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Consultants present final flood vulnerability assessment; city positioned to seek no‑match state grants
Summary
Consultants from Dewberry told the City of Freeport council the final, state‑funded flood vulnerability assessment meets statutory requirements and allows the city to apply for no‑match adaptation planning and implementation grants beginning next spring.
Consultants from Dewberry presented the City of Freeport’s final flood vulnerability assessment to the council on Oct. 23, 2025, saying the study meets state statutory requirements and opens the city to additional grant funding for design and construction of flood‑mitigation projects. A Dewberry outreach lead, Hannah Hart, described the modeling, sensitivity analysis and next steps for funding.
Dewberry’s outreach lead, Hannah Hart, said the firm started with an “inventory of assets” and combined coastal and rainfall flood‑hazard data to model compound storm events. “The reason we’ve applied for this grant is because it opens up significant funding for the city for future projects to mitigate flooding,” Hart said. She added that the study…
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