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From beach restoration to countywide road construction, The Wave delivers the most important news from Pinellas County Government to your inbox each month.
In this month’s edition
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Tax holiday, sandbags, and more: get ready for hurricane season
Hurricane season runs June 1 – Nov. 30. Are you ready? Check your evacuation zone and learn about other ways to prepare.
Fill your hurricane kit tax-free June 1-14! Here’s a handy checklist of what you’ll need.
Should you use sandbags? Not always. They aren’t effective in fast moving storm surge and flooding higher than 15 inches. If sandbags are part of your hurricane preparation plans, get them now. Here’s how.
Also in this edition
- Check out our award-winning video: Hurricane Myths vs. Facts
- Playgrounds across the county are getting upgraded
- Putting the “beach” back in Pass-a-Grille
- Take a survey to reduce the harm from opioid overdoses in our community
- Adopt a furry friend while the animal shelter is under construction
- Homelessness to hope: locals find healing in 50 new apartment homes
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