We at StormSmart Coasts are thrilled to announce that, thanks to a lot of work by our Granite State partners, the New Hampshire StormSmart Coasts site is now live: our eighth StormSmart state! You can check out New Hampshire StormSmart Coasts here. Also, be sure to have a look at the accompanying New Hampshire Coastal […]
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Coming to the ASFPM Conference? Join the StormSmart Crew
Posted on May 10, 2011
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), […]
Massachusetts StormSmart Coasts Pilot Project Communities Now Online
Posted on April 7, 2011
The Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management has added informational pages about each of their 2009-2011 StormSmart Coasts Pilot Projects. You can read about them here: * Boston – Coastal Inundation Mapping and Regulatory Review * Hull – Freeboard Incentive and Storm Surge Visualization * Duxbury, Kingston, and Plymouth – Coastal Hazards Awareness * Falmouth […]
StormSmart Coasts Community Leader Receives National Award
Posted on May 19, 2010
Anne Herbst, the conservation agent for Hull, was selected as one of five national recipients of the 2010 Walter B. Jones Memorial Awards for Excellence in Local Government. Anne was given this competitive award for having raised the bar of local management of coastal hazards. Throughout Hull’s participation in the StormSmart Coasts program Anne has […]
Introducing StormSmart Connect
Posted on May 13, 2010
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!
Posted on March 15, 2010
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
Posted on October 12, 2009
The town of Hull 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 requirement. […]
Alabama and Texas are now StormSmart!
Posted on October 2, 2009
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 […]