Residents of St. Lucie County are invited to participate in public meetings to discuss the findings of a Draft Resilience Vulnerability Assessment. This assessment, created by St. Lucie County in collaboration with the City of Port St. Lucie, the City of Fort Pierce, and the Town of St. Lucie Village, examines regional impacts from threats such as rainfall-induced flooding and high tide flooding linked to rising sea levels.
The assessment is funded by grants from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Resilient Florida program and the Florida Department of Commerce CDBG-Mitigation grant.
The meetings will provide community members an opportunity to review critical data on infrastructure and flood vulnerabilities. Attendees can also contribute feedback that will help shape a community-wide Resilience Plan.
“It’s important that we continue to hear from our residents as we move forward,” said Jamie Lee Fowler, Chair of the St. Lucie County Board of County Commission. “Their real-life experiences will help identify areas of concern to ensure we meet the needs of our community and strengthen our ability to respond to future challenges.”
Further information and registration details for these meetings can be found at www.ResilientStLucie.com.
Funding for this project includes $600,000 from federal Community Development Block Grant – Mitigation funding through the Florida Department of Commerce, covering 52% of total project costs.
