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Columbia County opens temporary shelter for displaced residents
The following is a press release prepared and submitted by Columbia County. Columbia County has established a temporary shelter at the Columbia County Fairgrounds for residents displaced from a fire at a St. Helens residential building that affected 24 housing units. One individual was transported via emergency medical services to an area hospital. Some residents have been able to secure other accommodations, while others remain in need of temporary shelter and housing assistance. The American…
Unlocking Value: A Multistate Overview of Affordable Housing Property Tax Exemptions
The rapid expansion and evolution of state and local property tax exemptions has become a critical tool in affordable and workforce housing finance. In many jurisdictions, these exemptions can materially improve project feasibility, enhance debt service coverage and, in some cases, function as a partial substitute for traditional subsidy sources.
Cities, states say they’ll need more help to replace millions of lead pipes
A new federal rule will require water utilities across the country to pull millions of lead drinking water pipes out of the ground and replace them, at a cost of billions of dollars. States, cities and water utilities agree that the lead pipes need to go to ensure safe water for residents. But they say they may struggle to do so in the 10-year window required under the rule, and they fear some ratepayers will be hit with massive cost increases to pay for the work.
Red and blue states have big climate plans. The election could upend them
Entergy Arkansas' 100 megawatt solar and storage plant in Searcy, Arkansas, covers about 800 acres (Robert Zullo/ States Newsroom). Pennsylvania wants to remain a manufacturing powerhouse. But state leaders also want to reduce climate change-causing emissions from steel mills and other industrial facilities, while cutting back the toxic pollutants that cause health problems in nearby neighborhoods.
Federal government has community wildfire defense grants available
PACKWOOD, Wash. — Last year, Don Pratt fled from his home as a wildfire swept down the mountainside here in Washington’s Cascade Range. “Heading out, I thought it was the last time I was going to see the house,” he said. kAmpD C6D:56?ED 6G24F2E65 2?5 D>@<6 6?8F=765 E96 D>2== >@F?E2:? 4@>>F?:EJ[ 7:C6 4C6HD H:E9 3F==5@K6CD 2?5 92?5 E@@=D 4FE 7F6= 3C62<D 2C@F?5 !24<H@@5’D %:>36C=:?6 ?6:893@C9@@5] %96 3=2K6 42>6 H:E9:? 92=7 2 >:=6 @7 !C2EE’D 9@>6 367@C6 2 D9:7E :?
Federal government has community wildfire defense grants available
PACKWOOD, Wash. — Last year, Don Pratt fled from his home as a wildfire swept down the mountainside here in Washington’s Cascade Range. “Heading out, I thought it was the last time I was going to see the house,” he said. As residents evacuated and smoke engulfed the small mountain community, fire crews with bulldozers and hand tools cut fuel breaks around Packwood’s Timberline neighborhood.
Federal government has community wildfire defense grants available
PACKWOOD, Wash. — Last year, Don Pratt fled from his home as a wildfire swept down the mountainside here in Washington’s Cascade Range. “Heading out, I thought it was the last time I was going to see the house,” he said. As residents evacuated and smoke engulfed the small mountain community, fire crews with bulldozers and hand tools cut fuel breaks around Packwood’s Timberline neighborhood.
Towns could save themselves from wildfire - if they knew about this money
PACKWOOD, Wash. — Last year, Don Pratt fled from his home as a wildfire swept down the mountainside here in Washington’s Cascade Range. “Heading out, I thought it was the last time I was going to see the house,” he said. kAmpD C6D:56?ED 6G24F2E65 2?5 D>@<6 6?8F=765 E96 D>2== >@F?E2:? 4@>>F?:EJ[ 7:C6 4C6HD H:E9 3F==5@K6CD 2?5 92?5 E@@=D 4FE 7F6= 3C62<D 2C@F?5 !24<H@@5’D %:>36C=:?6 ?6:893@C9@@5] %96 3=2K6 42>6 H:E9:? 92=7 2 >:=6 @7 !C2EE’D 9@>6 367@C6 2 D9:7E :?
Feds have money to help save homes from wildfire. Now, can they get the word out?
