Jun 04, 2017
eRotaryCoastal.org weclomes Mat Sanders, resilience program and policy
administrator for the State of Louisiana’s Office of Community Development (OCD). The state has
received a $92.6M award in conjunction with the HUD-funded National Disaster Resilience Competition (NDRC), including a $40M award to support its resilience
policy framework, Louisiana’s Strategic Adaptations for Future Environments (LA SAFE), and a $48.3M award to resettle the Isle de Jean Charles community
in Terrebonne Parish. Mathew was the state’s project team lead for the NDRC application and currently leads the development of the two awarded projects.
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May 10, 2017
We
talk often about the future impact of coastal land loss. For the United Houma Nation, that future is now as an entire culture is forced to move northward
as their ancestral lands literally drop into the sea. ..
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