ANN ARBOR, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – The city of Ann Arbor is looking to spend $250,000 to convert a neighborhood community center into a “resiliency hub.”

In August 2024, the EPA gave the city a $1 million grant to help it build three resiliency hubs. But in April 2025, the Donald Trump administration gave notice to the city it was cancelling that EPA grant. The city challenged the ruling and is still awaiting a final determination.

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The city of Ann Arbor describes resilience hubs as “community-serving facilities augmented to support residents and coordinate resource distribution and services before, during, or after a natural hazard event. At their core, resilience hubs are about shifting power to communities and increasing neighborhood capacity.”

The city added: “Resilience hubs operate at the nexus of climate mitigation, climate adaptation, and equity,” but did not explain how the hubs do that.

The city is going ahead with the first phase of this project, using $250,000 of city dollars it had tucked away as part of the required city match to the EPA grant. It will be used to turn the Peace Neighborhood Center, which stated its three core values are diversity, equity and inclusion, into one of five brick-and-mortar resilience hubs, one in each of the five wards.

The agreement will be discussed at the July 7 City Council meeting.