Pinellas County launches disaster risk survey
December 14, 2020 - Pinellas County wants to determine how vulnerable the community is to a major disaster, one that could cause massive-scale reconstruction of buildings and infrastructure. The county has launched a disaster recovery survey for residents and business owners; click here to access it. The survey is a part of the county’s post-disaster redevelopment planning efforts, supported by a recent $75,000 resilience planning grant awarded by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. The grant also is being used to evaluate the county’s Comprehensive Plan’s Coastal Management Element to identify policies that help address flood.