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Town outlines recovery office and pursues multiple hazard‑mitigation and resiliency grants
Summary
Assistant Town Manager Jessica Trotter described creating an Office of Recovery & Resiliency, pursuing numerous hazard‑mitigation and infrastructure grants (including Hazard Mitigation and State Revolving funds), and partnering with Western Carolina University on inundation mapping to guide long‑term recovery from Hurricane Helene.
Assistant Town Manager Jessica Trotter told the council the town has shifted from immediate storm response to a longer‑term recovery and resilience strategy and proposed creating an Office of Recovery & Resiliency to coordinate mitigation, mapping, funding and policy updates.
Trotter said the town submitted nine letters of interest for Hazard Mitigation Grant Program funds and has been asked to move forward on seven; she said the state is the applicant and that the program is highly competitive. She…
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