It is never too soon to start thinking about recovery, even in the midst of the pandemic. As communities look toward recovery, leaders are wrestling with how to establish a legally permissible aid program to assist small businesses with reopening. Many local governments established small business loan programs with long “no payment” periods to ensure […]
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2016 Disaster Recovery Relief – Special Session Legislative Update
Thursday, December 15th, 2016During this week’s special legislative session called by gubernatorial proclamation, the General Assembly enacted legislation appropriating funds and authorizing programs to provide disaster relief to individuals, businesses, and local governments impacted by natural disasters that have stuck North Carolina this fall. Beginning with Tropical Storm Hermine in early September, followed three weeks later by Tropical […]
What is Emergency Management?
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011Next Wednesday, June 1st, marks the official kick-off of the Atlantic hurricane season. Even as we brace for it, we need only look to the April 16th tornados in the piedmont and coastal plain to be reminded that disasters threaten all areas of North Carolina. Winter ice storms, floods, mudslides, and tropical storms loom as […]