Florida Resilient Cities: Port St. Joe Community Workshop 08/26/2020

Florida Resilient Cities: Port St. Joe

Community Workshop August 26, 2020

Introductions Florida Resilient Cities Leadership Team Jeffrey Carney Associate Professor, School of Architecture Associate Director, FIBER j.carney@ufl.edu Bill O’Dell Director, Shimberg Center for Housing Studies Associate Research Professor, M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Construction Management billo@ufl.edu Mike Volk Research Assistant Professor, Center for Landscape Conservation Planning and Department of Landscape Architecture mikevolk@ufl.edu FRC Leadership Team (l-r): Jeff, Eliza, Bill, Mike, Cleary

Cleary Larkin, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Associate, FIBER clarkin@ufl.edu Eliza Breder Graduate Research Assistant, Landscape Architecture ebreder@ufl.edu

Agenda

10:00-10:05

Introductions

10:05-10:15

FRC Program Overview

10:15-11:15

Year 1 Projects, Q&A

11:15-11:30

Year 2 Project Descriptions

11:30- 11:50

Breakout Groups

11:50-12:00

Reporting & Wrap Up

FRC Program Overview

Florida Resilient Cities Program Florida Resilient Cities (FRC) helps communities across Florida develop the capacity to be more prepared for, and more resilient to increased risk.

Led by The Florida Institute for Built Environment Resilience (FIBER), Shimberg Center for Housing Studies, and the Center for Landscape Conservation Planning (CLC), the program bridges community needs with design research through the College of Design, Construction, and Planning, partnered with faculty from across the University of Florida. https://dcp.ufl.edu/frc/ https://dcp.ufl.edu/frc/partner-communities/

Florida Resilient Cities Program

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Taking a design thinking approach Applying the best science for effective problem-solving Building local adaptations toward statewide transformation

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3 projects developed Proposals for Implementation

Phase 1: Needs Assessment (Fall) Themes and areas for focused research Phase 1: Needs

Phase 2: Partnerships

GOAL: To listen to the community and collect ideas to form projects around that connect UF faculty with the Port St. Joe

Phase 3: Operations

Phase 4: Implementation

Phase 2: Building Partnerships (Fall) The Proposal Process Phase 1: Needs

Phase 2: Partnerships

Phase 3: Operations

Funding Provision: FRC provides funding not exceeding $10,000 each for six-to-eight place-based projects conducted during the Spring semester.

Eligible projects: ▪ Courses and studios ▪ Faculty research ▪ Faculty-mentored student research

Phase 4: Implementation

Phase 3: Research and Course Operation (Spring) Conducting the Work Phase 1: Needs

Phase 2: Partnerships

Phase 3: Operations

4 THEMES – 8 Projects • Community Narratives • Built/Natural Landscapes • Housing and Housing Policy • Florida Climate Institute Spring Fieldcourse FRC By the Numbers: 37 UF Faculty, Post Docs, Staff 44 UF students, doctoral students and grad assistants 13 Number of UF Departments 4 Research Institutes Plus countless meetings and interviews

Phase 4: Implementation

Phase 3: Research and Course Operation (Spring) Making Tangible Change in the Community Phase 1: Needs

Phase 2: Partnerships

WHERE WE ARE NOW? • Working through Pandemic • Finalize 8 Projects and documentation • Today’s Meeting: participation and feedback from PSJ • Kick off Year 2 grants and pursue implementation funding for projects

Phase 3: Operations

Phase 4: Implementation

Year One Projects

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Marty Hylton: Cultural Resource Survey - North Port St. Joe

10:20- 10:25

Jason Von Meding: Building Trust Through Stories

10:25-10:30

Yuhua Xu: Rural Tourism and Home Sharing

10:30-10:35

Ryan Sharston: Advanced Modular Multi-Family Housing Studio

10:35-10:40

Rui Liu: Critical Infrastructure Networks

10:40- 10:45

Yi Luo: Building a Resilient Park System

10:45- 10:50

Rick Stepp: Resilience, Well-Being & Natural Resource Reliance

10:50- 10:55

Cleary Larkin: Florida Climate Institute Field Course

Cultural Resource Survey – North Port St. Joe Presenter: Morris (Marty) Hylton III Director of Historic Preservation mhylton@ufl.edu

