Community Digital Infrastructure Readiness

Readiness and preparedness frameworks focused on maintaining digital visibility, communication, and coordination during periods of disruption or crisis.

What This Addresses

When communities face economic disruption, infrastructure failure, or large-scale instability, physical response systems often take priority. Digital systems — visibility, discovery, publishing, and coordination — are frequently overlooked despite being essential to continuity.

Community Digital Infrastructure Readiness focuses on whether local businesses, organizations, and regions can remain discoverable, informed, and coordinated when normal operating conditions are disrupted.

What This Is Not

Not an emergency services organization
Not a government or regulatory authority
Not a command-and-control system
Not a replacement for local institutions

Core Readiness Areas

Digital Visibility Continuity

Ensuring businesses, services, and organizations remain discoverable even when normal advertising or communication channels fail.

Publishing & Information Flow

Maintaining trusted, structured channels for updates, notices, and resource information during disruption.

Coordination & Role Clarity

Providing clear pathways for participation, contribution, and coordination without centralized authority.

Readiness Across Phases

Pre-Disruption: Planning, documentation, and system compatibility
During Disruption: Activation of coordination and publishing pathways
Post-Disruption: Recovery visibility, documentation, and lessons learned

Administrative Orientation

This framework is designed for administrators, coordinators, publishers, and infrastructure stakeholders responsible for continuity and readiness. Participation is voluntary and role-based.

Community Digital Infrastructure Readiness complements existing regional business networks, chambers, and institutional systems by addressing continuity gaps that emerge during disruption — without replacing or governing them.