FEMA Administrator Fugate And Local Officials Tour Mississippi Recovery Projects As 5th Anniversary Of Hurricane Katrina Approaches (Click for more)
BILOXI, Miss. - Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate today met with state and local officials in Mississippi and toured two recently completed recovery projects, the Bay St. Louis Firehouse and the Biloxi Lighthouse. The firehouse was built in part using $1.8 million in FEMA funds and is the first firehouse built in Bay St. Louis in more than 100 years. The lighthouse, which was built in 1848 and is on the National Register of Historic Places, was restored and reopened to the public in March of this year. FEMA contributed approximately $280,000 to the project. In Bay St. Louis, Fugate was joined by Bay St. Louis Mayor Les Fillingame, Waveland Mayor Tommy Longo, and Hancock County Board of Supervisors President Rocky Pullman. In Biloxi, he was joined by Biloxi Mayor A.J. Holloway, Gulfport Mayor George Schloegel, D'Iberville Mayor Rusty Quave, Long Beach Mayor Billie Skellie, Pass Christian Mayor Chipper McDermott, and Harrison County Board of Supervisors Connie Rocko.
