The foundation hopes this project will serve as a model for other homeowners in the flood-prone neighborhood ... elaborated after the hearing. "Why build new houses, if you can elevate them?

the big flood was 27 inches in 24 hours. We had probably 13 inches of water in there." Pilcher co-owns CycleSports Bicycles, right next door to the old Escambia County probation building.

A new solution for flood-prone cities? Concrete made from shellfish ... Meanwhile, the more recycled material that you can put into a building material like cement, the lower the carbon footprint ...

If the agency pays to rebuild a school or a town hall, for example, it might elevate the building above the floodplain ... us to enhance resilience in flood-prone communities by taking future ...