New initiative strengthens Montgomery County’s resilience finance strategy by advancing project development, financing readiness, and implementation-ready resilience investments.

ROCKVILLE, MD (July 16, 2026) — The Montgomery County Green Bank (MCGB) today announced the launch of its Municipal Resilience Program (MRP), developed in partnership with Quantified Ventures (QV) and The Nature Conservancy (TNC), the MRP is a project development and financing readiness initiative designed to strengthen MCGB’s resilience finance strategy by identifying investable resilience projects, advancing financing innovation, and building a pipeline of implementation-ready resilience investments.

Montgomery County, like communities across Maryland, faces increasing risks from flooding, extreme heat, drought, and other climate-related hazards. While many local governments have completed resilience planning efforts, moving projects from planning to implementation often requires additional project development, stakeholder engagement, technical analysis, and financing readiness before projects can successfully compete for funding or attract investment.

The Municipal Resilience Program addresses this market challenge by combining the nationally recognized Community Resilience Building (CRB) process with structured project development and financing readiness support. Participating municipalities will identify priority resilience investments, evaluate implementation pathways, strengthen project readiness, and help advance innovative resilience finance approaches that accelerate implementation.

“Climate resilience is no longer simply a planning challenge—it is increasingly a financing challenge,” says Stephen Morel, Chief Executive Officer, Montgomery County Green Bank. “At the Montgomery County Green Bank, our role is to bridge the gap between resilience planning and capital deployment by helping communities develop investable projects, improve financing readiness, and demonstrate innovative financing approaches that can unlock long-term investment. Through strategic partnerships, we are strengthening Montgomery County’s resilience finance strategy while creating models and lessons that can benefit communities across Maryland.”

The initial cohort will include approximately two to three municipalities. Selected communities will complete the Community Resilience Building process, review a Summary of Findings Report, and receive project development and financing readiness support designed to position priority resilience projects for future implementation.

The program brings together organizations with complementary expertise. MCGB serves as program sponsor and resilience finance advisor; Quantified Ventures provides project development and financing readiness support; and The Nature Conservancy leads the Community Resilience Building process, community engagement, and resilience planning methodology. The program was developed in consultation with State resilience partners.

Additional information, including the Request for Responses and application instructions, is available at mcgreenbank.org.

About Montgomery County Green Bank

The Montgomery County Green Bank is an independent, 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to helping businesses and residents affordably implement energy efficiency, clean energy, and climate-resilient solutions. The Montgomery County Green Bank supports Montgomery County, MD by driving investment into energy efficiency, clean energy, and climate resilience through lending and investment partners in the region. These efforts include working with homeowners, renters, nonprofits, and commercial entities of all varieties.

About Quantified Ventures

Quantified Ventures is a climate and environmental finance firm that designs and implements innovative financing solutions for resilience, water infrastructure, natural climate solutions, and community development.

About The Nature Conservancy

The Nature Conservancy is a global conservation organization working to protect the lands and waters on which all life depends and leads the Community Resilience Building process used in the Municipal Resilience Program.

Media contact: Tyniah McDuffie, Director of Communications and Community Engagement