Team: Linda Stevenson, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor, Historic Preservation archtext@ufl.edu Clarissa Carr, HP Program & Research Coordinator clcarrdi@ufl.edu Dr. Sujin Kim, Director, Envision Heritage shyhiphop@ufl.edu

Student Team, Spring 2020

North Port St. Joe Cultural Resource Survey North Port. St. Joe Project Area Coalition Community Priorities • Jobs • Housing • Open Space • Heritage (3 Goals) Collection of Photographs Pop-up Gallery / Exhibition Continue the Conversation Cultural Resource Survey Project Goal Goal: Work with residents and stakeholders to identify and record heritage (tangible and intangible) in the NPSJ community and explore considerations for preservation of cultural resources.

IMAGE: Public meeting with North Port St. Joe Project Area Coalition on February 8, 2020.

Task 1: Field Survey

LEFT AND ABOVE: Seven students and two faculty conducted field survey on +/-330 parcels and buildings using a custom-designed ESRI Collector App that populated a GIS database.

Task 2: Documentation and Mapping Research Community’s History and Evolution Over Time Map and Assess Cultural Resources Conduct Interviews Dannie Bolden Minnie Lively Clarence Monette Nathan Peters, Jr. Digitize Documents

TOP: Damon Peter’s Store at 301 MLK Jr. Boulevard; BOTTOM: Visit to George Washington High School Museum with Nathan Peters, Jr.

Task 3: Significance and Assessment of Integrity National Register of Historic Places

Criterion A: Event(s) Criterion B: People Criterion C: Architecture Criterion D: Archaeology Assessment of Integrity Loss of Integrity Statement of Significance North Port St. Joe represents a thriving African-American community along the Panhandle region of Florida that was shaped and impacted by its relationship to local industry and racial justice issues, including the Civil Rights movement at mid20th century.

Period of Significance ca.1920s to 1975

IMAGES: North Port St. Joe contains a diverse range of architectural types and styles.

Task 4: Considerations and Final Report Project Deliverables Database mapping Community Cultural Resources Summary Report of Research Findings Considerations for Next Steps Next Steps Oral Histories and Community History Revolving Fund for rehabilitation of Historic Buildings Design Guidelines for MLK Jr. Boulevard Heritage Trail and Tourism George Washington High School Gymnasium Project

IMAGES: St. Joe Sluggers baseball team and the visit

by Jesse Owens relays the significance of sports to the cultural identify of the community.

George Washington High School Gymnasium Documentation Digitally document and prepare Historic American Building Survey drawings Create a Historic Structure Report recording the building’s history and current condition and proposing recommendations for its rehabilitation and adaptive use Prepare nomination to the National Register of Historic Places Vision and Design Develop a schematic design for rehabilitation and adaptive use IMAGE: View of George Washington High School Gymnasium ca.1960s.

Building Trust Through Stories in Port St. Joe Presenter: Jason von Meding Assoc. Professor, Rinker School of Construction Management Jason.vonmeding@ufl.edu Co-PI: Colin Tucker Smith Asst. Professor, Dept. of Psychology colinsmith@ufl.edu

Building Trust through Stories Photovoice Port Saint Joe Achievements • Centers the voices and creative talents of residents • Promotes stories of resistance and survival • Research process created WITH residents Benefits for PSJ • Better understanding of the complex experience of living in NPSJ • New compelling evidence-base that demonstrates the talents, skills and resources of NPSJ residents • Valuable chance for self-reflection based on the emerging narratives – for residents but also those engaging from outside

Belonging and Solidarity

These photographs represent narratives that emphasize the value of people in this community and the potential they have to improve their place. They come together in solidarity to face threats on each other.

