South Carolina Office of Resilience

SCOR is working with the City of Beaufort, SC and McCormick Taylor, Inc. to improve stormwater drainage! Our U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development-funded mitigation program is focusing on decreasing flood occurrences in two downtown areas: Charles/Craven Street and Port Republic/Carteret Street. We're welcoming everyone to a public meeting to learn about the project plans and offer their input! Representatives from the project partners will be available at 10:00am on August 1st in the City Council Chambers (1911 Boundary St. Beaufort SC, 29902). See you there!

The town of Cheraw is working with SCOR and Davis & Floyd, Inc. to improve stormwater management. We are seeking public input on the two mitigation project plans on 2nd Street and Washington & Railroad. Drop-in next week, Thursday, July 25th anytime between 4:00-7:00pm to review the plans and offer input! The meeting will be at the Cheraw Community Center: 200 Powe Street, Cheraw SC 29520.

SCOR's Buyout Program in Horry County recently began its first demolition phase. This important milestone shows progress toward keeping citizens out of harm's way and helping communities improve their resilience to repetitive flooding. Read more in this press release: https://lnkd.in/edwRYPVS

An important part of planning infrastructure projects is receiving public input during the design phase. SCOR recently attended a public meeting with project designer & engineer Bolton & Menk, Inc. to share plans and take feedback about the McKeithan Watershed Stormwater Improvements project in the City of Conway, SC. This project is part of SCOR's American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Stormwater Infrastructure Program, which funds 17 projects across South Carolina. Learn more at scor.sc.gov/arpa

SCOR recently completed a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program to repair, replace, or rebuild 1,142 homes damaged by Hurricane Matthew in 2016. Read on to learn about SCOR's Disaster Recovery efforts: https://lnkd.in/eGbz8xPr

SCOR is working with the Town of Winnsboro and McCormick Taylor, Inc. to improve Fortune Springs Park's stormwater systems. Come learn more about the project and offer input at our next public meeting Thursday, July 11th from 5:30-7:30pm at the Old Armory (300 Park St, Winnsboro, SC 29180). Learn more about SCOR's American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Stormwater Infrastructure Program here: https://scor.sc.gov/arpa

Greenville County residents are invited to learn about improvements, restorations, and reclamations to the Little Creek and North Chastain Streams. Tomorrow, June 27th, from 6:30-7:30pm, representatives from SCOR and Woolpert will present the current plans and welcome comments & feedback from attendees. The meeting will be held at the Berea Library Sarah Dobey Jones Branch, see you there! Learn more about our American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Stormwater Infrastructure Program here: scor.sc.gov/arpa

The City of Rock Hill, SC and the South Carolina Office of Resilience (SCOR) obtained a federal grant to determine the causes of flooding issues—and find solutions—within the South Central neighborhood. Now, to help us identify where the flooding is occurring, we need citizen input! The more information you can provide, the better. Where is it flooding? How frequently does it flood? How much area does the flooding cover? How deep does the water get? Does this link to a specific storm event, like a hurricane or nor’easter? Read more about the project here and scroll down to "Public Input" to take the survey: https://lnkd.in/divmig-D

Join us tomorrow evening in City of Conway, SC as we take a look at planned stormwater improvements to the McKeithan Watershed on Tuesday, June 25th! The meeting will be organized as a workshop where the public is invited to drop-in anytime between 5:00 and 7:00pm to learn about the project, ask questions, and collaborate with project representatives from our office and Bolton & Menk, Inc. This project aims to alleviate the pressure from flooding that local residents face; it will thus establish designated floodwater collection and retention areas. Come see how this will work next week at the Conway Planning and Development Building—196 Laurel Street, Conway SC, 29526.

A public hearing will be held on Thursday, June 20 in Marion County regarding the SC Office of Resilience (SCOR) application for funding through the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Preservation and Reinvestment Initiative for Community (PRICE) Grant Program. Members of the public are invited to attend the hearing from 6:00 - 7:00pm in the Auditorium at 151 East Front Street, Mullins, SC, 29574. Attendees will be able to review grant application materials and provide public comment at the meeting. Alternatively, anyone can submit comments online or by mail. Read the draft application and submit comments here: https://lnkd.in/eUSBZJGy If awarded, SCOR will utilize HUD PRICE Main funding to replace manufactured housing units (MHUs) for low- and moderate-income (LMI) persons in an effort to revitalize the MHU populations in Georgetown, Horry, Marion, and Williamsburg Counties.