BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D
REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20240926T220000Z
DTEND:20240927T000000Z
X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE
SUMMARY:DNREC Community Meeting: Economic Analysis for Shoreline Management
DESCRIPTION:Join DNREC Shoreline and Waterways staff to discuss the economic benefits of and costs to maintain healthy shorelines in Delaware.\n\n \n\nThe Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) has commissioned a study to explore the economic benefits of beach nourishment and to begin to develop new approaches to funding projects needed to maintain Delaware's shorelines.\n\n\n\nAt this meeting\, the draft results of that study will be presented.\n\n \n\nDelaware's beaches and dunes protect public and private infrastructure\, including houses and roads\, from wave action that causes erosion during coastal storms. They also provide recreational opportunities and habitat to an array of plants and animals.\n\n \n\nBecause local and non-local entities benefit from beach nourishment\, along with the state as a whole\, the department has commissioned a study to examine just how these benefits are distributed. The study will develop cost-share ratios\, based on these benefits\, to be presented to policy makers as possible avenues for future cost-sharing.\n\n \n\nAt a first community meeting on the project\, in January 2024\, background on the project and the methods being used were discussed. These will be briefly discussed again   slides and other materials from that meeting are available for review.\n\n \n\nAt this meeting\, the draft results of the analysis will be discussed and there will be time for questions and comments from the public.\n\n \n\nThe meeting is open to all. Please submit any comments or questions ahead of the meeting using the Shoreline and Waterway comment form.\n\n \n\nFor more information\, or if any accommodations are needed to participate\, please contact Sarah Bouboulis\, at 302-739-9921.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<div font-size:="" open="" style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 10px\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Join DNREC Shoreline and Waterways staff to discuss the economic benefits of&nbsp\;and costs to maintain&nbsp\;healthy shorelines in Delaware.</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;</div>\n\n<div font-size:="" open="" style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 10px\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) has commissioned&nbsp\;<a href="https://dnrec.delaware.gov/watershed-stewardship/beaches/economic-analysis/" style="box-sizing: border-box\; background-color: transparent\; color: rgb(51\, 102\, 51)\; overflow-wrap: break-word\; outline: 0px\; font-weight: inherit\; transition: 0.4s ease-in-out\;">a study to explore the economic benefits of beach nourishment</a>&nbsp\;and to begin to develop new approaches to funding projects needed to maintain Delaware&rsquo\;s shorelines.<br />\n<br />\nAt this meeting\, the draft results of that study will be presented.</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;</div>\n\n<div font-size:="" open="" style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 10px\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Delaware&rsquo\;s beaches and dunes protect public and private infrastructure\, including houses and roads\, from wave action that causes erosion during coastal storms. They also provide recreational opportunities and habitat to an array of plants and animals.</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;</div>\n\n<div font-size:="" open="" style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 10px\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Because local and non-local entities benefit from beach nourishment\, along with the state as a whole\, the department has commissioned a study to examine just how these benefits are distributed. The study will develop cost-share ratios\, based on these benefits\, to be presented to policy makers as possible avenues for future cost-sharing.</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;</div>\n\n<div font-size:="" open="" style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 10px\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">At a&nbsp\;<a href="https://dnrec.delaware.gov/events/public-meeting-economic-analysis-for-shoreline-management/" style="box-sizing: border-box\; background-color: transparent\; color: rgb(51\, 102\, 51)\; overflow-wrap: break-word\; outline: 0px\; font-weight: inherit\; transition: 0.4s ease-in-out\;">first community meeting on the project</a>\, in January 2024\, background on the project and the methods being used were discussed. These will be briefly discussed again &mdash\; slides and other materials from that meeting are&nbsp\;<a href="https://dnrec.delaware.gov/events/public-meeting-economic-analysis-for-shoreline-management/" style="box-sizing: border-box\; background-color: transparent\; color: rgb(51\, 102\, 51)\; overflow-wrap: break-word\; outline: 0px\; font-weight: inherit\; transition: 0.4s ease-in-out\;">available for review</a>.</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;</div>\n\n<div font-size:="" open="" style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 10px\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">At this meeting\, the draft results of the analysis will be discussed and there will be time for questions and comments from the public.</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;</div>\n\n<div font-size:="" open="" style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 10px\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">The meeting is open to all. Please submit any comments or questions ahead of the meeting using the&nbsp\;<a href="https://dnrec.delaware.gov/watershed-stewardship/waterways/comments/" style="box-sizing: border-box\; background-color: transparent\; color: rgb(51\, 102\, 51)\; overflow-wrap: break-word\; outline: 0px\; font-weight: inherit\; transition: 0.4s ease-in-out\;">Shoreline and Waterway comment form</a>.</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;</div>\n\n<div font-size:="" open="" style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 10px\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">For more information\, or if any accommodations are needed to participate\, please contact&nbsp\;<a href="mailto:sarah.bouboulis@delaware.gov" style="box-sizing: border-box\; background-color: transparent\; color: rgb(51\, 102\, 51)\; overflow-wrap: break-word\; outline: 0px\; font-weight: inherit\; transition: 0.4s ease-in-out\;">Sarah Bouboulis</a>\, at 302-739-9921.</span></span></div>\n<br />\n<img alt="" height="524" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/2126/Image/Screenshot2024-09-13114055.png" style="width: 406px\; height: 524px\;" width="406" />
LOCATION:Virtual
UID:e.2126.31199
SEQUENCE:3
DTSTAMP:20260501T040518Z
URL:https://business.bethany-fenwick.org/events/details/dnrec-community-meeting-economic-analysis-for-shoreline-management-31199
END:VEVENT

END:VCALENDAR