Public Invited to Learn About Local Vulnerability Assessment
Published on May 08, 2025
ST. LUCIE COUNTY – Residents are invited to attend one of three upcoming public meetings to learn about the findings from a recently completed Draft Resilience Vulnerability Assessment. Developed collaboratively by St. Lucie County, the City of Port St. Lucie, the City of Fort Pierce and the Town of St. Lucie Village, this assessment analyzes how the region is impacted by threats such as rainfall-induced flooding and high tide flooding associated with rising sea levels. The plan is funded through a Florida Department of Environmental Protection Resilient Florida grant and a Florida Department of Commerce CDBG-Mitigation grant.
These meetings will be an opportunity for community members to review key data, including critical community infrastructure and flood vulnerabilities, and provide input into the assessment that will be used to develop a community-wide Resilience Plan.
“It’s important that we continue to hear from our residents as we move forward,” said St. Lucie County Board of County Commission Chair Jamie Lee Fowler. “Their real-life experiences will help identify areas of concern to ensure we meet the needs of our community and strengthen our ability to respond to future challenges.”
In-Person Meetings
- Thursday, May 22 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Havert L. Fenn Center, 2000 Virginia Ave., Fort Pierce, FL 34982
- Thursday, May 29 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Paula A. Lewis Branch Library, 2950 SW Rosser Blvd., Port St. Lucie, FL 34953
Virtual Meeting
- Tuesday, May 27 from noon to 1 p.m. via Zoom.
For more information or to register for the meetings, visit www.ResilientStLucie.com
This work was funded in part through grant agreements from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection Resilient Florida Program; and through federal Community Development Block Grant - Mitigation funding through the Florida Department of Commerce totaling $600,000 or 52% of total project cost.