FEMA grants exist to help impacted property owners to make their homes and businesses resilient against future floods (e.g., through building elevation) or to purchase their property and relocate to safer locations. To help communities and property owners take advantage of these programs, the Western Connecticut Council of Governments (WestCOG) has launched a Regional Flood Mitigation Assistance Program.
WestCOG has retained Dewberry, an engineering firm with decades of experience in disaster recovery, to educate property owners about these opportunities, determine if they qualify, and aid in the preparation and submission applications for floodproofing, buyout, and/or other forms of flood mitigation.
WestCOG will be hosting an information session to introduce FEMA flood grant programs and to answer questions about the grant application process on Thursday, October 27 at 6:30 PM. The information session will be held at Stamford Government Center, 888 Washington Boulevard, 4th Floor, Stamford. Dewberry will also be available to assist individual property owners.
Please note that this event will be recorded and subsequently posted to the WestCOG website (www.westcog.org) for viewing.
If you are interested in attending the information session (free and open to the public) or in learning more, please contact Todd Fontanella, WestCOG Senior Planner, at 475-323-2076 or tfontanella@westcog.org.