A Built Heritage to Cherish

The built environment is of great importance to the community.

In some ways the photographs and narratives in the collection highlight that investment in preserving and enhancing NPSJ is both morally right and economically sound.

Liberating Potential of Photovoice • Community investment in and community ownership of the research • Consciousness building for social action – through reflection • Power of storytelling – visioning • Confronting the sometimes extractive nature of disaster research • Hidden stories, challenge dominant narratives

There is still work to do!

Photovoice Port Saint Joe Thanks so much to: • Community elders who are participating • NPSJ-PAC • Dannie and Marquita

Coming soon: • Focus groups, photograph sorting and storytelling • Public-facing online photos and story archive • Pop-up exhibition for advocacy work

Planning for Resilient Community: Rural Tourism and Home-Sharing in Port St. Joe Presenter: Yu-Hua (Melody) Xu Doctoral Student, Dept. of Tourism, Hospitality and Event Management yuhua.xu@ufl.edu Team: Lori Pennington-Gray Professor, Dept. of Tourism, Hospitality and Event Management penngray@hhp.ufl.edu Zi-Ming Li Research Fellow, Shimberg Center for Housing Studies liziming@ufl.edu Anne Ray FHDC Manager, Shimberg Center for Housing Studies aray@ufl.edu

Research Goal Tourism tax drop by 20%

Vacant Houses

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Making home-sharing an adaptive housing solution during crisis

FLORIDA INSTITUTE FOR BUILT ENVIRONMENT RESILIENCE

Over 1,000 Home-sharing properties in PSJ & bay area

ERIC FRIEDHEIM TOURISM INSTITUTE

Study 1: Resident Survey â– 169

respondents (76 online, 93 onsite)

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Level of Willingness

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Willingness with incentive Willingness without incentive

ERIC FRIEDHEIM TOURISM INSTITUTE

Study 2: Suitability Mapping Interviewed 7 experts in tourism, housing, geography, policy.

Most suitable areas: ■ north of Highland View ■ north of Cape San Blas

Suitable areas: ■ Industrial Road ■ Hathcock Bay area ■ Gulf Correctional Institution Annex

Call to Action It is recommended to design a system of incentives to encourage homeowners to register their vacant properties as temporary shelters as a planned inventory to address shelter needs during hurricanes and other major disasters.

FLORIDA INSTITUTE FOR BUILT ENVIRONMENT RESILIENCE

ERIC FRIEDHEIM TOURISM INSTITUTE

Advanced Modular Multi-family Housing Design studio Professor: Ryan Sharston Assistant Professor, Dept. of Architecture, Rinker School of Construction Management r.sharston@ufl.edu

Downtown Site and Proposals

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Suburb Site and Proposals

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An IoT-Enabled Critical Infrastructure Information Network (ICI-IN) for a Future Resilient City Presenter: Team: Rui Liu Asst. Professor, Rinker School of Construction Management liurui@ufl.edu Xiao Yu Asst. Professor, Dept. of Civil and Coastal Engineering Xiao.yu@essie.ufl.edu Xilei Zhao Asst. Professor, Dept. of Civil and Coastal Engineering Xilei.zhao@essie.ufl.edu Faxi Yuan, PhD M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Construction Management.

An IoT-Enabled Critical Infrastructure Information Network (ICI-IN) for a Future Resilient City Background • Critical infrastructures (CIs): Supporting crisis responses such as evacuation, drinking water and electricity supply.

• Existing tools & methods cannot meet the comprehensive situation awareness (SA) needs of CIs conditions in crisis.

Research objectives • Proposing the IoT-Enabled Critical Infrastructure Information Network (ICI-IN) framework; • Investigating humans’ information needs of CIs’ various sectors through a questionnaire; • Implementing the fault tree model to reveal the effectiveness and efficiency of the ICI-IN for enhancing community resilience.

Research questions • What are the information needs of humans in terms of critical infrastructures (CIs) to support their responses in Hurricane Michael?

