The Allensworth Progressive Association (APA) is the community development nonprofit serving Allensworth, California’s first Black-founded and Black-funded community, located in southwestern Tulare County. After decades of disinvestment, the APA has built a model for community-led climate implementation that centers self-sufficiency, environmental justice, and Indigenous partnership. The foundation of the current work is the Allensworth Community Plan Update, which established 15 priority areas ranging from water security and energy sovereignty to regenerative agriculture and affordable housing. A critical early implementation step was successfully advocating for Allensworth’s redesignation from a Hamlet to a Community, unlocking access to infrastructure dollars and programs that were previously unavailable. In 2022 the APA received a Round 4 Transformative Climate Communities Planning Grant for a project titled “The Allensworth Model for Rural Climate Resilience and BIPOC Self-Sufficiency in the Central Valley,” which funded preliminary planning for seven priority projects, established formalized ongoing community outreach through a Community Action Committee, and produced the Allensworth Climate Resiliency Report. Current priority projects in various stages of development include a Community Resilience Center that would serve as a cooling and heating center, commercial kitchen, and emergency response hub; an agrivoltaics system combining energy and food sovereignty on repurposed land; and a regional trail connecting historical landmark areas with the Tachi Yokuts’ ancestral lands. The APA’s work is distinguished by its relationship with the Santa Rosa Rancheria Tachi Yokuts, with whom it has developed an aligned vision for mutually beneficial solidarity programs rooted in Indigenous stewardship of the Tulare Lake Basin.