FEMA releases $35 million in funds for Annapolis City Dock flood mitigation project
FEMA has released $35 million in funds for the ongoing City Dock flood mitigation and revitalization project in Annapolis, Maryland leaders announced.
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Janay Reece came back home to Baltimore to join WJZ in August 2023.
Before coming back to the Charm City, Janay was a morning anchor and reporter for WDBJ7 in Roanoke, VA. She joined the WDBJ7 morning team after spending a year as a multimedia journalist in the New River Valley for the station.
Before WDBJ7, Janay spent two years in the Midwest anchoring, reporting, and producing in Ottumwa, IA, and Kirksville, MO.
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She has won awards with the RTDNAC and the South Carolina Press Association for best newscast and photography for her work in multimedia reporting.
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She was born in Baltimore, MD, and raised in Charlotte, NC -- and she is thrilled to be back where it all started!
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FEMA has released $35 million in funds for the ongoing City Dock flood mitigation and revitalization project in Annapolis, Maryland leaders announced.
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