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Parks department to apply for community-assistance grant for community orchard; park trail bidding proceeds and county wins solar grant
Summary
Commissioners granted permission for the Parks Department to apply for a community-assistance (CAP) grant to build a community orchard with Rotary Club support, staff said the park's Phase 2 trail project is ready for bid pending environmental sign-off, and the county received a $217,000 nonmatching grant for solar at the Webb Road facility.
St. Francois County commissioners gave staff permission to apply for a community-assistance grant to build a community orchard in partnership with the Rotary Club and heard updates on park trail projects and a county solar grant.
Mike Sumpter of the St. Francois County Parks Department described the orchard as a Rotary-sponsored community project that would include fruit trees (apple, pear or similar) and volunteer labor from Rotary members. Sumpter said the Rotary Club will pay for the planting materials and…
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