by Rob Young | Nov 15, 2022 | All stories, Beach Management, Coastal News, Florida Coastal News, Policy
Someone explain to us why we spend millions of dollars to build a wide, renourished beach, then we mechanically clean that beach all the way up to the vegetation line, never allowing the natural vegetation to expand out onto the berm. This happens all over Florida, in...
by Bill Graham | Nov 11, 2022 | Coastal News, Florida Coastal News, Hurricanes and storms, National Coastal News, Nicole, 2022, Opinion, Policy
We’ve been saying this for...
by Rob Young | Nov 7, 2022 | All stories, Coastal News, Florida Coastal News, Hurricanes and storms, Ian, 2022
The gentrification begins in southwest Florida. Realtors and developers are doing fine. Wall Street Journal story about about booming post-Ian real estate market at this...
by Rob Young | Nov 7, 2022 | All stories, Coastal News, Hurricanes and storms, National Coastal News, New Jersey Coastal News, Places, Sandy, 2012
During the last 10 years, the federal government has poured billions onto the Jersey Shore. Developers and the wealthy have reaped the profits, while the middle class has been priced out completely. The federal government continues to fund beach nourishment to protect...
by Rob Young | Nov 7, 2022 | All stories, Coastal News, Events in the News, Florida Coastal News, Hurricanes and storms, Ian, 2022, Michael, 2022, Places, Policy
Great piece in the Miami Herald. I could highlight so many important points. I’ll start with the Mexico Beach fail: “Two years later, under a mountain of complaints from residents who resented the higher building costs that come with elevating homes and...
by Katie Peek | Jul 1, 2019 | All stories, Coastal News, North Carolina Coastal News, Policy
This is the first of several case studies examining the feasibility & economics of targeted acquisition strategies in oceanfront, resort communities. For North Topsail Beach, the costs ($54.8 million with inflation) & benefits ($57.6 million) represent a...
by Blair Tormey | Mar 21, 2019 | All stories, Coastal News, National Coastal News, Policy, Published Items
Andy Coburn’s analysis of the CBRA concluded that the CBRA has reduced federal coastal disaster-related expenditures by $9.5 billion between 1989 and 2013. Future CBRA savings over the next 50 years are forecast to range between $11 billion for a low...
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