Today Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush is encouraging communities affected by the 2015 flooding events to submit applications for Community Development Block Grants for Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds to pay for long-term housing and infrastructure recovery projects. These newly available funds will be administered by the Texas General Land Office’s Community Development & Revitalization program (GLO-CDR) to help disaster impacted communities rebuild homes and infrastructure. It will also allow communities to implement mitigation efforts […]
Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush
Commissioner Bush, Alamo leaders praise Texas Legislature for fully funding the Alamo
AUSTIN – Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush today applauded the Members of the 85th Legislature for fully funding his request for $75 million for the Alamo, the Cradle of Texas Liberty, in its biennial budget. Commissioner Bush sought the funds to preserve and protect the historic buildings of the Alamo Church and Long Barrack and to continue the unprecedented progress that has been made on the Alamo Master Plan. The Senate voted 30 […]
GLO announces release of Texas Action Plan for 2016 Disaster Recovery
Plan available for review at http://texasrebuilds.org/Pages/2016Floods.aspx Public comment period begins Monday AUSTIN – Today Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush announced the Texas General Land Office (GLO) has completed the State of Texas Action Plan detailing eligible uses and allocation of available funding to assist communities with long-term recovery from the compounded floods and other disasters of 2016.The GLO’s Community Development and Revitalization program (GLO-CDR) will oversee administration of $222.2 million in Community Development Block […]