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Call it resilience, call it infrastructure, call it economic development—just build it before the next 8-year-old goes to sleep in a floodway.
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Daniel Lehewych, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Sep. 2025
Corey Waldrop, who owns the property and is developing it under his company Motiv Ventures, plans to reclaim some of that floodway and the adjacent floodplain.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Aug. 2025
In Georgetown, two RV parks along the San Gabriel River that were all but wiped off the map are directly in the floodway, where water moves most forcefully during storms.
—Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 1 Aug. 2025
At least four of the camp's cabins that housed younger campers — as well as the camp's recreation and dining halls — were located within what FEMA calls a floodway.
—Laura Sullivan, NPR, 13 July 2025
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Daniel Lehewych, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Sep. 2025
Corey Waldrop, who owns the property and is developing it under his company Motiv Ventures, plans to reclaim some of that floodway and the adjacent floodplain.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Aug. 2025
In Georgetown, two RV parks along the San Gabriel River that were all but wiped off the map are directly in the floodway, where water moves most forcefully during storms.
—Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 1 Aug. 2025
At least four of the camp's cabins that housed younger campers — as well as the camp's recreation and dining halls — were located within what FEMA calls a floodway.
—Laura Sullivan, NPR, 13 July 2025
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“Floodway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/floodway. Accessed 24 Sep. 2025.
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