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Manatee County accepts vulnerability assessment, becomes eligible for state resilience grants
Summary
Manatee County accepted a state‑standard vulnerability assessment on Aug. 5, 2025, identifying 13 focus areas and roughly 461 high‑risk assets and enabling eligibility for Resilient Florida implementation funding; staff will begin an adaptation plan to prioritize projects.
Manatee County commissioners voted Aug. 5 to accept a county vulnerability assessment prepared under the Resilient Florida grant program, a step county staff said will make the county eligible for implementation funding and help prioritize infrastructure projects to address flooding and sea‑level rise.
Sherry Swanson, manager of the county’s Ecological and Marine Resources Division, and consultants presented an analysis using the state’s July 2024 data standards that modeled high‑tide ("sunny day"), sea‑level rise, extreme rainfall and storm‑surge scenarios through 2050 and 2080. Swanson said the county inventoried more than 28,000 assets, evaluated…
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