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Will Curran-Groome

@wcurrangroome.bsky.social
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Researcher @urbaninstitute.bsky.social. Focused on land use, housing access, active transportation, and climate change adaptation. Opinions my own. He/him.

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Sara McTarnaghan @sara-mctarnaghan.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
🚨New data-rich resource from our team at @urbaninstitute.bsky.social looks at the last 20 years of disasters and recovery across the Gulf Coast - from impacts, recovery $$, mitigation to future projected losses from climate change. www.urban.org/stories/disa...
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Disasters and the Gulf Coast, 20 Years after Hurricane Katrina
Place-based data about how disasters have affected the Gulf Coast since Hurricane Katrina and the federal government’s role in managing extreme events.,On August 29th, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made lan...
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Andrew Rumbach @andrewrumbach.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
What does FEMA’s retreat from hazard mitigation programs mean for states and communities? @wcurrangroome.bsky.social, @sara-mctarnaghan.bsky.social and I break down the impacts of the administration’s decisions, by state and congressional district: www.urban.org/urban-wire/f...
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FEMA Is Eliminating Hazard Mitigation Programs, Leaving Americans Nationwide at Risk as Disasters Worsen
Cancelling the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program and funding for future Flood Mitigation Assistance grants would end most federal funding for predisaster hazard mitigation, eve...
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Sara McTarnaghan @sara-mctarnaghan.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Want to learn about the impact of climate change on people and places and explore evidence-based policy solutions to strengthen communities’ resilience? Subscribe to @urbaninstitute.bsky.social newest newsletter Climate and Communities for a quarterly update: www.tfaforms.com/4644066/?tfa...
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Will Curran-Groome @wcurrangroome.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Looking forward to talking about how zoning can support (or inhibit) more resilient development:
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