" Olive Hill Council for Planning and Restoration (CPR) and FEMA representatives met last week at Carter Caves State Resort Park with their planning partners from the FIVCO Area Development District, the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Kentucky Department for Local Government, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Natural Resources Conservation Service(NRCS), Kentucky Division of Water..."
“The state and federal partners seem really on board with the efforts CPR and FEMA have made,” said Wallace. “I plan to help continue these efforts to improve this area of our county.”
CPR President Debbie Harman, Olive Hill business owner, said it was amazing to see the progress the group has made.
“The meeting today was spectacular. Everyone had so many positive things to say and bring to the table,” said Harman. “We are all going away with new ideas and energy. We sat down with strangers but are walking away with friends who are willing to help us put the pieces back together.”
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Saturday, February 19, 2011
Friday, February 18, 2011
Recovery on the Bolivar Peninsula, Texs
"Disaster recovery in Texas is a calamity all its own. Just ask the fed-up folks on Bolivar Peninsual
September 2008, Congress appropriated $3.1 billion to help Texas recover from Hurricane Ike, the third-most costly storm in U.S. history, as well as from Hurricane Dolly, a lesser storm that tore through the Rio Grande Valley in July 2008. Roughly 55 percent, $1.7 billion, is earmarked for housing. The rest is slated for infrastructure and economic development. Only a tiny fraction of the money has reached victims.
Access the Bolivar Blueprint documents on the Blueprint website http://www.bolivarblueprint.com/
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