The Gulf of America Alliance’s Coastal Community Resilience Team (GOAA CCR Team) will have an in-person meeting on Thursday, May 7, 2026, at the 2026 GulfCon Conference in Mobile, Alabama starting at 1:30 pm.  This meeting is open to all in attendance at the GulfCon Conference and is intended to inform those unfamiliar with the Gulf Alliance or the Resilience Team of our work in the 5 Gulf states.  The meeting will give attendees an overview of the Gulf of America Alliance and its many components that make GOAA a partnership network dedicated to working on issues common to the Gulf region.  This will be followed by a deeper dive into the Coastal Community Resilience Team, one of several priority issue teams under the Gulf Alliance that addresses resiliency concerns across the entire Northern Gulf of America.

An overview of the Governors’ Action Plan, our guiding document for regional priorities, will be provided to attendees.  These action plans are approved by each governor of the 5 Gulf states and serve as a guide for action for a period of 5 years.  We are currently in the final year of our Action Plan IV and are now authoring Action Plan V to be adopted later this year.  A brief review  Action Plan IV accomplishments and Action Plan 5 goals will be provided and, time permitting, we would like to invite attendees to contribute project ideas that would support specific actions identified in Action Plan V.  

In addition, we will have a brief period for Principal Investigators to provide presentations on Alliance funded projects that are within the Coastal Community Resilience Team’s purview.