina Oskarsson Spurring innovation to address a global challenge in Hampton Roads

Published: June 22, 2020, 4:31 p.m.

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In this episode, Rajan Engh interviews DHCD\'s Lee Hutchinson and Dr. Katerina Oskarsson around the work of RISE, a regional resiliency and economic development strategy to position Hampton Roads as a global leader in addressing the challenges of sea-level rise. 

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In 2017, the Commonwealth of Virginia was awarded $120.5 million through the Department of Housing and Urban Development\\u2019s (HUD) National Disaster Resilience Competition (NDRC) for innovative projects in the Hampton Roads region. Of this award, HUD allocated $5.25 million to support the development of the nation\\u2019s first-of-its-kind resilience innovation hub called RISE to accelerate innovation in resilience-building solutions, and to demonstrate how adaptation to the impacts of climate change can be turned into an economic growth and job creation engine for coastal regions.

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"RISE strategies position the region as a test bed for innovation," says Oskarsson. "We\'re working to leverage our assets to attract the next generation of entrepreneurs and solutions for innovative trials in a real-world environment."

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