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<p class="MsoNormal">Reducing Flood Risk through Local Actions: Upcoming Coastal Regional Engagement Sessions<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">The Executive Office of Economic Development (EOED) is hosting a series of online engagement sessions to inform development of a Local Floodplain Action Guide, a guide
to assist cities and towns in taking impactful zoning, administrative, and other local actions to reduce flood risk and promote flood-resilient construction. Municipal staff and board members, elected officials, regional planning agencies, community-based
organizations, and stakeholders are invited to join and contribute. Upcoming sessions include the following:
</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Reducing Flood Risk in Boston Harbor and the North & South Shores, Regional Engagement Session via Zoom, November 30<sup>th</sup> at 12 pm:
<a href="bit.ly/floodplain-shores">bit.ly/floodplain-shores</a></span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Reducing Flood Risk on the Cape, Islands, and South Coast, Regional Engagement Session via Zoom, December 7<sup>th</sup> at 12 pm:
<a href="bit.ly/floodplain-islands">bit.ly/floodplain-islands</a></span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Sessions will be conducted in an online format, with date, time, and topic. Full event details are available at
<a href="https://www.mass.gov/building-code-study-and-local-floodplain-action-guide">
https://www.mass.gov/building-code-study-and-local-floodplain-action-guide</a>. </span>
<span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Can’t make the session for your region? Don’t worry. Join another or share your input using the
<a href="https://forms.office.com/g/ux0pPcnsWE">online Feedback Form</a>. </span>
<span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">This Local Floodplain Action Guide is collaborative project between EOED, the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA), the Department of Conservation
and Recreation (DCR), and the Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM).</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%">Nicholas Bulens
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:105%">(He/Him/His)</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%">Executive Office of Economic Development (EOED)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><b><span style="color:#14558F">Email:</span></b><span style="color:#14558F">
</span><a href="mailto:nicholas.bulens@mass.gov">nicholas.bulens@mass.gov</a> <o:p>
</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%">One Ashburton Place, Room 2101<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%">Boston, MA 02108<o:p></o:p></p>
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