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St. Clair County leaders report federal outreach, seek ARC capacity grant
Summary
Economic development staff and commissioners described a recent Washington, D.C., trip that produced multiple congressional project requests and advanced an Appalachian Regional Commission capacity-building grant; the commission approved signing an MOU to pursue the ARC grant.
Candice Hill, Saint Clair County’s economic development council grant coordinator, told the commission she and county officials traveled to Washington, D.C., last week to press for federal funding for local infrastructure and public-safety equipment. The delegation met with offices of Sen. Tommy Tuberville, Rep. Mike Rogers and Sen. Katie Britt, Hill said, and submitted roughly $20.5 million in requests that could be entered in congressional spending bills next year.
The requests Hill described included Coosa Valley water system funding (she said the county’s campaign for that program totals about $60 million), police radios for several municipalities (she said Asheville and Ragland were…
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