2017
The storms and the response
09/06
Hurricane Irma, the strongest Category 5 on record in the Atlantic Basin, makes landfall on St. John.
09/08
The first St. John community meeting takes place in Cruz Bay. A group of volunteers begins organizing triaged evacuations and supply line logistics. This group will become known as Love City Strong (LCS).
09/08 to 09/19
Love City Strong collaborates with the National Park Service, U.S. Coast Guard, and public and private marine resources to facilitate evacuation of 1,200 residents and visitors.
09/09
Bloomberg Response Team arrives on St. John.
09/20
Category 5 Hurricane Maria further impacts St. John.
10/22
A sense of hope takes hold as the island curfew is lifted. Bloomberg and Love for Love City provide generator-powered lights and loudspeakers to support a series of community concerts in Franklin Powell Park.Committed to St. John
11/27
The Internal Revenue Service officially recognizes Love City Strong, Inc. as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
11/30
The 2017 hurricane season officially ends.
12/25
Governor Kenneth Mapp announces that St. John has achieved 90% power restoration.2018
01/05
The founders of LCS meet for the first time as an interim Executive Board to write and adopt the organization’s bylaws.
01/22
The LCS Go Team begins canvassing the island to identify clients for its Mold Sanitation and Water Quality Projects.
02/06
President Bill Clinton visits St. John and participates in a community meeting, saying:“Whenever you get discouraged, think of this: This is a time of the most rapid economic, social, cultural, and environmental change. It’s a privilege you get to carry the responsibility into the next generation.”
05/16
The LCS Water Quality Project hits the “150 homes tested” milestone.The future together
07/01
The founding members of LCS step down from their roles as the interim Executive Board and transfer control to the new Executive Board: Tom Secunda (Chair), John McInnis (Co-Chair), Jarrod Bernstein (Secretary-Treasurer), Ian Samuel, and Tenesha Keyes.
07/25
LCS Mold Sanitation Project hits milestone of 100 homes sanitized and remediated.
08/31
USA Today publishes “Rebuilding St. John after Irma,” a look at the recovery efforts made by LCS, Bloomberg, and Love for Love City.
09/05
The Resilient Housing Initiative is announced.2019
01/05
Recovery efforts continue, as a new year begins.
01/08
LCS receives a grant from the Center for Disaster Philanthropy to install 50 brand new, three-phase water filtration systems on homes across St. John as part of our Water Quality project.
03/01
The Mold Sanitation Project ends with over 130 homes safely sanitized or remediated across St. John.
04/22
LCS presents “Stronger Together: How Public/Private Partnerships have shaped the Response & Recovery of St. John, USVI” at the National Hurricane Conference in New Orleans.
05/21
The total number of homes rebuilt by RHI reaches 16.
06/03
LCS proudly co-sponsors the 2019 Clinton Global Initiative conference.
08/31
The LCS teams respond to Hurricane Dorian on St. John, conducting wellness checks for seniors and helping to clear secondary roads across the island.
12/18
The Water Quality project completes its 50 installations of brand new filtration systems.
12/30
The total number of homes rebuilt by RHI reaches 30.
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