By Mary Ann Gabino | Senior Vicepresident
Now more than ever we need to continue to strengthen Culebra's energy resiliency. Being an island within an island makes the process challenging, but it's rewarding to maintain the communication flowing with the active participants on the small island.
Regardless of the lockdown and the curfew proclaimed in Puerto Rico on March 16, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the project Empowering Culebra continued, although at a slower pace than anticipated.
During this period we were able to finalize part of the legal and regulatory compliance process. Also, several meetings and presentations have occurred, with local and federal dependencies, including the Federal Energy Commission and the Island of Saint John. The project has acquired relevance and there's potential replicability in other territories.
Meetings with the non-profit sector also took place, these are the movers and shakers of Culebra's social fiber and in the wake of natural events, become the community's first responders: Mujeres de Islas, Fundación de Culebra, Foundation for a Better Puerto Rico, Fundación para la Educación de Culebra, Arte para San Arte and the Communitarian Library. These will be some of the on-the-ground partners.
We foresee having a Town Hall meeting Culebra's community before the year ends. We thank all our supporters through this GlobalGiving platform, for believing in our work and Culebra's potential of becoming an EMPOWERED community.
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