Source: United States Senator for Ohio Sherrod Brown
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has awarded a $250,000 grant to the Trumbull County Commissioners for the Yankee Lake Sanitary Sewer Improvements Project. These funds will help install more than 14,000 linear feet of sewer line to provide service for 83 households and three businesses in Brookfield Township and for the Village of Yankee Lake. This sewer system will replace septic systems that have contributed to untreated sewage in the Shenango River. This project is projected to help retain 28 jobs in the county.
“Up-to-date sewer infrastructure is critical to the health and well-being of Ohio families as well as to local communities’ ability to create jobs and compete,” Brown said. “This investment will have a significant economic impact in Trumbull County.”
In addition to the $250,000 grant from ARC, state sources will provide $1,918,900, and local sources will provide $296,405, bringing the total project funding to $2,465,305.
ARC is an economic development agency of the federal government. It has a mission to build community capacity and strengthen economic growth in the Appalachian region.
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