The Hilltop Home in a Flood Plain (Huh?!?) When a home appears on a Federal Emergency Management Agency (“FEMA”) map showing its “flood zone designation,” you might assume that the home was located in a flood plain — and subject to (very expensive) flood insurance. Unh-unh. It turns out that ALL Minnesota homes have been assigned a flood...Read More
St. Louis Park’s FEMA Money Here’s something new on my radar, picked up at the weekly Edina Realty – City Lakes meeting this morning: what’s going to happen to Meadowbrook Golf course in St. Louis Park? As locals know, the city-owned course suffered massive, sustained flooding last Summer. What they may not know (or at...Read More
