Last month, federal grants for building resilience hubs in six Lane County locations were abruptly suspended.
These hubs were created to help provide services and support to residents during disasters like flooding, heat waves, and wildfires. The grant was also supposed to increase the capacity of organizations already doing resilience work by helping train volunteers in case of emergencies and stocking the hubs with supplies.
One of the designated hubs, the Clear Lake Community Center in the Bethel neighborhood, is a new center set to open this summer following the closing of Clear Lake Elementary School. Much of the grant money designated for this hub would have been used to fix the roof…