Dawn Buckingham - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/dawn-buckingham/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Wed, 07 Aug 2024 22:52:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Dawn Buckingham - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/dawn-buckingham/ 32 32 103504436 GLO Rebuilds Its 2000th Home in Houston, Harris County https://houstonnewmedia.org/glo-rebuilds-its-2000th-home-in-houston-harris-county/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=glo-rebuilds-its-2000th-home-in-houston-harris-county Wed, 07 Aug 2024 22:52:17 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=46306 Today, Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., announced the Texas General Land Office (GLO) has rebuilt its 2000th home – in Houston and Harris County alone – since Hurricane Harvey. Many more projects are under construction or in the approval process here and in other counties throughout Texas.. GLO rebuilt the home through its Homeowner […]

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]]> 804410 GLO Approves $66.4 Million in Regional Mitigation Projects https://houstonnewmedia.org/glo-approves-66-4-million-in-regional-mitigation-projects/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=glo-approves-66-4-million-in-regional-mitigation-projects Fri, 19 Jul 2024 02:38:42 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=46036 7/18/2024 –  Today, Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., announced the Texas General Land Office (GLO) approved another $66,402,284 in regional mitigation projects. The money will go toward projects that improve roads, water detention, drainage and sewer systems. The projects are within the cities of Baytown, Brenham, Centerville, Charlotte, Corpus Christi, Houston, Jasper, Plantersville, Seadrift […]

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]]> 797175 GLO Announces Bolivar Beach Restoration Project to Protect Highway https://houstonnewmedia.org/glo-announces-bolivar-beach-restoration-project-to-protect-highway/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=glo-announces-bolivar-beach-restoration-project-to-protect-highway Mon, 01 Jan 2024 20:32:42 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=42927 On 12/13/23, Texas General Land Office (GLO) Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D. announced the approval of Coastal Erosion Planning & Response Act (CEPRA) funding for a Bolivar Peninsula Beach and Dune Restoration project. The beach-restoration project seeks to: According to the GLO, the CEPRA funds – initially aimed at an engineering study – will provide both economic and coastal resilience […]

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]]> 707280 This Disaster Preparedness Video Will Make You Smile https://houstonnewmedia.org/this-disaster-preparedness-video-will-make-you-smile/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=this-disaster-preparedness-video-will-make-you-smile Mon, 14 Aug 2023 18:25:19 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=40550 The Texas General Land Office (GLO) has produced a disaster preparedness video guaranteed to make you smile. It features GLO Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, MD, unpacking a disaster preparedness kit with several very young and very cute Texans. The 3-minute video is both informative and fun. Make sure you watch it with your children or grandchildren. […]

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]]> 644780 GLO Announces Regional Mitigation-Project Approvals Totaling $128 Million https://houstonnewmedia.org/glo-announces-regional-mitigation-project-approvals-totaling-128-million/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=glo-announces-regional-mitigation-project-approvals-totaling-128-million Wed, 21 Jun 2023 00:41:23 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=39873 Two pieces of good news came out of the Texas General Land Office (GLO) in two days! Yesterday, the GLO announced that both Houston and Harris County met their respective expenditure goals for Harvey disaster-relief funds. Today, Commissioner Dawn Buckingham M.D. announced the approval of more than another $128 million worth of flood-mitigation projects in […]

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]]> 616761 First: Houston, Harris County Both Meet HUD/GLO Disaster-Relief Benchmarks in Same Time Period https://houstonnewmedia.org/first-houston-harris-county-both-meet-hud-glo-disaster-relief-benchmarks-in-same-time-period/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=first-houston-harris-county-both-meet-hud-glo-disaster-relief-benchmarks-in-same-time-period Mon, 19 Jun 2023 21:57:25 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=39844 The Texas General Land Office (GLO) announced today that for the first time ever since Hurricane Harvey, both Houston and Harris County have each met their benchmarks for expending disaster relief funds in the SAME time period. They may have individually met performance benchmarks before, but never together in the same review period. Both Harris […]

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]]> 616018 Plum Grove, Splendora, Liberty, Others Receive HUD Grants Through GLO https://houstonnewmedia.org/plum-grove-splendora-liberty-others-receive-hud-grants-through-glo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=plum-grove-splendora-liberty-others-receive-hud-grants-through-glo Wed, 22 Mar 2023 17:42:19 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=38401 GLO Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., announced yesterday more than $43 million in HUD grants for 44 infrastructure projects stemming from 2019 Disasters. The $43 million is the combined total of grants made to counties and cities stretching from the Rio Grande Valley to southeast Texas. The infrastructure-project grants will help communities recover from the 2019 […]

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]]> 570895 $750 Million May Be Swirling the Drain https://houstonnewmedia.org/750-million-may-be-swirling-the-drain/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=750-million-may-be-swirling-the-drain Wed, 15 Mar 2023 17:10:33 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=38279 Yesterday morning at a joint press conference, the Texas General Land Office and Harris County Commissioners pledged to work more closely together to speed up flood mitigation. But four hours later, a chaotic 90-minute discussion in Commissioners Court made me wonder whether the rapprochement would ever bear fruit. At risk: $750 million. Almost 22 months […]

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