Disaster Recovery News

Stay up to speed with North Carolina’s disaster recovery progress and important updates that may affect you.

• Business owners share 6 tips on how to prepare for disasters, courtesy of the SBA.
  
  
• The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June through November. As the season is upon us, we encourage you to take these simple readiness steps. 

• Preparing for a disaster can be critical to preventing further disaster. Order your vital emergency management resources from the APWA Store.

• Golden LEAF Announces Third Round of Disaster Recovery Funding Now Available: https://www.goldenleaf.org/grant-seekers/disaster-recovery-grant-program

• EDA Announces Regional Innovation Strategies Notice of Funding Webinar on June 14.

• Emergency Management Training in Raleigh on May 8. Sign up here: https://commerce.cashnet.com/NCSUITRE?itemcode=ITRE-LTAPEM

• 2018 Atlantic Hurricane Season Forecast Released: https://tropical.colostate.edu/media/sites/111/2018/04/2018-04.pdf
  
  
• Sen. Tillis, Sen. Burr Announce Additional $189 Million for Hurricane Matthew Recovery: Dept of Housing and Urban Development + NCDOT
  
  
• North Carolina Community Foundation Awards Disaster Relief Fund Grant for Hurricane Matthew Recovery Documentary
  
  
• CDBG-I Application Training Sessions Announced
  

• Long Term Care Disaster Planning Taskforce meeting, Thursday, Mar. 22 at 9:30 am: Held at Triangle J Council of Governments, focused on providing disaster planning resources for long term care facilities. For more information contact Lyndsay Gavin.

• Emergency Preparedness Workshops Announced
  
  
• The Environmental Finance Center is exploring the potential for upgrading disaster resilience of selected mobile home parks in eastern North Carolina
  
  
• USDA Accepting Applications to Become Revolving Loan Fund Lender
  
  
• NCGrowth Seeks Input on Draft Solutions on Making Better Hazard Mitigation Decisions for Communities Affected by Disaster
  
  
• 2017 Most Expensive Hurricane Season Ever; How Local Governments Can Fiscally Prepare for Disaster
  
  
• CDBG-Disaster Recovery Releases Its Latest Monthly Report
  
  
• Additional Hurricane Matthew Funding Approved 
  
  
• Gov. Cooper Announces 2-1-1 Service for Hurricane Matthew Grant Appointments
  
  
• Town of Elizabethtown Awarded USDA Loan for Downtown Revitalization 
  
  
• NCDEQ Meeting December 13: 
  • Fair Bluff Assessment Initiative (Hurricane Funding)
    
    
• GoldenLEAF Closes $55M Disaster Recovery Program
  
  
• Fair Bluff Land Suitability Analysis - Housing Relocation Strategy
  
  
• Governor Announces River Basin Studies to Reduce Flooding in Hurricane-Affected Areas
  
  
• CDBG-DR Meeting Notes, 10/30/17
  
  
• $15 Million Program Will Help Small Businesses Affected by Hurricane Matthew
  
  
• UNC Environmental Finance Blog: "Four Ways Utilities Can Help Weather a Hurricane"
  
  
• NC Watershed Stewardship Network Announces Workshop
  
  
• Rebuild.NC.Gov Website Will Track Hurricane Disaster Recovery Efforts
  
  
• FEMA Unfreezes Millions for Hurricane Matthew Recovery
  
  
• Photos from the Fair Bluff Community
  
  
• Coastal Resilience Center to Lead post-Matthew Disaster Recovery Efforts
  
  
• Design Teams Gather to Plan Princeville's Future
  
  
• Photos from the Whiteville Community
  
  
• September is National Preparedness Month
  
  
• Press Release: NEW PROGRAM HELPS NORTH CAROLINA TOWNS HIT BY HURRICANE MATTHEW REBUILD LOCAL ECONOMIES