ATLANTA -- The Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA), on behalf of Governor Sonny Perdue, recently reimbursed Chatham County $1,724.24 for costs associated with the acquisition and demolition of Chatham County Public Works buildings subject to flooding.   

"These improvements will pay major dividends in terms of reducing flooding and destruction in this area," said GEMA Director Charley English.

These funds are apart of GEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Assistance Program, which provide funds to state agencies and local governments for projects that reduce or eliminate the long-term risk to human life and property from the effects of natural hazards by breaking the repetitive cycle of destruction and reconstruction.