Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation to match up to $250,000 in flood relief donations
December 20, 2012 in Duluth News Tribune
The Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation has awarded $250,000 toward continuing flood recovery efforts in the region.
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Nearly a month after record flash floods hit the Northland, the Lions clubs roared to the aid of a number of families in the area.
By the end of this week, Judy Gibbs aims to assemble a detailed picture of how Duluth’s 44 streams came through the recent floods, but she’ll need plenty of help to make that happen.
Northland officials are scrambling to assess the damage floodwaters caused to private property as they prepare for another visit by representatives of the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Wednesday. That visit might open the tap for federal aid to flow to area property owners.
Kyrie Sherman has been rebuilding her life with her two children this year with the help of Duluth’s American Indian Community Housing Organization. But she hit a major setback June 20 when her first-floor apartment was flooded.
Sharon Dwyer is happy the East Sixth Street home in Duluth that has been in her family for 66 years was declared structurally sound after the flood and grateful for the volunteers who shoveled up mud this week from a collapsed wall in her basement.
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