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State DNR outlines inaugural Coastal Resilience Academy and local resources for Glynn County officials
Summary
A Georgia Department of Natural Resources official described a new leadership academy for elected officials, listed resilience planning documents specific to Glynn County and highlighted local adaptation projects including Lanier Boulevard and a city land purchase for flood mitigation.
Jennifer Klein, Coastal Management Program, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, told the Glynn County Board of Commissioners on April 15 that the agency ran its first Coastal Resilience Leadership Academy this year to train elected officials from coastal counties.
"Most of that training has been towards for your staff, and not necessarily for elected officials until now," Klein said. She said the January academy, held on Jekyll Island, was designed to "equip locally elected officials with knowledge, tools, and resources and a network needed to build a stronger, more resilient Georgia…
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