Funding supports emergency assistance, small businesses, and home repairs as families navigate long-term recovery KERRVILLE, Texas — Today, the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country marked three months since the July 16, 2026, floods by highlighting approximately $24 million in grants supporting recovery across the Hill Country and South Texas. Through local nonprofit partners, […]
Month: October 2026
Hill Country camps to receive $287,500 for new safety program
KERRVILLE, Texas — A $287,500 grant from the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country will fund a new safety program for youth camps in the Hill Country, according to The Safety Navigator, the nonprofit receiving the funding. The grant was awarded through the Kerr County Flood Relief Fund and will support a program that […]
Whitley Penn Talks: How the Texas Hill Country Is Rebuilding After Tragedy
Isaac Cline, a 19th‑century Galveston meteorologist, is known for saying, “Texas is a land of eternal drought, interrupted occasionally by biblical floods.” In the summer of 2025 and again in 2026, Cline’s proclamation sadly came true as massive, deadly floods struck Kerr County, Kerrville, Uvalde, and many more towns and counties across the Texas Hill Country. Once the water receded, the long process of […]
EIC boosts James Avery signal funding to $160K
The Kerrville Economic Improvement Corporation’s regular meeting Monday produced one item that went beyond what was posted on the public agenda: a signal-funding vote that came in $20,000 above the amount described in the board’s own posted notice. The board also returned to closed-door discussion of the EIC-owned tract once destined for the Megaacrete plant. […]
Hill Country flood relief grant awards $287K to expand youth camp safety programs
KERRVILLE, Texas — A national nonprofit founded in the aftermath of the deadly July 4, 2025, floods has received a $287,500 grant to develop new safety resources for youth camps in the Texas Hill Country. The Safety Navigator announced Friday that the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country awarded the grant through its Kerr County […]
Hunt, Ingram rebuilding project receives $2M grant
The Hunt Preservation Society’s home rebuilding project, which assisted in rebuilding more than 40 homes in Hunt damaged by the July 4, 2025, flood, has received a new grant from The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country to expand the program to 40 more homes destroyed or damaged by the July 16, 2026, flooding […]
Episcopal Relief and Development tours Kerr County recovery sites
In the midst of this week’s inclement weather, board members from the national and international Episcopal Relief and Development traveled to Kerr County on Thursday, Oct. 1, to visit residents of RVs and mobile homes who are still reeling from the devastating impact of the July 4, 2025, flood. These residents participated in the ERD’s […]