WEDNESDAY 9/25: Workshop on Rising Insurance Rates on Eastern Shore

The public is invited to a free workshop entitled “Coastal Insurance: The Cause and Effects of Rising Rates” to be 6:30-8 p.m. Wednesday, September 25, at the Eastern Shore Community College Workforce Development Building in Melfa.

Norfolk-based Wetlands Watch spent the last year on a street-level study of private homeowner’s insurance, focusing on how increasing rates and changes in coverage might affect shoreline communities.

Join co-author Skip Stiles for an exploration of the study’s often surprising findings about the links between private insurance, climate change, and rising sea level, and learn how changes coming to the federal National Flood Insurance Program will further impact the cost and patterns of coastal living.

Stiles’ presentation is the first of what the study has called for: coastal conversations on where we are headed and what we should do about it.

For additional information, please contact Curt Smith of the Accomack-Northampton Planning District Commission at 757-787-2936.