Town hall meeting for Eagle Lake July 23

The Eagle Lake Matters website has announced a town hall for residents of the flooded community and surrounding areas affected by the Yazoo Backwater Flood.

The meeting will be held Tuesday, July 23, at 5:30 p.m. at the Warren County Courthouse, 1009 Cherry St., Vicksburg, in the 2nd Floor courtroom.

On the panel:

• Mr. Scott Coopwood, Region II & Vice Chairman for Mississippi Commission Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks and owner of Delta Business Journal
• Joe Girot, Federal Coordination Officer for FEMA for the State of Mississippi
• Greg Michel, Director of MEMA
• Peter Nimrod, Mississippi Levee Board
• Drew Smith, Chief of Water Management, Vicksburg District Corps of Engineers
• Ryan Jones, Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
• Warren County Board of Supervisors, all supervisors should be in attendance
• John Elfer, Warren County Emergency Management Director
• Ben Luckett, Warren County Tax Assessor
• Martin Pace, Warren County Sheriff
• Jan Daige – Circuit Clerk
• Jerry Briggs, Warren County Fire Coordinator
• Kevin Ford, State Representative

Other representatives from various agencies will be in attendance.