Episode 6: Remembering the 2013 Flood
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We're going back ten years to remember the 2013 Flood, how it impacted our community, and the courage and care of neighbors who stepped up to help each other.
Special guests in this episode (City of Boulder staff):- Joe Taddeucci, Director of Utilities
- Chris Meschuk, Deputy City Manager
- Jennelle Freeston, Deputy Director of Community Connections and Partnerships for Open Space and Mountain Parks
- Brandon Coleman, Engineering Project Manager
- Chad Brotherton, Visitor Infrastructure Senior Manager for Open Space and Mountain Parks
- Mike Chard, Director of the Office of Disaster Management for the City of Boulder and Boulder County.
- 2013 Flood Story Map
- Call for 2013 Flood Art and Reflections
- Carnegie Library Oral Histories
- September 2013 Flood Information and Storytelling
- Boulder's Web Guide to Flooding
- How to Be Flood Ready
- City of Boulder Comprehensive Flood and Stormwater Plan
- By the Pond (Instrumental), Risers, Dim, Ink and Afternoons (Instrumental) by Chad Crouch/Podington Bear. All are licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International LicenseorAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
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- Chris Meschuk, Deputy City Manager
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- Call for 2013 Flood Art and Reflections
- Carnegie Library Oral Histories
- September 2013 Flood Information and Storytelling
- Boulder's Web Guide to Flooding
- How to Be Flood Ready
- City of Boulder Comprehensive Flood and Stormwater Plan
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