"An exciting time that we can say that we’re at least going to have those 14 new houses and that this project and these federal funds will be used to help that project," Jackson Mayor Laura Thomas said.
After moving into the trailer, she fell and broke her knee, but that has not stopped her. Now that she has a home in the same area that she lived before. She said she is happy to be out of the flood zone.
"Because we know that recovery isn’t just a material task, recovery is a spiritual task, it’s a human task, it encompasses our entire lives," Joshua van Cleef said.
President and CEO of the Hazard Community and Technical College Dr. Jennifer Lindon said this flood hit the heart of their service area that left 51 students without a home.