After a six-month project and around 350 yards of concrete funded and constructed by the state, a new bridge is now built.

"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.

The money will extend water and wastewater services in the northern part of the city where new homes will soon be build for flood survivors.

"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.

One year after July 2022's historic flooding, WYMT takes a look back and tells some of the stories of the Faces of the Flood.

On Saturday, David’s Legacy and Operation Letcher County Recovery joined forces to serve flood survivors.

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.

Many communities felt the impact of that flood, and for one particular community, that was no different.

Farmers across the region lost crops, animals, or had problems with their soil.