• How can the IoT-enabled CIs information network (ICI-IN) enhance the community resilience?

Research methods • Questionnaire • Fault tree model

An IoT-Enabled Critical Infrastructure Information Network (ICI-IN) for a Future Resilient City Partners • Wastewater Treatment Plant Manager Kevin Pettis in PSJ; • Paul Thorpe and John B. Crowe from Northwest Florida Water Management District; • Local residents in PSJ.

Process: • Two-round data collection through survey among local public agencies and residents • Online meeting with managers of the public agencies such as Wastewater Treatment Plant in PSJ and Northwest Florida Water Management District; • Physical visits to the manager of Wastewater Treatment Plant in PSJ for the detailed data collection; • Survey design and permit request from UF IRBs; • Survey with local residents in PSJ through pencil and paper interviews.

An IoT-Enabled Critical Infrastructure Information Network (ICI-IN) for a Future Resilient City Research outcomes • Significance level rank of nine CIs subsectors for supporting humans’ crisis response including power/electricity, drinking water, wastewater, stormwater, IT, transportation, emergency management agencies, and hospitals and shelters.

• Rank of humans’ information needs priority of CIs for their crisis response.

• Evaluation of the effectiveness and efficiency of IoT based CIs information network for enhancing community resilience.

CI Sectors

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ESI: power/electricity grids, and gas and fuel stations

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WWS: drinking/supply water system

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WWS: wastewater system

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IT: internet for computer and mobile devices

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TSS: traffic conditions, roads, and bridges

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ESS: first responders and the EMAs

69.44%

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WWS: stormwater system

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HPH: hospitals

62.50%

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HPH: shelters

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Significance levels for nine CI subsectors on human’s crisis responses

An IoT-Enabled Critical Infrastructure Information Network (ICI-IN) for a Future Resilient City Research significance: This project not only demonstrates the effectiveness of the ICI-IN for enhancing community resilience, but also reveals humans’ information needs of CIs to make their response strategies. The findings in this project pave a way for the future design and implementation of the ICI-IN in PSJ as illustrated in Figure 1.

The implementation flow of the ICI-IN for CIs

Building a Resilient Urban Park System in St. Joe

Presenter: Yi Luo Asst. Professor, Dept. of Landscape Architecture Yi.luo@ufl.edu

Team: Mike Volk Research Asst. Professor, Dept. of Landscape Architecture mikevolk@ufl.edu Kanglin Chen Doctoral Student, Dept. of Landscape Architecture kanglinchen@ufl.edu

Building a Resilient Park System in Port St. Joe Why parks?

• Improve public health and the quality of life • Retain and treat stormwater • Enhance social interaction Importance of Parks

Time Spent

Public Events

Building a Resilient Park System in Port St. Joe Redesign the linear parks in the neighborhood • Incorporate retention ponds, swales, rain gardens, etc. to minimize the risk of stormwater inundation.

• Provides a variety of amenities (walking/biking paths, meditation gardens, botanical gardens, playgrounds, farmer’s market, overlooks, pavilions, etc.) to encourage outdoor activities and promote a healthier lifestyle.

• Enhance social interaction and community bonds by connecting the south and north PSJ.

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Building a Resilient Park System in Port St. Joe

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Accessibility 3% Advertising the parks 3% Brochures 3% Adding clean-up signage 6%

Stocking more fish 3%

Adding amenities 31%

Adding walking/biking trails 13%

Adding public activities 16%

Improving facilities 19%

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Adding amenities Improving facilities Adding public activities Adding trails

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

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Resilience, Well-Being and Natural Resource Reliance in the Greater Port St. Joe Region Team: J. Richard Stepp Professor, Dept. of Anthropology stepp@ufl.edu

Tim Murtha Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Landscape Architecture tmurtha@ufl.edu Madeline Brown Post-Doctoral Researcher, Dept. of Landscape Architecture madelinebrown@dcp.ufl.edu

