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FSU planning lab awarded state grant for disaster mitigation
January 22, 2021 | 12:29 pm | SHARE:
Grant funds will be used for projects that will improve public safety, resource management and social equity for a more resilient Florida, said Dennis J. Smith, planner in residence, Department of Urban & Regional Planning.
The Florida State University Department of Urban and Regional Planning (DURP) has received an award of $348,898 through
the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity’s Rebuild Florida General Planning Support Program.
The funds are allocated through a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development mitigation program formed in response to the 2016-2017 presidentially declared disasters and are used to bolster state, regional and local planning to withstand future disasters.