Public Meeting – Disaster Planning

The Town of Lowell is currently engaged in a planning process to become less vulnerable to disasters caused by natural hazards, and public participation is essential!

Join the Hazard Mitigation Committee on May 24, 2016 from 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm to share your ideas for reducing risk and becoming less vulnerable to natural hazards such as floods, hurricanes and winter storms. A specific list of projects will be presented along with results from the hazard risk assessment. The meeting will be held at the Town Office Building, 2170 Vermont Rte. 100, Lowell, Vermont.

The purpose of the 2016 Hazard Mitigation Plan Update is to identify and assess the community’s natural hazard risks and determine how to best minimize and manage those risks. Upon completion, the plan will be presented to the Town of Lowell for adoption and submitted to Vermont Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security (DEMHS) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for review and approval. A FEMA approved plan makes the Town of Lowell eligible for federal and state mitigation grant funding.

The Northeastern Vermont Development Association (NVDA) was awarded a grant from the DEMHS to develop the 2016 Hazard Mitigation Plan Update; the previous plan was developed in 2005. The NVDA hired Jamie Caplan Consulting LLC to work with them and the Town to develop the 2016 Hazard Mitigation Plan Update.

If you have any questions regarding the meeting or the survey, or would like to learn about more ways you can participate in the development of the Hazard Mitigation Plan, please contact Frank Maloney, Planner, Northeastern Vermont Development Association at 802-424-1419 or fmaloney@nvda.net.
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The Town of Lowell
Amanda Carlson Town Administrator
(802) 744 6559
acarlson@lowelltown.org