This webinar will review the Resilient Maryland Defense Communities project, a collaborative effort between state, federal, local, military, non-profit, and utility partners. In reviewing the project activities and outcomes, the webinar will focus on best practices regarding collaboration and coordination among state, regional, local government, and military installations to address cross-functional and cross-regional resilience concerns. Panelists will describe how they engaged a large group of stakeholders to define gaps in resilience that impact communities that host military installations, potentially threatening the installation’s readiness and economic impact on the community. The Maryland Department of Planning will be joined by project partners, the Maryland Department of Commerce, Office of Military & Federal Affairs and the Maryland Office of Resilience within the Maryland Department of Emergency Management, the City of Annapolis, as well as the project vendor, the Center for Cyber, Health, and Hazard Strategies (CHHS) within the University of Maryland, Baltimore.​