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Punta Gorda council adopts 2024 climate‑adaptation plan update to pursue grant funding
Summary
Council adopted the Punta Gorda 2024 Climate Adaptation Plan update and vulnerability assessment, a technical document that maps critical assets against sea‑level projections and outlines strategies to guide future adaptation projects and grant applications.
PUNTA GORDA, Fla. — The Punta Gorda City Council adopted the Punta Gorda 2024 Climate Adaptation Plan update and vulnerability assessment on March 19, a technical update the city says will improve access to state and federal grants and help guide long‑term infrastructure decisions.
Rick Lempel, the city’s grants coordinator, said the update used 2019 LIDAR and 2022 NOAA data and evaluated projected sea‑level scenarios extending decades into the future. "We took all that data, put it onto our…
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