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Deputy emergency manager: county secured mitigation grants to elevate homes in flood-prone areas
Summary
Kelly Wilson said the county received several flood mitigation and hazard-mitigation grants, citing Elevate Florida and federal/state grant programs, and said those awards will allow a small number of homes in the city and county to be elevated.
Kelly Wilson described mitigation as her preferred phase of emergency management because it reduces the cycle of damage and rebuilding. She listed flood mitigation assistance programs, hazard mitigation grant programs and the state—program Elevate Florida as sources of funding and announced, "we just received several mitigation grants for several homes that we've been waiting for several years" that will allow those homes to be elevated.
Wilson cautioned that the number of homes was described as a "handful of homes between the city and the county," not a large-scale program, and she framed mitigation as incremental improvements that reduce future flood damage for participating households. Listeners were directed to the county emergency management website for guidance and the county's hurricane preparedness materials.
