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Resilience Hubs

Resilience hubs combine solar and energy storage on a microgrid to keep the lights and heat or cooling on when the power goes off, which provides essential services for local members of the community. Resilience hubs are particularly important for the most vulnerable among our neighbors, especially our elders and the very young. Groundswell’s approach to developing resilience hubs puts people at the center by engaging community members to determine where and what services are a priority.

Maryland

  • Level Up Youth Center at the City of Refuge Baltimore

    Level Up Youth Center at the City of Refuge Baltimore

    City of Refuge Baltimore, MD

    A Resiliency Hub in Baltimore, Maryland, began making a transformative impact on the community around the City of Refuge Baltimore’s Level up Youth Center soon after it was installed in 2021, supporting the nonprofit’s community outreach during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. During that time, the City of Refuge met a community need for prepared meals that exploded from 250-300 prepared meals a week to 4,000 prepared meals a week (largely due to job loss and school closures). The Rev. Billy Humphrey credited the location’s status as a Resiliency Hub as one of the reasons why the City of Refuge was able to meet those needs.
  • City of Refuge Baltimore, Main Campus

    City of Refuge Baltimore, Main Campus

    City of Refuge Baltimore, MD

    A Community Resiliency Hub in Baltimore, Maryland, will soon have a major impact on the community surrounding the City of Refuge Baltimore’s Main Campus. The solar and battery storage system at this Resiliency Hub will be owned by the nonprofit, making it possible for 100% of the solar savings from the project to support the remarkable work planned for this new City of Refuge location. Leveraging this savings and a mission-driven team, the City of Refuge’s Main Campus will seek to serve the whole person by hosting a life skills training area, daycare, and workforce development program, in addition to affordable housing units.
  • Empowerment Temple AME in Baltimore

    Empowerment Temple AME in Baltimore

    Empowerment Temple AME Baltimore, MD

    A Community Resiliency Hub in Baltimore, Maryland, will soon have a major impact on the community surrounding Empowerment Temple AME in Baltimore, Maryland. The 10,000-member church actively seeks out new ways to serve its neighbors, building on the church’s more than 20 years of community service, including providing free meals, school supplies, and drive-thru COVID-19 tests during the COVID pandemic.
  • Stillmeadow Community Fellowship in Baltimore

    Stillmeadow Community Fellowship in Baltimore

    Baltimore, MD

    A Resiliency Hub in Baltimore, Maryland, is having a major impact on the community surrounding Stillmeadow Community Fellowship in Baltimore, Maryland. This Community Resiliency Hub supports the church’s ongoing service to the community through food donation operations, childcare, and other community outreach efforts.

Georgia

  • VICARS Community Center at the Community Church of God in Atlanta

    VICARS Community Center at the Community Church of God in Atlanta

    Community Church of God Atlanta, GA

    A resilience hub serving the neighborhoods surrounding the VICARS (Volunteers in Community and Related Services) Community Center at the Community Church of God in Atlanta, Georgia, will begin serving the surrounding Atlanta residents in 2024 thanks to committed local leadership.
  • Breaking Barriers to Resilience in the AUCC

    Breaking Barriers to Resilience in the AUCC

    Atlanta, Georgia

    Groundswell is developing a resilience hub to serve the Atlanta University Center in collaboration with Partnership for Southern Equity (PSE), Spelman College, Morehouse College, Morehouse College of Medicine, and Clark-Atlanta University.