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How Can Decatur Help Tornado Ravaged Georgia Towns?

Decatur Metro | May 5, 2011

At the conclusion of Monday’s Decatur City Commission meeting, Mayor Floyd made mention of last week’s deadly night of tornadoes and the effect on dozens of small North Georgia towns, noting that in some places the entire downtown had been obliterated.

He closed by saying something along the lines of “Don’t be surprised if we come back to you soon with a plan to help out these folks.”

A great idea, which got me thinking “What COULD Decatur do to help out these communities?”

Other than just sending money, would we send teams of people to clean and/or rebuild?  Dedicate planning resources to help rebuild downtown areas?  (Is that even possible?)

What would you like to see happen?

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