Meredith Moran
County News Staff Writer
About Meredith
Meredith is NACo’s staff writer. She is responsible for contributing content for each bimonthly issue of the print newspaper of County News, including interviewing sources, completing revisions after copy editing and gathering images to accompany articles. Prior to joining NACo, Meredith worked as a staff writer for the Capital News Service. Meredith holds a bachelor's degree in journalism and creative writing.
Counties get creative with land use to add affordable housing
Orange County, Fla. is working to develop affordable housing on land owned by religious institutions and Fairfax County, Va. is exploring co-locating its libraries with affordable housing.
County-backed loan fund unlocks thousands of affordable housing units
Montgomery County, Md. is using a $100 million revolving loan fund to develop more than 3,000 affordable housing units across the county.
Minnesota county library addresses public health
Dakota County, Minn. identified libraries as trusted accessible spaces to be used as community health hubs.
Illinois county mental health center first in state to serve youth, adults
DuPage County, Ill. worked for nearly a decade to acquire the funding and public policy changes needed to create its Crisis Recovery Center.
Counties regroup after FEMA’s resiliency grant program resumes
As FEMA resumes and restructures its Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities grant program, counties are reassessing projects that were put in limbo during its cancellation and creating new hazard mitigation gameplans ahead of its upcoming funding cycle.
Banking program makes for county ‘peace of mind,’ smooth audit process
Bank failures in the news in 2023 gave Suffolk County, N.Y. an incentive to upgrade its own bank program and create a more streamlined collateral reporting process.