The Governor’s Commission to Rebuild Texas on Tuesday held a regional meeting in Sugar Land, Texas.
Representatives of the Commission, including officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM), and the Texas General Land Office (GLO), participated along with other entities working on the state’s recovery from Hurricane Harvey.
 
At the meeting, mayors, county judges, and other local officials in attendance had the opportunity to engage in dialogue with subject matter experts on public finance issues, debris management, housing, structural standards, workforce issues, and flood control, mitigation, and land development.
 
“The Governor has tasked us with ‘future-proofing’ our communities and our state to withstand future storms, and we take this charge very seriously,” said Commissioner John Sharp. “We are working with local leaders to set a new gold standard for hurricane recovery, and we be going at full steam until the job is done.
 
Earlier this week, the Commission held a regional meeting in Victoria. The Commission will be holding three additional regional meetings in Gulf Coast communities affected by Harvey in the month of November.