Manatee County officials today pulled back the curtain on “Lasting Manatee,” a sweeping recovery game plan that aims to fix storm‑damaged homes and harden vulnerable infrastructure after the 2024 storms. The initiative bundles homeowner repairs, rental recovery, voluntary buyouts and big‑ticket infrastructure work under a federal recovery grant worth about $252.7 million.
In a Facebook post, the county told residents, “We’re working to build recovery programs for you and your neighbors that repair past hurricane damages and help protect infrastructure from future storm risks,” and…..