@epic.shutter.photography: $1.05 million in federal and state funding has been approved to acquire three at-risk homes, threatened by coastal erosion and potential collapse, including The Black Pearl. The three homes have been identified for voluntary acquisition and demolition through a federally funded disaster mitigation program. The project will receive $793,000 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and an additional $258,000 from the state of North Carolina, for a total of $1.05 million, according to Barton Grover, Dare County’s grants and waterways administrator. No funding is required from Dare County. The three properties are photographed in this post: 22909 N.C. Highway 12 (The Black Pearl), 24225 Ocean Drive and 23236 Sea Oats Drive. Although the funding has been awarded, the purchases are not finalized. Grover said the remaining steps include property appraisals, acceptance of purchase offers by homeowners, and confirmation that demolition costs fall within the approved FEMA budget. North Carolina Emergency Management will administer the project on Dare County’s behalf through its State-Centric Hazard Mitigation Program. #blackpearl #outerbanks #rodanthe #oceanfront #erosion

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Thursday 29 October 2026 01:47:51 GMT