About Restore Your Economy

RestoreYourEconomy.org provides resources and best practice information for public and private stakeholders seeking to rebuild their local economies after a disaster as well as assisting the business community in preparing for a disaster.

RestoreYourEconomy.org provides a one-stop shop for disaster preparedness, post-disaster economic recovery, and disaster resiliency resources, tools, event announcements as well as opportunities to connect with peers through social media groups. The site exposes readers to the critical issues and challenges, highlights lessons learned in the response and recovery process, as well as suggests resources and best practices to use in restoring the local economy after a disaster. This includes articles, whitepapers, presentations, briefings, documents, website links, and other relevant resources to assist your community in the disaster preparedness or recovery process.

RestoreYourEconomy.org is made possible by the generous support of the U.S. Economic Development Administration and managed by the International Economic Development Council (IEDC). IEDC is one of the nation's premier providers of disaster recovery technical assistance to economic developers in recovering communities. Since the inception of IEDC's Economic Recovery Volunteer Program in 2005, IEDC has delivered over 335 technical assistance projects in response to major disasters. IEDC, through its Volunteer Program, matches communities responding to disasters with expert volunteers, all having more than 10 years experience in the field and whose areas of expertise best suit the community's needs. The program gives communities the opportunity to receive expert advice for short- and long-term economic recovery projects.

Below is a chart illustrating both the traditional role of economic development professionals and their additional responsibilities in the event of a disaster as well as what they should be doing to ensure their business community is better prepared. A clear understanding of these roles & responsibilities will assist the professional in helping to spur economic recovery in their disaster-impacted community.