The Community Outreach and Strategic Training (COAST) Resilience Institute is year-long training program through the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium.
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The COAST (Community Outreach and Strategic Training) Resilience Institute is a new training program presented by the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium’s Resilience Team. This year long program is aimed at equipping local leaders, municipal staff, and community decision makers with the latest science-based research for enhancing decision making and increasing resilience. Trainings will be offered in four sessions: winter, spring, summer, and fall in both Alabama and Mississippi. Participants are eligible to receive AICP and CFM credits. There are no minimum attendance requirements to participate, and people are encouraged to attend as many training sessions as they are interested in.


