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Outerbanks Community Foundation pitches "Trusted Partners" outreach; planning staff report dune grants, shoreline modeling and Wellbone Park progress
Summary
During public comment, the Outerbanks Community Foundation introduced a 'Trusted Partners' disaster outreach program to pre-register local volunteers and businesses for rapid disaster response; staff also updated the board on 94 dune grants totaling $213,000, shoreline hydrodynamic modeling due in August, and Wellbone Park construction progress with custom flood-proofing lead times.
Chris Sin, CEO of the Outerbanks Community Foundation, used the public-comment period to introduce the foundation’s new Trusted Partners program, which aims to pre-identify community members, businesses and organizations that will be contacted first in a future disaster. Sin said the foundation’s disaster recovery work peaked after Hurricane Dorian, citing a $150,000 anchor gift from Town Bank and $1.5 million raised and distributed to residents with partners in the recovery effort. "The next time a storm…
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