WE STAY/ Nos Quedamos is a South Bronx-based Community Development Corporation founded in 1992 within the Melrose Commons Urban Renewal Area. Its mission is to engage, empower, and transform the marginalized communities of the South Bronx to help them remain and thrive. Nos Quedamos has brought over $500 million in investment to the area, including affordable housing for more than 4,000 families, infrastructure and broadband access, open space and parks, education and trade programs, environmental health, and social justice advocacy. Nos Quedamos is developing a number of resilience programs (learn more here), including plans to establish South Bronx Resiliency Hubs in key community areas.
Earth Economics partnered with Nos Quedamos to analyze the potential benefits of three proposed South Bronx Resiliency Hubs, which are locally sustained, social- and built-infrastructure hybrid solutions. The fact sheet highlights the need for disaster preparedness in the Bronx through a hotspot analysis, as well as the role Nos Quedamos plays in filling that gap for the Melrose community. It also introduces the Resilience Hub concept, and explains how these hubs can reduce disaster risk by improving community preparedness and accelerating delivery of disaster and recovery benefits. The fact sheet concludes with a call for action for collaboration and support from public institutions.