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<br /> Trade& Economic Development
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<br /> Cooperation among <= ' ,1
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<br /> IP victims to rebuild quickly
<br /> Last fall,while other mid-western with little if any coordination between •Immediate 3'7".;.,44,.,..tet,,,k,tt,,
<br /> states scrambled after funds to help them,"Jambois said."They met repairs.Dam-
<br /> residents recover from the ravages of separately and rarely,if ever talked." aged homes ``�
<br /> summer flooding,Minnesota had Minnesota's success was due to needed quick
<br /> been issuing much-needed aid for unprecedented cooperation among repairs before winter.
<br /> weeks.Some projects had alreadystate and federal agencies and their •Potential problems.Home-owners
<br /> been completed. single minded approach to making the located along flood plains who are in.
<br /> "We started distributing grant program deliver aid with a minimum danger of repeated flooding were
<br /> applications the last week of August, ofred tape. offered an opportunity to sell their
<br /> we received the first applications the Fourteen Minnesota funding and homes at appraised value.
<br /> following week and we were regulatory agencies banded together •Infrastructure.A third priority for
<br /> awarding grants by mid-September," to create •
<br /> the Minnesota Long Term the MLTRGCG is to update leaky
<br /> says Louis Jambois,director of Recovery Grants Coordination Group inadequate infrastructure that was
<br /> DTED's Community Assistance Unit. (MLTRGCG). unable to carry vast floodwaters from
<br /> "We couldn't be happier with the way Local organizations—regional town.
<br /> this turned out." development commissions,housing "By working together we were
<br /> DTED officials added another 21 redevelopment authorities,and local able to target the money to specific
<br /> projects worth$3,315,700 just this community action agencies— projects and then help local folks get
<br /> spring,according to Jambois. conducted the rehab programs and their hands on it.We were able to get
<br /> "Officials in some states processed grant applications. the money to those with the greatest
<br /> developed separate responses from The groups worked from three need,not just those most adept at
<br /> the state and federal level and worked priorities: completing forms,"Jambois said.
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