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Governor’s defense office says village needs assessment grant will fund mayor-level resilience work
Summary
Vera Tapascia, executive director of the Community Defense Liaison Office, briefed mayors on CDLO grants tied to military buildup mitigation, including a near-term village needs assessment expected to fund mayoral vulnerability and emergency-response work.
Vera Tapascia, executive director of the Community Defense Liaison Office (CDLO) in the governor’s office, told the Mayor’s Council that the office manages defense-mitigation grants and is closing on a village needs assessment grant the office expects to award Sept. 1 to help mayors evaluate local emergency-response vulnerabilities.
Tapascia described CDLO responsibilities that include negotiating mitigation projects with the Department of Defense and administering grants under the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation to address infrastructure needs tied to military growth. She said past grants…
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