PACKWOOD, Wash. — Last year, Don Pratt fled from his home as a wildfire swept down the mountainside here in Washington’s Cascade Range. “Heading out, I thought it was the last time I was going to see the house,” he said. As residents evacuated and smoke engulfed the small mountain community, fire crews with bulldozers and hand tools cut fuel breaks around Packwood’s Timberline neighborhood.
Towns could save themselves from wildfire-if they knew about this money Original
Last year, Don Pratt fled from his home as a wildfire swept down the mountainside here in Washington's Cascade Range. "Heading out, I thought it was the last time I was going to see the house," he said. As residents evacuated and smoke engulfed the small mountain community, fire crews with bulldozers and hand tools cut fuel breaks around Packwood's Timberline neighborhood. The blaze came within half a mile of Pratt's home before a shift in the wind helped firefighters hold the line.
Towns could save themselves from wildfire - if they knew about this money
PACKWOOD, Wash. — Last year, Don Pratt fled from his home as a wildfire swept down the mountainside here in Washington’s Cascade Range. “Heading out, I thought it was the last time I was going to see the house,” he said. kAmpD C6D:56?ED 6G24F2E65 2?5 D>@<6 6?8F=765 E96 D>2== >@F?E2:? 4@>>F?:EJ[ 7:C6 4C6HD H:E9 3F==5@K6CD 2?5 92?5 E@@=D 4FE 7F6= 3C62<D 2C@F?5 !24<H@@5’D %:>36C=:?6 ?6:893@C9@@5] %96 3=2K6 42>6 H:E9:? 92=7 2 >:=6 @7 !C2EE’D 9@>6 367@C6 2 D9:7E :?
Towns could save themselves from wildfire - if they knew about this money
PACKWOOD, Wash. — Last year, Don Pratt fled from his home as a wildfire swept down the mountainside here in Washington’s Cascade Range. “Heading out, I thought it was the last time I was going to see the house,” he said. kAmpD C6D:56?ED 6G24F2E65 2?5 D>@<6 6?8F=765 E96 D>2== >@F?E2:? 4@>>F?:EJ[ 7:C6 4C6HD H:E9 3F==5@K6CD 2?5 92?5 E@@=D 4FE 7F6= 3C62<D 2C@F?5 !24<H@@5’D %:>36C=:?6 ?6:893@C9@@5] %96 3=2K6 42>6 H:E9:? 92=7 2 >:=6 @7 !C2EE’D 9@>6 367@C6 2 D9:7E :?
Wildfires, , climate change, federal money, fire plan
WILDFIRESTowns Could Save Themselves from Wildfire — If They Knew About This Money Published 22 August 2023 There is a huge pot of federal money available to communities across the country — an unprecedented amount that would allow towns to quickly tackle work that otherwise would take decades.
Towns could save themselves from wildfire - if they knew about this money
PACKWOOD, Wash. — Last year, Don Pratt fled from his home as a wildfire swept down the mountainside here in Washington’s Cascade Range. “Heading out, I thought it was the last time I was going to see the house,” he said. kAmpD C6D:56?ED 6G24F2E65 2?5 D>@<6 6?8F=765 E96 D>2== >@F?E2:? 4@>>F?:EJ[ 7:C6 4C6HD H:E9 3F==5@K6CD 2?5 92?5 E@@=D 4FE 7F6= 3C62<D 2C@F?5 !24<H@@5’D %:>36C=:?6 ?6:893@C9@@5] %96 3=2K6 42>6 H:E9:? 92=7 2 >:=6 @7 !C2EE’D 9@>6 367@C6 2 D9:7E :?
Towns could save themselves from wildfire — if they knew about this money - Washington State Standard
PACKWOOD, Wash. — Last year, Don Pratt fled from his home as a wildfire swept down the mountainside here in Washington’s Cascade Range. “Heading out, I thought it was the last time I was going to see the house,” he said. As residents evacuated and smoke engulfed the small mountain community, fire crews with bulldozers and hand tools cut fuel breaks around Packwood’s Timberline neighborhood.
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