Resilient Audubon Initiative

Resilient Audubon Initiative

The Resilient Audubon Initiative includes resources for improving the sustainability and resiliency of our homes, businesses and neighborhood. 

How do we make Audubon a more resilient neighborhood in 2023 and beyond?  

This is a Call to Action!

The ANA Resilient Audubon Committee requests input and is looking for visionary volunteers who may make recommendations to address:

• Climate Change - actions to take on greenhouse gas emissions, food systems, environmental justice, identify and acknowledge those most vulnerable in Audubon and create equitable strategies to address climate change, renewable energy, clean transportation, emergency preparedness, communication,  incentivize block leaders and apartment building leaders, efficient buildings, shade tree canopies, develop partnerships, pursue grants for pilot projects 

  • Emergency Preparedness for disaster response and injury, extreme weather events such as flooding or heat, crime

    • Communication - meetings/events with neighbors, helping, talking, learning from and knowing your neighbors, volunteering, relationship with reputable sources 

    • Climate-Resilient Mobility and Safety Committee

      • Audubon Block Leaders and Apartment Building Leaders - small grants for events, building connections between neighbors, property owners

  • Environment, clean water, clean air, habitat for wildlife, environmental justice, parks, prevention of extreme flooding, heat 

    • Northeast Storm Drain Challenge

    • NE Middle School Rain Garden

    • Zero Waste, recycling, composting

    • Shade tree canopies

  • Food Security - accessible, culturally important, locally produced, fresh, available and affordable, equitable; stocked food shelves

    • Audubon Farmers Market - - as an opportunity for new entrepreneurs to try new ideas and receive feedback on products

    • Urban Agriculture and the Northeast Market Garden - local food production and education

      • Northeast Emergency Food Growers Network

  • Energy- clean, affordable, efficient, alternative to fossil fuel usage, sustainable

    • Renewable Solar 101

    • Solar Community Gardens

    • Weatherizing and Improving Energy Efficiency

• Elections - registration to vote, fair and free, ensuring that everyone that is eligible to vote in Audubon can vote

• Age-Friendly Needs Based Assessment: Awareness, Interaction and Care of Audubon's most vulnerable seniors, cost-burdened families, veterans, disabled, neighbors that are forgotten, marginalized, underrepresented, the unhoused 

• Health - Mental, emotional, and physical care, information; equitable and accessible to all Audubon residents, emergency care and resources

• Transportation and Thoroughfares - Safe for pedestrians, bikes and other wheeled devices, public transportation that is available, accessible and affordable, protection from stormwater flooding 

  • "Walk to the Market" Thursdays 

• Shelter - affordable and fair housing for all in Audubon Neighborhood

  • Energy Efficient Buildings

  • Grants and Loans to repair and improve properties

• Local Businesses that thrive and are supported by neighbors; have partnerships  that cross-promote and collaborate with each other

  • Great Streets Grant and Audubon Business Network includes brick and mortar establishments, co-operatives, home businesses without storefronts. 

    • Grants and Loans to repair and improve business properties

  • Vacant properties maintained and quickly re-occupied

    • Grafitti Response

• Promotion & Celebration of Art, Culture, Diversity

  • Audubon Spring Festival,, BrainFest - Community Engagement and Education  Intergenerational teaching, experiencing together

• Kids - Healthy Happy and Safe

  • Northeast Middle School - supported by the neighborhood

  • Safety - for children and families, safe streets, safe homes

 Take the Resilient Audubon Priorities Survey here

Contact ANA at mail@audubonneighborhood.org for more information