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Drew WilsonDecember 19, 2018

The Florida League of Cities announced Wednesday that it will make a $25,000 donation to support the post-Hurricane Michael relief effort in Northwest Florida. “It’s been two months since Hurricane Michael made landfall, but many of our cities are still dealing with the destruction the storm left behind,” said League president and Bartow Mayor Leo […]

Drew WilsonDecember 3, 2018

The longest-running annual conference focused on Northwest Florida economic development was put on the backburner when Hurricane Michael tore through the Panhandle, but Gulf Power says it’s coming back in mid-April. The 22nd Economic Symposium was originally scheduled to commence on Oct.10, the same day the Category 4 storm made landfall near Mexico Beach. Michael […]

Peter SchorschOctober 24, 2018

Recall last year during the cleanup of Hurricane Irma that, due to a variety of factors, debris cleanup was a mess. Pun very much intended. Irma hit the Sunshine State on the heels of Hurricane Harvey in turning the greater Houston area into a lake for weeks. The back-to-back crises meant that truckers and haulers […]

Drew WilsonOctober 23, 2018

There’s light at the end of the tunnel for the thousands of utility workers who have pitched in on Gulf Power’s efforts to get service restored in the Florida Panhandle, but for the many homes and businesses destroyed by Hurricane Michael fixing the grid won’t fix the problem. Michael left hundreds of thousands without power […]

Drew WilsonOctober 21, 2018

Northwest Florida utility company Gulf Power announced Sunday that it has moved up the timetable to restore power to certain Bay County residents still in the dark post-Hurricane Michael. “Because of the tireless work and great progress that has been made since the start of this rebuilding effort, we’ve been able to look at each […]

Drew WilsonOctober 19, 2018

Rebuilding Together Tampa Bay has been awarded a pair of grants totaling $750,000 to fund its efforts to help residents whose homes were damaged or destroyed during Hurricane Irma last year. The funds came to the non-profit organization by way of a $500,000 grant from the American Red Cross and a $250,000 grant from Volunteer Florida, […]

Drew WilsonOctober 19, 2018

Panhandle utility company Gulf Power announced Thursday evening that 78,000 of the 125,000 who lost power due to Hurricane Michael had had their service restored. “As we continue to rebuild the harder hit areas, we see and feel the challenge for so many in these communities. We realize that just because we restore power to […]

Scott PowersJanuary 22, 2018

Four months after Hurricane Maria laid waste to Puerto Rico, a coalition of groups and artists met in Orlando Monday morning to remind the public that still more than a half-million homes and businesses there still are without electricity, and to declare the island needs a “Marshall Plan” of federal help. “Today Puerto Rico is […]

Danny McAuliffeOctober 6, 2017

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In the wake of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, U.S. Senators Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson, along with 26 U.S. representatives from Florida, submitted Friday a line-item list of budget requests totaling $26.945 billion worth of federal hurricane recovery funding. In a letter penned to members of the House Committee on Appropriations, nearly the entire Florida […]

Tag: Hurricane Recovery

Florida League of Cities chips in $25K for Michael relief

Gulf Power announces new dates for Economic Symposium

After Michael: Are we in for another truck war?

Gulf Power gives $200K to Michael relief as grid work nears finish line

Gulf Power moves up restoration timetable for some Bay County customers

Rebuilding Together Tampa Bay lands $750K in hurricane recovery grants

Gulf Power has now restored service to 78K customers

Puerto Rico groups pushing for ‘Marshall Plan’ to help the island

Florida calls for $27 billion in hurricane recovery funding