Episode 17: From The Bottoms To A Bluff

Before, During & After - Un podcast de Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) - Les jeudis

After 15 feet of floodwater inundated Valmeyer, Illinois in 1993, the town knew they wanted to revive the community, but in a smart, resilient way. On this episode, we talk to former Valmeyer mayor, Dennis Knobloch, and long-time local, Lucy Engbring, to learn how a community of determined residents and city leaders successfully moved their entire town two miles away, and 400 feet in the air.

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