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Planning the Santa Ana Community Resilience Center (CRC)

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Planning Together for Climate Resilience, Community Power, and Economic Justice

The Santa Ana Community Resilience Center (CRC) is not a building yet — it’s a community-led planning effort to imagine what a neighborhood-based resilience center in Santa Ana could look like.

This process is made possible through a planning grant awarded to the collaborative Economía Regenerativa Comunitaria (ERC) by the California Strategic Growth Council’s Community Resilience Centers Program. The funding supports a participatory process that includes:

This effort is about envisioning a center designed by and for our community — a space that can support our collective response to climate impacts, while also strengthening community ties and long-term economic resilience.

Economía Regenerativa Comunitaria (ERC)

Santa Ana’s Shared Financing for Community Ownership

ERC is a growing collaborative of community stewards creating pathways to economic power in Santa Ana and across Orange County. The CRC planning process is one of the first major initiatives under ERC’s vision, combining community-led planning with climate and economic justice.

ERC is committed to reversing the impacts of disinvestment through:

At its core, ERC’s approach is rooted in community-driven decision-making and building new models for shared governance and financing that put power in the hands of residents.

Learn more about Economía Regenerativa Comunitaria (ERC)

 

ERC Partners

ERC is made up of local organizations deeply engaged in building Santa Ana’s future:

What We’re Planning For

This grant-funded process invites community members to co-create a vision for a future resilience center that could:

This is not a construction project — it’s a community-centered planning process to explore what’s possible and how we can build toward it, together.

Join the Planning

Stay informed and help shape the future of Santa Ana’s CRC.