Spokane Community Resilience Collaborative

Spokane Community Resilience Collaborative

The Spokane Community Resilience Collaborative (SCRC) is a group of Spokane-area organizations committed to creating a thriving and resilient community. The group is comprised of representatives of organizations in diverse fields such as healthcare, education, government, and nonprofits who use their shared knowledge and expertise to support each other's work and jointly pursue new work to support a Spokane regional community that is prepared for and adaptable to change. Facilitated by the Gonzaga Institute for Climate, Water, and the Environment (Climate Institute), the SCRC primarily focuses on resilience to extreme heat and wildfire events and all their interconnected challenges. 

Goals

  1. Develop city-wide extreme heat and wildfire smoke action plans for Spokane.
  2. Develop a network of climate resilient community buildings with supportive programming and infrastructure throughout Spokane.
  3. Create and maintain digital tools that provide educational resources to build household-level resilience to extreme heat and wildfire smoke. 

Progress

  1. Version 1.0 of the Spokane Resilience Plans were published in summer of 2025 and are currently undergoing revisions. 
  2. The Spokane Community Resilience Hub Network currently has ten hubs in the initial cohort for an ongoing pilot project. 
  3. SCRC organizations are regularly supporting Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency in keeping their website SmokeReadySpokane.org up to date with resources and information on wildfire smoke. They also work to support Spokane Regional Health District in maintaining their website on extreme heat safety. 

Member Organizations

  • Gonzaga Institute for Climate, Water, and the Environment
  • City of Spokane
  • 350 Spokane
  • Avista
  • The Carl Maxey Center
  • CHAS
  • Yoyot Sp'q'n'i
  • Cool Spokane
  • Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners
  • Spokane Regional Health District
  • Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency
  • Urbanova
  • WA Office of Equity
  • The Lands Council
  • Latinos en Spokane

Interested in Joining Us?

Compilation of the logos of all SCRC member organizations
Membership is open to organizations that recognize the threat of climate change and have a demonstrated commitment to advancing community resilience in the Spokane region. Each organization has only one designated voting representative with a proxy; additional members of an organization may attend as non-voting members. Organizations interested in joining the group can submit a statement of interest (email to jester@gonzaga.edu), and applications will be reviewed and decided on by the consensus of the group according to SCRC rules of procedure.