Flood Smart Seacoast: Technical Assistance Opportunity

The Flood Smart Seacoast Project is accepting applications for technical assistance to help New Hampshire’s coastal communities:

  • Incorporate best available coastal flood risk science and guidance in decision-making,
  • Adopt higher floodplain management standards, and
  • Access FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance funding

Technical assistance providers from the NH Department of Environmental Services Coastal Program, Rockingham Planning Commission, Strafford Regional Planning Commission, and UNH Extension/NH Sea Grant will provide direct support to at least 6 coastal communities from May 2022 through March 2023.

Eligible applicants include: Municipal departments, boards, and commissions from NH’s 17 coastal zone communities – Dover, Durham, Exeter, Greenland, Hampton, Hampton Falls, Madbury, New Castle, Newfields, Newington, Newmarket, North Hampton, Portsmouth, Rollinsford, Rye, Seabrook, Stratham, as well as Seabrook Beach Village District and Little Boar’s Head Village District.

Applications must be submitted via an online form by 4:00pm ET on Monday, April 4, 2022.

If you have questions, contact Nathalie DiGeronimo – nathalie.m.digeronimo@des.nh.gov / 603-559-0029. For more information, including the link to the online application form, visit the link below:

https://www.nhcaw.org/flood-smart-seacoast-technical-assistance-applications/

 

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