Charlotte County, Florida

 

The mission of IINCC is
"To proactively coordinate and develop resources so that disaster victims become and remain survivors."

Interfaith/Interagency
Network
of
Charlotte County

c/o Port Charlotte UMC
21075 Quesada Ave.
Port Charlotte, Florida
33952

 

Member:

Charlotte County Chamber of Commerce

 

Charlotte County Quick Stats:

 

 - 160,000+ residents

 - highest percentage of 
    seniors in country

 - 70,000 homes occupied 
    year-round

 

Hurricane Charley:

 

 - made landfall 8/13/04
    (Friday the 13th)

 

 - devastated Charlotte 
   Harbor and Punta Gorda 
   (where much of area's 
   affordable housing was)

 

 - unleashed 145mph winds

 

 - destroyed 10,000 homes

 

 - destroyed 3,673 (45%)
    mobile homes

 

 - did major damage to 
    16,000 homes

 

 - damaged 34,077 (48%) of 
    70,000 homes (27,918
    (53%) of these were
    single-family homes)

 

 -  damaged 2,380 (23.5%) 
    apartment units

 

 -  ignored the fact that 
    17,488 (51.3) of the 
    34,077 had incomes of 
    $30k or less

 

 -  caused loss of 1,100 jobs 

 

 -  caused 420 businesses 
     to remain closed as of 
     March 2005

 

 -  destroyed 95% of public 
     housing

 

 -  destroyed six schools

 

 -  destroyed 27,000 roofs

 

 -  ripped apart 41,000 pool 
    cages

 

 -  destroyed 5 fire stations

 

 -  sustained over $108
    million in damages

 

 

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Faith- and service-based organizations working together to rebuild our community

The 2004 hurricane season brought undue devastation on Charlotte County, Florida.  Representatives from local faith- and service- based organizations banded together to develop a non-profit corporation to serve as the long-term disaster recovery group for Charlotte County.

Our goal was to help residents rebuild their homes and lives after the 2004 hurricane season, especially after Hurricane Charley.  We succeeded in helping hundreds of local residents.  We assessed their hurricane-related needs and guided them on their path to recovery.

Volunteers from all over America were recruited and coordinated to make the needed repairs, rebuilding our community one family at a time.

Dozens of faith-based, service-based, non-profit and government agencies in Charlotte County are represented through IINCC’s (pronounced "ink") efforts.

As of the Summer of 2007, we are "standing down" until the next disaster, having completed the projects we were tasked with.  While we do not have an active staff, our Board of Directors meet regularly to ensure we are prepared for the next disaster.  (Statistics and updates will be included in this site hopefully by the end of 2007!)

 

IINCC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization governed by a voluntary Board of Directors.

 

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