City of St. Pete looks for funding for resiliency projects amid federal agency cuts

FEMA Cancelation Stalls $36-Million Flood Mitigation Project

The Southern Crisfield Mitigation Project is seeking a new avenue for funding following cuts to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

City of St. Pete looks for funding for resiliency projects amid federal agency cuts

Resiliency projects in St. Pete are now in limbo, after funding cuts to federal agencies all over the country.Now, the city will miss out on $33 million in FEMA funding."We did lose a golf cart and our motorcycle and our cars, and whatever else was on the ground," said Hank Brautigam, who lives in Shore Acres.Hank and Sue Brautigam said Hurricane Helene hit their community hard.WATCH: City of St. Pete looks for funding for resiliency projects am…

FEMA slashes $33M in St. Pete resiliency projects

Two critical infrastructure projects in St. Petersburg are now in limbo due to the presidential administration’s death-by-a-thousand-cuts approach to federal agencies.

Will Cuts at NOAA and FEMA Impact Disaster Recovery for CIOs?

With less support from federal agencies such as NOAA and FEMA, recovery and resilience planning for CIOs may need to look different.

Dismantling BRIC, Brick By Brick

Several years ago, many of us were stunned to learn how much funding would run through FEMA’s BRIC program (Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities). Traditionally, significant money only ran through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Civil Works Program. Big funds from FEMA tended to show up only after a disaster. But BRIC was going to change that: it was going to offer big funds, before a disaster, without the often painful and expens…

Maryland could lose millions from canceled FEMA program

The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced this month that it is cancelling a popular grant program that provides hundreds of millions of dollars each year to states for projects designed to protect local communities from the effects of natural disasters.FEMA abruptly announced the change to the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities, or BRIC, grant program on April 4, just two weeks before the deadline to apply for the latest …