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Butte supervisors reopen RFP after awarding $1 million fire-preparedness marketing grant
Summary
The board advanced a $1 million Community Development Block Grant program award to support the countywide Be Ready Butte wildfire-education campaign, and directed staff to reopen the contract solicitation so the Butte County Fire Safe Council and others can bid.
The Butte County Board of Supervisors on Sept. 9 discussed a $1 million Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) award for the county’s Be Ready Butte wildfire education and prevention campaign and directed staff to reopen the request-for-proposals process to allow the Butte County Fire Safe Council and other local organizations to submit proposals.
Fire Chief Garrett Schollin told the board the CDBG award would expand the Be Ready Butte campaign, which the department has run since 2021 to promote defensible space and evacuation planning. “This project will involve a countywide education and outreach campaign to engage property owners to prevent the spread of fire by…
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