Kingfisher has received a 2014 Municipal Innovation Award for its ongoing work on a flood mitigation project.
The town received the honor for a city under 10,000 population on Thursday from the Oklahoma Municipal League.
Kingfisher recently completed the first phase of a flood plain buyout program using $7 million in local, state and federal funds to clean up properties along a flood plain area.
Work on solving the problem began in 2007 after remnants of Tropical Storm Erin caused a devastating flood in Kingfisher that caused more than $20 million in damage.
With Kingfisher taking ownership of the property, parks and trails are planned for future use to enhance the quality of life as an additional benefit to protecting citizens and property that are no longer exposed to flooding.
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