Flood Insurance Rate Map Zone Information
“Since December 15,1992, Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government has been participating in the Community Rating System (CRS) Program, as sponsored by the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Created by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), this program provides new incentives for communities that implement activities beyond those required by the NFIP. In return, the community is rewarded for these activities in the form of lower insurance premiums for citizens. As part of this program, the parish has implemented a public information service to anyone in need of flood hazard information. We have a technical person for flood insurance on staff […]
New study questions athletic field’s future
Via Houma Times
By JOHN DeSANTIS Senior Staff Writer
Terrebonne Parish officials say they have faith a planned regional sports park will be completed and successful, pointing to planned land swaps and hopes for re-establishing some state financing as the basis of their belief.
But a study released Wednesday by the Houma-Terrebonne Chamber of Commerce suggests otherwise, and cautions that without changes in how Terrebonne Parish manages its recreation scheme overall an incomplete “Field of Dreams” could turn into a muddy nightmare.
“It is a complicated problem in need of a long-term solution,” said Hank […]
Task force: Financial plan needed for parks
Via Houma Today
By Dan Copp / Staff Writer
A task force examining how to speed up construction of the Bayou Country Sports Park says the project is hindered by major inequalities in the local recreational tax system and no overall plan to pay for it.
Although Terrebonne Parish has spent about $8.7 million toward the development of the project, the task force found no dedicated financing stream for the maintenance or construction of the park, Hank Babin, chairman of the Recreation Task Force, said at a news conference today.
“We wanted to know where the […]