Florida Climate Institute: Field Course Faculty Team: Carolyn Cox Florida Climate Institute crcox@ufl.edu Jeff Carney, Architecture Cleary Larkin, FIBER Tim Mclendon, Law Corene Matyas, CLAS Alyson Larson, Journalism David Prevatt, Engineering Thomas Ruppert, Law and invited speakers

The Field Course: 4 Projects at 4 Scales

Regional Impacts on St. Joseph’s Bay

Housing and Neighborhoods

The Field Course: 4 Projects at 4 Scales

Parks Network Civic Core and Water Management

Florida Climate Institute: Field Course

See all four student projects at: https://dcp.ufl.edu/frc/field-course-port-st-joe/

Year One Q&A

Civic Center & Urban Design

Year Two

Parks Network, Open Space & Stormwater

Housing & Policy

Port St. Joe- Year Two

What are we doing in Year 2?

8 research/course projects

3 projects developed

Proposals for implementation

Port St. Joe- Year Two Resilience through Equity + Placemaking Achieving Resilience is a design process

Goals of Year 2 align community-based design processes with research around the themes of: •

Urban Connection: public and civic amenity spaces shared by all residents

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Environment: robust ecosystem services and water management for flood prevention and recreation

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Shelter: affordable housing and neighborhoods that respond to economic stress, disasters and climate change

Port St. Joe- Year Two Resilience through Equity and Placemaking The FRC team will focus on three city-wide project themes: • The Civic Center and Urban Connectivity Jeff Carney School of Architecture • Open Space and Parks Network Mike Volk & Yi Luo Department of Landscape Architecture • Affordable and Resilient Housing Policy and Design Bill O’Dell Shimberg Center for Housing Studies

Port St. Joe- Year Two The Civic Center and Urban Connectivity Team Lead: Jeff Carney School of Architecture

The proposed civic center, on newly acquired property along the Apalachicola Northern Railroad, is an opportunity to reconnect Port St. Joe. This project can bridge divides between people, restore ecological connectivity, reshape the industrial corridor while providing for essential city services.

Environment

Port St. Joe- Year Two The Civic Center and Urban Connectivity What we Learned in year 1: Environment: Located just blocks from the coastal edge yet on higher ground, is central to a resilient future for the city People: This site sits at the north/south racial divide running through Port St. Joe. This project must demonstrate a shared future for all people of Port St. Joe. Industry: The site lies at the convergence of the ailing maritime and inland industrial sectors and can suggest a new relationship between Port St. Joe and its industrial economy.

Environment

Port St. Joe- Year Two The Civic Center and Urban Connectivity Objective of work • Connect: Work with City of PSJ, Chamber of Commerce, NPSJ PAC, St. Joe Company, and other stakeholders to assess needs and opportunities of the project • Design: Assist PSJ with conception for Civic Complex by developing a series of informed options • Demonstrate: Develop and present with public input, designs for the civic center complex

Environment

Port St. Joe- Year Two The Civic Center and Urban Connectivity 3-Scale Project proposal • Include programs of Fire, Police, City Hall • Integration of city center complex • Urban design concept for overall area

Environment

City Hall Fire Department

Police Station

New City Government Complex

Urban Design Concept for Greater Area

Port St. Joe- Year Two The Civic Center and Urban Connectivity Schedule for year 2 Fall Graduate Architecture Studio Project Fall Spring Independent Design/Development Public Presentation Summer Public Design Exhibition Grant Applications (FEMA BRIC and others)

Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC)

Port St. Joe- Year Two Open Space and Parks Network Team: Mike Volk and Yi Luo School of Landscape Architecture and Planning These projects focus on creating and expanding resilient open space to provide equitable access, strengthened social connectivity, improved public health, and enhanced stormwater management. Through a mixture of landscape research, planning, and design, the FRC team will continue projects that are in multiple stages of development:

Redevelopment of open spaces that are multifunctional and support resilience, civic connectivity, equitable access, and public health needs within the community.

