County requests federal assistance to help individual property owners

Posted on June 20, 2014

State and local officials are awaiting a decision by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on a request seeking federal individual assistance for property owners in Taylor County.

The Florida Division of Emergency Management and Gov. Rick Scott made the request for Taylor and Gilchrist on June 6, and according to Taylor County Coordinator Dustin Hinkel, as of Tuesday the agency had yet to announce its decision.

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