Pinellas Launches Hurricane Irma Recovery Tour

CLEARWATER, FL — Pinellas County residents in need of assistance following Hurricane Irma’s run across the state last week may not have to leave their neighborhoods to find help. The county’s Citizen Information Center on Tuesday announced the kickoff of a road tour of sorts.

“This week, the Pinellas County Citizen Information Center is going on the road after two weeks of offering live phone assistance to more than 55,000 callers,” the center explained in an email to media. County staff plan to visit communities across Pinellas to provide information on programs and assistance that may be available to help them. Information that will provided includes FEMA disaster assistance applications, consumer protection tips, post-storm resources and more. (For more local news from Florida, click here to sign up for real-time news alerts and newsletters from Clearwater Patch. Click here to find your local Florida Patch. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

The road tour includes the following stops:

• Sept. 20 from 4 to 7 p.m., Pinellas County Extension, 12520 Ulmerton Road, Largo
• Sept. 21 from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., Lealman and Asian Neighborhood Family Center, 4255 56th Ave. N., St. Petersburg
• Sept. 21, 9 a.m. to noon, Hispanic Outreach Center, 612 Franklin St., Clearwater
• Sept. 21, noon to 3 p.m., East Lake Community Library, 4125 East Lake Road S., Palm Harbor
• Sept. 22, 8 to 11 a.m., The Centre of Palm Harbor, 1500 16th St., Palm Harbor

The county has also made printed materials for storm victims available at public library branches, fire stations and at Florida Department of Health locations. A business recovery center is also open at Pinellas County Economic Development, 13805 58th St. N.

For more information about recovery resources, visit the Pinellas County website.

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Image via the National Hurricane Center