“shows what can be accomplished when citizens and municipal and state governments all work together for a common goal. This grant wont accomplish everything we want to do on this project, but its an awfully good start.”
“It's hitting in the middle of a rather down period in Japan. Business doesn't believe in the government statements that they've been coming out of the recession.”
“We’ve had a lot of flood mitigation issues, and this grant will go a long way toward solving some of them. But it’s going to take several years, and probably several more grants like this one, to completely solve the problem. I think what this really demonstrates is the strength of a council willing to work together to identify important issues and then find ways to address them.”
