Campus Overview
The STX Resilience Campus is a fully integrated humanitarian, renewable-energy, and disaster-response ecosystem—designed to uplift veterans, stabilize families, support St. Croix residents, and continue operating during extreme weather and long-term outages.
Review how the districts interlock, how the site performs during crisis, and how the plan aligns with our financial model and Five Pillars framework.
Campus Snapshot
Operational Pulse
The campus operates with a predictable daily “heartbeat” during normal conditions and can pivot into full humanitarian response mode within hours. These metrics reflect veteran support, resilience capacity, and community impact in both blue-sky and crisis scenarios.
Veteran & Family Support
Daily footprint: 150–250 veterans and family members are housed, counseled, trained, or seen by on-site healthcare teams every day.
Surge mode: CRC, Village 5, program halls, and villas expand the care footprint to 400+ individuals during regional emergencies. Housing units convert to ELZ-aligned surge shelters with pre-planned intake and logistics.
Wraparound services include behavioral health, job training, financial counseling, addiction recovery, family services, and daily wellness operations coordinated through the CRC and Village 5 hubs.
Renewable Power Heartbeat
Dual 5-acre solar arrays, microgrid batteries, and hybrid generators sustain 100% uptime for critical systems for 14+ days completely off-grid.
In normal operations, surplus renewable power is sold back to the USVI grid under net metering and PPA structures, creating a durable revenue stream to support campus operations and veteran programs.
Smart load-balancing automatically prioritizes medical, refrigeration, communications, and water operations during grid loss or disaster conditions.
Local Jobs in Motion
Campus operations sustain 70–120 permanent roles and 120–200 seasonal and vendor-supported jobs across construction, agriculture, logistics, kitchen operations, facilities, security, wellness, and veteran services.
Over 80% of payroll and procurement dollars stay on St. Croix, supporting local families and strengthening the island’s workforce resilience.
Job training pipelines feed directly into construction, renewable energy, agriculture, and security roles — ensuring veterans and local residents gain immediate career pathways.
Emergency Activation Speed
The CRC, hardened hall, kitchens, logistics yards, and ELZ shelters activate into crisis support mode within six hours.
Pre-labeled staging zones streamline food distribution, communications setup, generator sync-up, supply intake, and partner ingress/egress.
The campus acts as a regional stabilization node capable of coordinating with FEMA, USVI agencies, local fire/EMS, and private NGO partners within a unified operations framework.
At-a-Glance and Key Links
The campus is composed of multiple interlocking districts. Each has its own page with detailed descriptions, diagrams, and operational roles:
- Village 5 – Veteran housing, behavioral health, and campus operations
- Community Resilience Center (CRC) – Gymnasium, shelter, and event hub
- The Vault – Command, communications, and microgrid control
- Veteran & Family Housing, Villas, and Staff Housing
- Energy Systems – Solar, wind, generators, and batteries
- Water & Wastewater Systems
- Technology & Communications Infrastructure
- Waste Management & Treatment
- Agriculture & Food Systems
- Stables & Equine Therapy Center
- Emergency Landing Zone (ELZ)
- Island-Wide Impact and Outcomes
Together, these districts form a single, master-planned system that functions as a resilience hub, a socio-economic engine, and a veteran-supporting ecosystem for St. Croix.
Explore the Campus Map
Tap any highlighted district to jump into the detailed page describing its mission, programs, and role in the resilience stack. The map reflects the current 40–50 acre configuration with dual solar fields and logistics corridors connecting every district to the CRC, Vault, and ELZ.
Housing & Stability
Veterans and their families live in safe, dignified homes that provide the foundation for healing and growth. The 40–50 acre campus includes both transitional and long-term housing, with on-site support staff and access to every program.
- Transitional and permanent housing clusters
- Family-friendly layouts with privacy and support
- Transportation, case management, and daily assistance
Counseling, Wellness & Peer Support
Trauma-informed, veteran-aware mental health services operate alongside peer-led programming. Confidential support, resilience workshops, and family counseling help veterans rebuild relationships and stability.
- Individual and group counseling
- Peer support and family sessions
- Stress-reduction, fitness, and wellness labs
Agriculture & Greenhouse Training
Agriculture is both therapy and opportunity. Veterans work in greenhouses, orchards, and growing spaces that support island food security while delivering certification-based training.
- Greenhouse operations and soil/hydroponic systems
- Crop production, harvesting, and food distribution
- Therapeutic, hands-on work in nature
Equine-Assisted Therapy
Structured interaction with horses supports emotional regulation, confidence, and trust-building. The stables district is a calming zone where veterans can decompress and connect.
- Grooming and bonding sessions
- Groundwork exercises and mindfulness
- Confidence-building activities with licensed facilitators
Culinary Arts & Event Center
The teaching kitchen and event center provide real-world training in culinary arts and hospitality — key sectors across the USVI. These programs also power the blue-sky hospitality experience that sustains the campus.
- Teaching kitchen, culinary lab, and food safety certifications
- Event setup, guest services, and on-campus revenue generation
- Swim-up service bar, lazy river, and retreat-quality amenities that support healing
Renewable Energy & Resilient Infrastructure
The campus is powered by dual five-acre solar fields, wind assets, battery storage, and hardened microgrid infrastructure. Veterans gain hands-on technical experience while the island gains a resilience hub.
- Microgrid operations and battery management
- Disaster-hardened utilities and distributed water systems
- Training paths in energy, resilience, and facilities operations
Campus Workforce & Employment
Veterans can “earn while they rebuild” by working across campus operations. These roles build experience, confidence, and a pathway to long-term employment on St. Croix.
- Agriculture and greenhouse crews
- Culinary, hospitality, and event support
- Maintenance, logistics, and facilities operations
Designed for Resilience
Every structure is engineered for Category-5 hurricane conditions, with reinforced construction, distributed power, redundant communications, and autonomous water and wastewater systems. During island-wide blackouts, the campus remains fully operational—providing power, food, shelter, communication, and medical stabilization.
Built to Replicate
The 40–50 acre master plan is intentionally modular. Housing clusters, the CRC, Vault, agriculture spine, and energy districts can be scaled up or down in other territories and rural communities. What we build on St. Croix becomes a blueprint for Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and beyond.
Campus Renderings & Site Concepts
