Potential Severe Weather Event - Briefing from NWS

The National Weather Service of Newport/Morehead City, NC (NWS) continues to monitor the potential for severe weather to affect the Outer Banks, beginning tomorrow and lasting into the weekend as the remnants of Hurricane Sally passes over our area.

The NWS expects minor coastal flooding, heavy rain with possible flash flooding, damaging winds, and isolated tornadoes will be possible.

Strong and prolonged northeast winds behind the remnants of Hurricane Sally will cause elevated water levels and possible coastal flooding, large waves, dangerous rip currents, beach erosion, and potential ocean overwash.

Tropical weather impacts expected from remnants of Hurricane Sally

View the latest briefing from the NWS. For regular updates from the NWS, monitor their website and Facebook page.

Unfortunately, the hurricane season is far from over; we are just at the peak of the season and there is currently a great deal of activity in the Atlantic. Don’t let your guard down! Be sure that you and your family are ready and prepared today.

Make sure your emergency supplies meet your needs: food and water, medication, pet items, emergency cash to last several days (Emergency Supply Kit Info)
Charge assistive devices & have extra batteries
Have a family emergency plan. Know your evacuation routes and shelter options
Update your emergency contacts
Sign up to receive emergency alert notifications from Kill Devil Hills and Dare County.

Learn more: ready.gov/hurricanes, ready.gov/plan

Dare Counts - Census 2020

You count on their response, and now
they're counting on you to respond.

Our community is fortunate to have incredible teams of emergency responders. Let our emergency personnel know that you are thankful for them and their daily sacrifices by completing the 2020 Census, which will ensure they receive the federal funding and support they need.

Dare County Center, Thomas A. Baum Senior Center Reopened on September 14 with Limited Capacity

The Dare County Center on Roanoke Island and the Thomas A. Baum Senior Center in Kill Devil Hills each reopened their facilities’ fitness rooms and resumed indoor group exercise classes with a limited capacity on September 14. Fitness room use and exercise classes will be available by appointment only, and no walk-ins will be permitted.

Read more. . .

Survey Seeks Input from Dare County Business Owners and Employers Regarding Employee Housing Needs

Dare County and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have partnered to develop a survey seeking input from local business owners and employers regarding their employees’ housing needs and to identify the most significant challenges associated with the shortage of housing options within the county.

The housing survey asks employers to provide information on a wide array of employee housing issues, including the length of an employee’s one-way commute from their residence to their place of employment; whether employers have difficulty attracting and/or retaining employees due to a lack of housing; which types of employees are most often in need of housing; whether employers have offered employment to prospective employees only to have them decline the offer due to difficulty finding housing; whether business owners have had to adjust their hours as a result of a limited workforce; and what business owners believe to be the biggest obstacles to potential employees securing housing within Dare County.

Participants’ responses to the 14-question survey are completely confidential and will be used to inform Dare County officials of the type and scale of housing that is needed in order to better support the local Outer Banks economy.

The survey is the result of a partnership formed between Dare County and the Development Finance Initiative (DFI), a program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Government. The DFI partners with local governments throughout North Carolina and performs specialized finance and development expertise to attract private investment for transformative real estate development projects. The DFI then recruits highly qualified private developers to bring the project from conception to completion.

Dare County’s partnership with the DFI aims to assess the demand for additional housing options in the county and to identify opportunities for new real estate developments that will better serve the community.

To access the Dare County Housing Needs survey and submit your responses, visit darenc.com/EmployerHousingSurvey.

Potential Severe Weather Event - Briefing from NWS

Dare Counts - Census 2020

You count on their response, and nowthey're counting on you to respond.

Dare County Center, Thomas A. Baum Senior Center Reopened on September 14 with Limited Capacity

Survey Seeks Input from Dare County Business Owners and Employers Regarding Employee Housing Needs

You count on their response, and now
they're counting on you to respond.