The Town of Whitestown
received $227,000 in federal Community Project Funding for the Sauquoit Creek
Channel & Floodplain Restoration Program.
The Sauquoit Creek
Channel & Floodplain Restoration Program – which features the largest flood
mitigation and residential buyout efforts in New York State and has become a
model for other communities across the country to follow – would not be
possible without the support from all levels of government. The $227,000 in
federal Community Project Funding will allow the Town of Whitestown to pay for
its local share of the residential buyout program in the Village of Whitesboro
being offered through the United States Department of Agriculture Natural
Resources Conservation Service.
"By working
together, we continue to make a tremendous difference for those who live or own
a business along the lower Sauquoit Creek. Step-by-step, we are working to
reduce flooding and give residential property owners devastated by repetitive
flooding help with relocating. On behalf of the Town of Whitestown, I greatly
thank Congresswoman Tenney and Senator Schumer for their continued support and
help with securing this funding," Whitestown Supervisor Shaun J. Kaleta
said.
Buyout applicants with
questions should contact Maggie Reilly via email at Margaret.Reilly@ramboll.com.
