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Blue Economy Business Forum
“Come Hell and High Water”
🗓️ Date: Friday, May 17th 2024
⏰ Time: 3:30 – 5 PM
📍 Place: Carteret County Library, Beaufort, NC
Here on the Crystal Coast, outdoor-related businesses–tourism, recreation, fishing, construction–are the economic foundation of our blue economy.
Summer’s heat and hurricane season are upon us, and coastal NC communities are preparing to deal with heat and water. But preparing “the way we’ve always done it” will not prepare us for extreme heat, heat waves (atmospheric and ocean-based), intense storms, and relentless flooding.
Heat has direct and indirect impacts on coastal blue economy businesses:
- Heat increases evaporation
- Hot air holds more moisture
- More moisture in the air leads to more intense storms
- More intense storms can lead to flooding
- Extreme temperatures can threaten life and livelihood
Are you prepared to do what it takes to protect your inventory, equipment, employees, and customers?
As a business owner, what do you know, what do you need to know to plan and find solutions? How can you get financial support–like grants–to implement solutions?
Learn how business owners can take action to support customers, indoor and outdoor employees, their businesses, and themselves and their families!
As a small business owner in Carteret County, I feel blessed to live and work in this extraordinary part of our state!
As an Applied Research scientist (founder and lead consultant of VTT), I am focused on the practical application of new scientific knowledge to explore human-environment interaction. I am fascinated by how coastal NC’s economic and environmental vitality intertwine.
And I’m passionate about being an active part of this Blue Economy community–facing heat and water challenges and searching for solutions.
Let’s work together as business owners on ways to build “protective” business strategies and budgets that are “climate compatible and future-focused” on:
- Personal health and that of your customers
- Ongoing increased energy costs
- Disruptions in energy – blackouts or brownouts
- Cooling stations for indoor/outdoor labor – preventing heat-related illness (heat exhaustion, heat stroke)