Acerca de Hubs & Routes
Hubs & Routes provides readiness tools for the Mendocino Coast.
He aquí los principios fundamentales que subyacen a las herramientas de Hubs & Routes.
Hubs & Routes es un proyecto Modelo A patrocinado fiscalmente por Social Good Fund, una organización registrada 501(c)(3), con número de identificación fiscal (EIN) 46-1323531. Puede ponerse en contacto con Social Good Fund en socialgoodfund.org, (510)621-7223, PO Box 5473, Richmond, CA 94805.
Comité Directivo:
Director del proyecto: Jennifer Kreger MD de Fort Bragg, Médico de familia en Mendocino Coast Clinics, Inc., hubsroutes@mcn.org, 2019-presente
Asesor del 911: Daniel Maxey de Westport, Jefe del Distrito de Bomberos de Westport , westportfire1@gmail.com, 2021-presente
Strategic Vision Advisor: Thaïs Mazur PhD
Asesores adicionales:
Sojourna Lee R.N. of Meadow Farm
Pastor Greg Escher of Grace Community Church, Fort Bragg
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NUESTRA HISTORIA
Sojourna pointed out that ocean rise and earthquakes can isolate the land masses between every two major rivers along our coast. Because we (and our ambulances and supply trucks) rely on Highway 1 for north-south travel, she suggested that each "Island" prepare for self-sufficiency by growing food and storing first aid supplies.
Durante un apagón prolongado en 2019, la sala de emergencias de nuestro hospital local se convirtió en el proveedor predeterminado de oxígeno, refugio cálido, alimentos vírgenes y otros recursos básicos. El doctor Kreger vio dos problemas en esto. Uno, mermaba la capacidad de los profesionales de urgencias para centrarse en las cosas que solo ellos pueden hacer. Dos, no todos podían llegar hasta allí.
Many people had wanted to help and be helped in their own neighborhoods, but communication had been an issue. There was no easy way to find out who on one's own Island could offer to re-freeze an ice pack to keep one’s food from spoiling, which homes still had drinking water when the electrical grid was down, which ones could provide warm shelter, and so on.
Local cartographer Rick Hemmings agreed to identify non-Highway One-dependent routes to the hospital and between Islands. Rick became a full partner in the development of the Hubs & Routes website, researched and produced over 100 local maps, and became Director of Cartography and Design. He got our iconography and maps polished for use before moving on to other endeavors.
Our start-up grant from was from Community Foundation of Mendocino County, and was administered by our initial fiscal sponsor, the Mendocino Coast Health Care District, a nonprofit organization of local government. We became a project of Social Good Fund on August 1, 2022. SGF’s Board is described here. We were awarded a second Community Resiliency Grant by CFMC which was used during 2023. In 2024 we were honored with CFMC’s Community Enrichment Grant for our Outer 8 Islands.