Tri-County Named Pilot Site for Community Resilience System

On the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11, the Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester region was named a pilot site for the Community Resilience System, a web-based tool that helps communities assess their capacity to withstand significant disturbances and create an approach to recovery.

Dorchester County Chairman and Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments Chairman Larry Hargett and his wife Linda were present for the announcement made by the Community and Regional Resilience Institute during the 9/11 10th Anniversary Summit held at Newseum, Washington, D.C.'s new interactive museum.

“Linda and I were proud to represent the region for the announcement naming South Carolina’s tri-county area as one of seven communities in the nation to pilot this program,” Hargett said in a press release.

“The COG Region has been a partner with CARRI for the past three years and is looking forward to continuing the partnership.”

The other six communities to pilot CRS are Anaheim, Calif.; Anne Arundel County and Annapolis, Md.; Gadsden, Ala.; Greenwich, Conn.; the Mississippi Gulf Coast; and Mount Juliet, Tenn.