JANUARY 14, 2010 ISSUE
Stimulus Ticker 2009
How big is our piece of the pie? That’s the question we have been answering week in and week out here at High Country Press. Since the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was first introduced, we have kept a running ticker on stimulus funds that trickle into our area—another example of how High Country Press goes beyond the headlines to bring readers information that sometimes gets lost in the news abyss.
Our total to date:
Awarded March 2009
$14.4 million—NCDOT, for Highway 421 Widening Project
Awarded April 2009
$12,596—Boone Police Department, for use in relocating radio antenna
Awarded April 2009
$12,196—High Country United Way, to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in Watauga County
Awarded May 2009
$1.75 million—Workforce Investment Act funding for the seven-county High Country region (Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Mitchell, Watauga, Wilkes and Yancey counties
(Expected) Awarded June 2009
$6 million—AppalCART, to build a 23,000-square-foot, LEED-certifed transit center in Boone
Awarded August 2009
$896,191—Avery County, to mill, resurface and install drainage, reconstruct the shoulders and widen 4.2 miles of Highway 194 from Highway 19 East to Highway 221
Awarded August 2009
$2 million—Ashe County, to mill, resurface and reconstruct the shoulders and install sections of new guardrail on 13.1 miles of Highway 16 from Highway 88 to the Virginia state line
Awarded August 2009
$94,124—Watauga County, for Domestic Violence Intervention Program through the Watauga County Sheriff’s Office
Awarded October 2009
$552,000—ASU, for projects ranging from environmental research to initiatives that support economic development in a 14-county region of North Carolina
Grand Total:
$25,717,107
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