Port St. Joe- Year Two Open Space and Parks Network: Year One Areas of Focus • Conceptual planning for linear park (spring landscape architecture course) • Graduate student Terminal Project Work • Field Course student work

Port St. Joe- Year Two Open Space and Parks Network: Year Two Areas of Focus • Open space and linear park design continuation • Landscape elements and therapeutic design principles to improve public health through open space design • Further documentation of stormwater needs and guidance for reducing flooding and building resilience • Linking to civic and housing team projects and outputs What are the opportunities for open space improvements to enhance resiliency through improved stormwater management, while providing opportunities for improved public health, equitable access to open spaces, and enhanced community sense of place.

How do these opportunities intersect with additional community and housing needs within Port St Joe.

Port St. Joe- Year Two Open Space and Parks Network: Year Two Schedule Stage 1: • Data collection and analysis • Additional input gathering regarding open spaces and public health benefits Stage 2: • Open space design assistance • Research and development of therapeutic design principles • Stormwater analysis and guidance Throughout: • Collaboration with housing and civic work groups and studios

Port St. Joe- Year Two Open Space and Parks Network: Implementation Open Space Improvements • Support and incorporate current funding proposals for stormwater improvements (National Resource Damage and Assessment (NRDA) proposal) • Provide basis for future proposals • Florida Recreation Development Assistance Program (FRDAP) • National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) Coastal Resilience Fund • Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) • Jesse Ball duPont Foundation (JBDP) • Florida Resilient Coastlines Program (FRCP) • Other Gulf Coast restoration funding • Potential to leverage existing Hurricane Michael funding Improved Public Health through Open Space Design • Identify therapeutic design principles suitable for coastal communities for future open space improvements in PSJ. Stormwater Management • Link to proposed stormwater master plan and other planned improvements

Port St. Joe- Year Two Affordable and Resilient Housing: Policy and Design ?

Team: Bill O’Dell Shimberg Center for Housing Studies, Rinker School of Construction Management A growing lack of affordable housing in Coastal Florida was accelerated by Hurricane Michael, disproportionately burdening poor and working-class families, depressing economic growth, and driving investment to other areas. This project will focus on both the planning for and rapid provision of affordable and resilient housing in Port St. Joe, integrating public policy and design.

Housing – The cost of housing in Port St. Joe is a crisis.

All opportunities to develop affordable, safe, resilient homes and communities must be investigated.

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Where are the opportunities for: Infill/ Rehabilitation Intensification (upzoning) Large-scale development

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Port St. Joe- Year Two Affordable and Resilient Housing: Policy and Design Year One Takeaways: • Affordable housing is a PRIORITY for residents. A CRITICAL NEED for workforce housing.

• Existing single-family zoning may not meet the needs of workforce. Therefore…A diversity of housing types and scales is needed.

However: • Available land is scarce.

• Construction costs for stick-built housing are high.

• Existing and New housing must be adaptable and resilient.

Year Two Goals/ Priorities: • Data collection for disaster recovery (with Apalachee Regional Planning Council) • Identify opportunities for housing in North Port St. Joe (with NPSJ PAC) • Housing Design Studio (Spring 2021) (UF student projects)

Affordable and Resilient Housing Policy and Design Year Two: Disaster Cycle and the Role of Data

Port St. Joe- Year Two Affordable and Resilient Housing: Policy and Design

Year Two Potential Results: • Data to assist with planning for pre- and postdisaster recovery (includes risk and vulnerability reduction, mitigation).

• Identification of opportunities for housing sites and locations. Identification of policy recommendations.

• Exploratory design of modular affordable housing.

• Identification of implementation funding sources: FEMA BRIC, CDBG MIT, HUD, SHIP

Breakout Groups

Thank you!

Questions or Comments: Jeff Carney (j.carney@ufl.edu) Bill O'Dell (billo@ufl.edu) Mike Volk (mikevolk@ufl.edu) Cleary Larkin (clarkin@ufl.edu)

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