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A small business recovery initiative of $10 million was announced at a press conference Tuesday by The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country.  Austin Dickson, executive director of the Community Foundation, told the gathering at the Dallas Daughtry Memorial Pavilion that a total $150 million has been donated to support recovery efforts across the region.   “Since […]

KERRVILLE, Texas — The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country announced a $10 million grant Tuesday to LiftFund, a San Antonio-based nonprofit, to help small businesses recover and get back on their feet from the July 4, 2025 flooding across Kerr County. Foundation leaders say the new initiative will provide fast, flexible financial assistance […]

The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country announced a $10 million relief activation for Kerrville-area small businesses affected by deadly flooding last year. Click the following link to watch the broadcast: https://www.ksat.com/video/news/2026/01/13/10-million-in-relief-activated-for-small-businesses-affected-by-hill-country-flooding/

KERRVILLE — A Kerr County nonprofit that raised more than $150 million for flood relief says it will set aside $10 million to help revitalize small businesses affected by the July 4 Hill Country floods. Officials with Kerrville-based Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country said Tuesday that they have approved a $10 million grant to LiftFund, a […]

TEXAS — The Community Foundation has committed millions toward housing recovery, helping Hill Country families repair homes damaged in the Fourth of July flood.    From saws to nail guns, the sounds of construction are familiar in Kerr County as the rebuilding continues.  “Forty different homes,” said Mary Campana, executive director of Habitat for Humanity […]

TEXAS — Six months after the deadly Fourth of July flood that devastated Central Texas, communities are still sifting through the rubble, sorting through the damage and recovering. Spectrum News 1 looks at the rebuild, telling stories of those whose lives will never be the same, saluting the resolve of Texans who survived, and paying tribute […]

KERR COUNTY, Texas – Six months after her home and everything inside of it were flooded, Stephanie Smith remains without a home. Smith has a temporary roof over her head but only for the next few months. “It was the first time since the (July 4) flood where I’ve had some sense of home,” Smith said. […]

The coolers were packed, hot dogs, buns and chips were bagged and ready, camping and picnic spaces were picked out — but 2025 became the Fourth of July that never was. In the pre-dawn hours that morning, a tremendous rainstorm dropped devastating amounts of rain on the Guadalupe River and the cities and towns along […]