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• Setting a positive public example. <br />• Keeping long-range, community -wide goals in mind and balancing them against <br />potential short-term economic gains. <br />• Making sure that all available local resources are used wisely. <br />• Obtaining technical and financial assistance when needed. <br />• Building support for your community's vision of its future floodplains. <br />There are many different kinds <br />We need to do a better job of making people aware of hazards." — <br />of floodplains and flood problems. <br />But experience has shown that cer- Phillis Roberts, Councilwoman, Arnold, Missouri <br />tain techniques and activities usually reduce flood damage and make the most of <br />floodplain lands no matter what the situation. This document shares with you some <br />of the problems, opportunities, and techniques that have brought success to other <br />communities like yours. <br />page 9 <br />