Vardaman Receives Grant For City Truck PDF Print E-mail
Vardaman is one of the benefactors of $820,718 in community facilities projects for Mississippi's First Congressional District, Con. Travis Childers announced Thursday afternoon. These projects are being funded immediately with federal funds provided through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

“It is essential that North Mississippians have access to up-to-date hospitals, libraries, and other community facilities that are critical to revitalizing rural communities,” said Congressman Childers. “These important Recovery Act funds will help ensure that Mississippi’s First Congressional District has adequate funding to keep its residents healthy and safe, and that rural North Mississippi has the resources it needs to strengthen local communities.”

Below is a list of projects receiving funding in the First District:

City of Eupora, Road Repairs, loan $274,300; grant $147,700; total $422,000
Choctaw County Board of Supervisors, Backhoe, grant $44,880
City of Sardis, City Maintenance Service Truck, grant $4,900
Town of Ackerman, Tractor, grant $25,190
Town of Oakland,  Tractor, grant $37,085
Town of Vardaman, City Maintenance Service Truck, grant $7,923
Town of Walnut, City Maintenance Service Truck, grant $12,130
United Community Action Committee, Inc., School Bus, grant $81,906
Benton County Board of Supervisors, Fire Truck and Equipment, grant $120,000
Town of Tishomingo, Police car, grant $19,704
Cayce-Marshall County VFD, Fire Truck, grant $45,000

The funding announced today is being provided through USDA Rural Development’s Community Facilities program, which helps finance essential community facilities for public use in rural areas. These facilities include childcare centers, hospitals, medical clinics, assisted living facilities, fire and rescue stations, police stations, community centers, public buildings and transportation. Through this program, USDA ensures that such facilities are available to all rural residents. These funds are available to public bodies and non-profit organizations.

Funding of individual recipients is contingent upon their meeting the terms of the loan or grant agreement.  More information about USDA Rural Development can be found at www.rurdev.usda.gov.

More information about USDA’s Recovery Act efforts is available at www.usda.gov/recovery.  More information about the Federal government's efforts on the Recovery Act is available at www.recovery.gov.

For more information on the First District’s and Mississippi’s share of Recovery Act funds, visit Congressman Childers’ online Recovery Tracker at www.childers.house.gov.