WASHINGTON, D.C. - Virginia Senator Jim Webb (D) says $18 million from the economic stimulus act will be used to help rural areas.
Of the uses approved for this round of stimulus cash, a number of them will help local school systems, and job training sites. According to a news release from Sen. Webb's office they include:
1. Carroll County Industrial Development Authority: $434,490 loan. The funding will be used to purchase six new school buses.
2. Halifax Educational Foundation, Inc.: $50,000 grant. The funding will be used to purchase furnishings and equipment for a computer lab in an educational center.
3. Wythe County: $50,000 grant. The funding will be used to purchase a school bus.
4. Altavista, Virginia Technical Institute: $200,000 grant. The funding will be used to purchase lab equipment and classroom furniture.
Also, Sen. Webb's office says the Southwestern Virginia Second Harvest Food Bank, Inc. will receive a $35,350 grant to purchase a refrigeration truck and equipment.
The grant money comes from the USDA Rural Development’s Community Facilities program.
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