{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://balint.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=327", "Welch, Balint Meet with Flood-Impacted Vermonters, Small Businesses in Ludlow and Londonderry", "2024-07-02", "2024", "2024-07", "Democrat", "House", "VT", "Becca Balint", "B001318", "balint.house.gov", "balint", "https://balint.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "Londonderry and Ludlow, VT \u2013 Nearly one year after the July 2023 floods, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and U.S. Representative Becca Balint (VT-At-Large) sat down with community members and flood-impacted small businesses in Londonderry and Ludlow. Sen. Welch and Rep. Balint discussed the communities\u2019 ongoing flood recovery efforts and work to improve flood resilience. The Vermont Delegation returned to businesses and areas in the West River Valley that they toured immediately following the flooding in Southern Vermont.\n\n\u201cNearly one year ago, catastrophic flooding devastated homes and livelihoods throughout Vermont. While we've made progress in our recovery efforts, today Rep. Balint and I heard from Vermonters who have made clear that there's still a long way to go to ensure critical infrastructure is rebuilt and communities have the resources they need to recover,\u201d said Sen. Welch. \u201cI'll keep fighting for and prioritizing disaster recovery funding to ensure Vermonters have the support they need to rebuild even stronger than before.\u201d\n\n\u201cOne year after floods devastated our communities, businesses and homes, Vermonters remain resilient. But there is still so much work to be done to get every Vermont family and business to a full recovery. Today\u2019s conversations in Londonderry and Ludlow highlighted further some of the important work still left to do to ensure our towns are prepared for disasters to come. I was pleased to visit Londonderry and Ludlow today with Senator Welch to continue direct dialogue with Vermonters. We will continue to fight for Vermonter, to get our state the resources we need to rebuild with resiliency in mind,\u201d said Rep. Balint.\n\nView photos from the event below and on Senator Welch\u2019s website:\n\nIn Londonderry, Sen. Welch and Rep. Balint hosted a Community Coffee, and heard directly from flood-impacted Vermonters and local leaders in the West River Valley about the flood recovery process.\n\nIn Ludlow, Sen. Welch and Rep. Balint met with local businesses that were flooded, as well as the Okemo Regional Chamber of Commerce. They toured restored buildings that sustained damage during the floods, including the expanded Darkside Snowboard Shop and Green Mountain Fireplace Specialties in the Okemo Marketplace Plaza.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:24:45Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://balint.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=327"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.011027954518795, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}