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Town plans to join county Rave system, seek resilience grant funds for outreach and energy projects
Summary
Staff told the Select Board they plan to join the York County EMA's Rave mass-notification system as part of a community resilience partnership grant; the grant packet will also seek funds for outreach, EV chargers, heat-pump and hot-water upgrades and other measures, with a draft submission due in late August.
Town staff described plans to use the Community Resilience Partnership grant to expand mass notification and pursue energy-efficiency projects, and asked the Select Board to support outreach funding in the $5,000'$7,500 range.
Staff said York County Emergency Management Agency operates a Rave alert system that towns may join; Rave can send text, email and automated voice calls (for landlines), supports geo-targeting and can run polls that require recipients to confirm receipt. "We could actually send out a polling to people to people who have joined the polling part, and they would have to basically check yes…
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