Lone Wolf
03-26-2012, 07:43
http://www2.tricities.com/news/2012/mar/26/new-library-damascus-set-open-summer-ar-1793447/
rocketsocks
03-26-2012, 09:13
Pretty cool.take a bird bath at the public library.There's a song in that somewhere.
WingedMonkey
03-26-2012, 10:02
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.
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.
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.
To the library:
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
http://www.roanoke.com/datasphere/wb/241781
If I had known my smoking was supporting so many, maybe I wouldn't have quit 20 years ago.
:p
rocketsocks
03-26-2012, 16:18
Be glad you did,there are significant weight savings,those little green tanks add up! Know as:"Green Blazing"