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Andrew Carlton, Director 
336-838-3951 ext. 1005
336-838-7616 
email 

Dylan Powell, Town Planner
336-838-3951 ext. 1011 
email 

Matt Grogan, Town Planner
336-838-3951 ext. 1016  
email 

Office Located at 
Wilkesboro Town Hall
2nd Floor
203 West Main Street
Wilkesboro, NC 28697 

Mailing Address:
Town of Wilkesboro 
Attn: Planning
PO Box 1056 
Wilkesboro, NC 28697  

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Main Street America™ has been helping revitalize older and historic commercial districts for more than 35 years. Today it is a network of more than 1,600 neighborhoods and communities, rural and urban, who share both a commitment to place and to building stronger communities through preservation-based economic development. Main Street America is a program of the nonprofit National Main Street Center, a subsidiary of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

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Wilkesboro is a North Carolina Small Town Main Street community, designated by the N.C. Department of Commerce Main Street & Rural Planning Center. Historic Downtown Wilkesboro is charged with administering the program at the local level and building public-private partnerships to spur economic development that achieves measurable results such as investment, business growth, and job creation. 

 

  

 

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FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT

  
Historically, people have been attracted to water for industry, commerce, living, and recreation. During early settlement and development in the US, locations near water were a necessity for transportation, waterpower, water supply, and contained fertile soils for agricultural use. This pattern of development continued as communities grew to their present form.

When the natural process is unaltered by human activity, flooding is not a problem.  In fact, species of plants and animals that live near water are adapted to periodic flooding. Flooding is only considered a problem when human development is located in flood-prone areas. Problems can result which expose people to dangerous situations and property damage. Flooding can also disrupt the natural functions of floodplains and redirecting surface flows onto lands that are not normally subject to flooding.

Communities do not have to endure the dangers and damages that have resulted from unwise use of floodplains. These are done through guiding and regulating development activities in flood-prone areas and these set of activities are known as Floodplain Management[1].

FORM:

pdf-icon Floodplain Application 

RESOURCES:

web icon https://www.floodsmart.gov

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 FEMA Fact Sheet about Flood Insurance

pdf-icon Floodplain Insurance Study - Wilkes County       

pdf-icon NC Floodplain Mapping Program  

pdf-icon FEMA 5 year Plan for North Carolina 

pdf-icon User's Guide to Technical Bulletins

pdf-icon Technical Bulletin 1 - Opening Foundation Walls & Walls of Enclosure

pdf-icon Technical Bulletin 2 - Flood Damage-Resistent Material Requirements

pdf-icon Technical Bulletin 3 - Non-Residential Floodproofing Requirements & Certification

pdf-icon Technical Bulletin 4 - Elevator Installation

pdf-icon Technical Bulletin 5  - Free-of-Obstruction Requirements

pdf-icon Technical Bulletin 6 - Below-Grade Parking Requirements 

pdf-icon Technical Bulletin 7 - Wet Floodproofing Requirements)

pdf-icon Technical Bulletin 8 - Corrosion Protection for Metal Connectors in Coastal Areas

pdf-icon Technical Bulletin 9 - Design & Construction Guidance for Breakaway

pdf-icon Technical Bulletin 10 - Ensuring that Structures Built on Fill-in or Near Special Flood Hazard Areas are Reasonably Safe from Flooding

pdf-icon Technical Bulletin 11 - Crawlspace Construction for Buildings located in Special Flood Hazard Areas

pdf-icon [1] Carryout Floodplain Management in your Locality