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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2F2024-marthas-vineyard-coastal-conference-tickets-991101058947%3Faff%3Doddtdtcreator&data=05%7C02%7Csemco%40whoi.edu%7Cb1258cd276c04f91727b08dcd7318249%7Cd44c5cc6d18c46cc8abd4fdf5b6e5944%7C0%7C0%7C638621855048889171%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=LwtAxKq2R6s%2FlRFH57IOOJ0xhyh1hb%2B4TUBhDmgPeyY%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2024-marthas-vineyard-coastal-conference-tickets-991101058947?aff=oddtdtcreator" shash="Z7Xbygb8SYn8HDQhnTHrPRPuNk1SoLB0BoWXE3Xzr33ypskcq+7sSZL0wB1g/VfOhJ071hHXUIhgflTQeHjJUf3egpfB1Z9223eS4ScwskWiILzJkhnkVGg7TW104y76lCzY25EFkKTrEHHNvFPJlwVByFf6hTuWYjkVabOfp5I=">Register
Now</a></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: the next annual Islands Coastal Conference will be held on Martha’s Vineyard on Tuesday, October 1<sup>st</sup>. This conference is free to attend and open to all.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The theme of this year’s conference is
<i>Building Coastal Resilience</i>. Featured topics include managed retreat in action, understanding flood risk, and homeowners and flood insurance. We are excited to announce our keynote speaker is Deanna Moran, Chief Coastal Resilience Officer from the Massachusetts
Office of Coastal Zone Management.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">For more information about the conference, please visit our event website:
<a href="https://seagrant.whoi.edu/regional-topics/storms-erosion-flooding/mvncc/2024-mvcc/">
https://seagrant.whoi.edu/regional-topics/storms-erosion-flooding/mvncc/2024-mvcc/</a>. Hope to see you there!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:Roboto;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Shelly McComb, CFM
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Coastal Resilience Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Cape Cod Cooperative Extension & Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Sea Grant<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Barnstable County, Regional Government of Cape Cod<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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