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Haywood County agrees to hire Insight Consulting to speed hazard-mitigation applications
Summary
County commissioners voted unanimously to approve negotiating a contract with Insight Consulting Group LLC to prepare Hazard Mitigation Grant Program applications to FEMA, a move county staff say could shave months from the approval timeline and increase application bandwidth for homeowners affected by Tropical Storm Fred.
Haywood County commissioners on Aug. 18 approved moving forward with Insight Consulting Group LLC to prepare Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) applications for the county and its residents.
Cody Grasty, recovery and resilience officer for Haywood County, said the county solicited proposals after the state and FEMA backlog slowed application processing following Tropical Storm Fred. "We had over 80 applicants for acquisition alone," Grasty said, describing the volume of requests from homeowners. He told the board that selecting a county contractor…
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