Pretty cool.take a bird bath at the public library.There's a song in that somewhere.
Good to see Washington County knows where to go for the money. Most states use the settlement monies to supplement smoking related heath care, Virginia uses theirs to make up for a lack of taxes and jobs from tobacco farming.The project in Damascusis being built with the help of contributions from the county and the town, a tobacco commission grant and a transportation enhancement grant from the Virginia Department of Transportation, with additional money being raised from corporate and private donors.
To the library:In the 1998 national tobacco settlement, tobacco companies paid out $369 billion to reimburse states for the Medicaid costs of treating cancer and other smoking-related illnesses. The Virginia General Assembly established the Virginia Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission to oversee the distribution of Virginia's portion of the money, which was to be used to help localities most affected by the settlement.
2007 Washington County Public Library Rural Bridge To Literacy and Technology - Damascus $100,000.00 Education Construction/Renovation
2007 Washington County Public Library Rural Bridge to Literacy ad Technology - Hayters Gap $50,000.00 Education Construction/Renovation
2002 Washington County Public Library Computer Training for the Community $15,000.00 SW Econ Dev Equipment/Furniture
2001 Washington County Public Library Technology Training $32,113.00 SW Econ Dev Operating Support
To the county:
2008 Washington County Exit 32 Mega Site Project $102,933.59 SW Econ Dev Architectural and Engineering
2006 Washington County Habitat for Humanity Washington County Habitat for Humanity ReStore Start-Up $50,000.00 SW Econ Dev Equipment/Furniture
2010 Washington County Industrial Development Authority Universal Fibers $300,000.00 TROF Incentive 2010 Washington County Industrial Development Authority Innovative Technologies, LLC $60,000.00 TROF Incentive 2009 Washington County Industrial Development Authority Oak Park Phase III - Mega Site Development Project $5,774,400.00 SW Econ Dev Site Work 2009 Washington County Industrial Development Authority Columbus McKinnon Corp. $283,000.00 TROF Incentive 2008 Washington County Industrial Development Authority ACG Flat Glass $50,000.00 TROF 2007 Washington County Industrial Development Authority KPS Capital Partners, LP (Project Duty) $325,000.00 TROF Building/Land Acquisition 2007 Washington County Industrial Development Authority Bristol Compressors International (Project Duty) $275,000.00 SW Econ Dev Operating Support 2006 Washington County Industrial Development Authority Prisma Fibers, Inc.(Universal Fiber Systems) $200,000.00 TROF 2005 Washington County Industrial Development Authority KVAT Food Stores $250,000.00 TROF 2005 Washington County Industrial Development Authority Strongwell-Highlands $100,000.00 TROF 2004 Washington County Industrial Development Authority Oak Park Fire Suppression System-FY04 $291,490.00 Special Projects Site Work 2003 Washington County Industrial Development Authority AFG Glass $350,000.00 TROF 2003 Washington County Industrial Development Authority Oak Park Fire Suppression System-FY03 $239,610.54 Special Projects Site Work 2002 Washington County Industrial Development Authority Bristol Compressors $500,000.00 TROF
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If I had known my smoking was supporting so many, maybe I wouldn't have quit 20 years ago.
The trouble I have with campfires are the folks that carry a bottle in one hand and a Bible in the other.
You never know which one is talking.
Be glad you did,there are significant weight savings,those little green tanks add up! Know as:"Green Blazing"