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Coming to the ASFPM Conference? Join the StormSmart Crew

Coming to the ASFPM (Association of State Floodplain Managers) Annual Conference in Louisville, KT next week? If so, I hope you’ll considering joining a group of us to discuss how to use the No Adverse Impact approach to floodplain development in your community. Speakers include Ed Thomas (Baker), Terri Turner (Augusta-Richmond County Planning Commission, GA), […]

Introducing StormSmart Connect

After months of testing, we’re extremely excited to announce the release of the newest part of the StormSmart Coasts Network: StormSmart Connect. We built StormSmart Connect to help make it easier for coastal decision makers work together. On StormSmart Connect, you can: Find other people in your profession from around the country (at last count […]

Florida is now StormSmart!

Thanks to loads of help from folks in the Florida Departments of Environmental Protection, Community Affairs, Emergency Management, and others, late last week we unveiled the brand-new Florida StormSmart Coasts site. Welcome, Florida! You can access the new Florida StormSmart Coasts at http://fl.stormsmart.org/

Town Offers Builders Permit Credit for Freeboard

The town of Hull, Massachusetts has just passed an innovative incentive program to encourage builders to elevate new and renovated structures above predicted floodwaters. The program offers applicants a $500 credit to be used towards building department permit fees if the builder elevates the structure at least two feet above the highest federal or state […]

Alabama and Texas are now StormSmart!

It’s with great pleasure that we welcome two more states into the StormSmart Coasts Network family: Texas and Alabama. Getting the state sites up and running takes some work at the state level, so we’re incredibly thankful for our state partners, including our friends in the Texas General Land Office, and in the Alabama Geological […]