Long-Term Disaster Recovery Planning in Florida by APA_Planning published on 2020-02-19T18:48:03Z Long-term disaster recovery planning across the state of Florida is the focus of this Resilience Roundtable podcast episode. Host Jim Schwab, FAICP, speaks with Julie Dennis of OVID Solutions about her experiences working as both an independent disaster-recovery consultant and as a previous director of community development for the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity. Julie's vast experience in Florida saw her working in the Florida Keys when Hurricane Irma hit; she says that the department's focus on relationship building in the region helped enormously to lay the groundwork for assisting post-disaster and guiding redevelopment. The conversation shifts into the personal when Julie shares her experiences with Hurricane Michael, which destroyed her parents' and other family members' homes in another part of the state: the Florida Panhandle. Listeners hear not just about the harsh reality of surviving in a post-disaster environment but also about the moving displays of cooperation that Julie witnessed again and again after the event. Julie and Jim discuss the work she's focusing on now, including guiding some communities in the Panhandle in their first-time planning work. Throughout the episode, Julie shares invaluable insights from working in a state that's on the nation's frontlines of disaster-recovery planning. Learn more: https://www.ovidsolutions.net/ | https://www.planning.org/resources/disaster/ To listen to more episodes in the Resilience Roundtable podcast series, visit: https://www.planning.org/podcast/resilience-roundtable/ Genre Learning