On 3/23/2016 and 3/24/2016, TCWP hosted two resiliency workshops for Aransas and San Patricio Counties. These workshops served as a forum for local officials, staff, and stakeholders to discuss how their communities can grow in a way that reduces the risk of flooding and future disasters.
Over 60 people participated in these workshops and interacted with representatives from Texas A&M, FEMA, the Texas Department of Insurance, the US Army Corps of Engineers, and the Texas Department of Emergency Management.
In addition to learning about hazard mitigation and what these agencies are doing to promote resiliency, participants used TCWP’s CHARM mapping platform to analyze the impact that different development scenarios would have on future water infrastructure demand, flood risk, storm surge risk, etc.
The Resiliency Workshops were coordinated by TCWP’s CERC team. TCWP will host a resiliency workshop for each Texas Coastal County during 2016/2017.
For more information about how you can become involved, please contact Resiliency Program Coordinator Race Hodges at race.hodges@tamu.edu
John Jacob
Steven Mikulencak
Charriss York
Watershed Texas 
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