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Four Va. businesses to receive flood solutions funding
RISE challenge winners could receive up to $300,000 each
Four Virginia-based small businesses focused on coastal resiliency and flooding will receive funding to develop their products, Norfolk-based nonprofit RISE Resilience Innovations announced Thursday. Divided between rural and urban projects,
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Youngkin chooses natural resources secretary
Andrew Wheeler was EPA chief under Trump
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Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin announced Wednesday that former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler is his pick for state secretary of natural resources. At the same time, Youngkin chose Michael Rolband
30 Va. projects awarded $24.5M in flood prep grants
Funding distributed among 30 applications from 22 local government organizations
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The Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund has awarded $24.5 million in grants for 30 projects statewide, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday. “The Community Flood Preparedness Fund will provide an estimated
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Dewberry selected to develop Va. coastal resilience plan
Master plan to be delivered to state government by Nov. 30
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Updated March 19 Fairfax-based engineering and planning firm Dewberry has been awarded a $2.6 million contract by the state to develop Virginia’s first Coastal Resilience Master Plan, Gov. Ralph Northam
ODU hires executive director of coastal institute
Jessica Whitehead joins university from North Carolina
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Old Dominion University announced Thursday that Jessica Whitehead has been named the first Joan P. Brock endowed executive director of its Institute for Coastal Adaptation and Resilience (ICAR), launched in
Norfolk nonprofit awards $2M to small businesses to battle sea level rise
RISE awards up to $250,000 to each of five companies
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Norfolk-based nonprofit organization RISE announced Monday that up to $2 million will be allocated among five small businesses to advance the design of products to help coastal communities adapt to
$112M flood resilience project breaks ground in Norfolk
Ohio Creek Watershed effort is funded with 2016 HUD grant.
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Gov. Ralph Northam and Norfolk Mayor Kenneth Cooper Alexander broke ground Friday on the Ohio Creek Watershed project, aimed at protecting two Norfolk neighborhoods from flooding due to sea-level rise.