The Coastal Accelerator initiative was launched by Resilient Cities Catalyst to help drive coastal leadership and resilience project implementation in five coastal communities across the state. This program takes a two-pronged approach to support communities — providing funding and technical support to advance priority projects within each community and bringing together the local leaders implementing the projects in a cohort for peer exchange.

With support from the Coastal Accelerator Program, the City of Fort Bragg is developing an Economic Impact Report to quantify how a shared seawater intake and distribution system could support regional economic development through innovation, science and technology.