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WithersRavenel’s funding professionals recently helped municipal clients earn more than $6.3 million in grants and loans. These funds are for drinking water, sewer, and stormwater projects, along with lead service line inventories and replacements.
The grant and loan award announcements were distributed through the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) and its Division of Water Infrastructure (DWI). The application process was competitive. The State Water Infrastructure Authority reviewed 203 eligible applications, which requested a total of $1.63 billion. The State Water Infrastructure Authority approved the awards during its meeting in February.
Following the meeting, North Carolina Governor Josh Stein announced that $265 million in funding would go to communities across the state to pay for 99 projects in 45 different counties.
WithersRavenel clients and their funding secured include:
- City of Archdale: Asset Inventory and Assessment (AIA) for Sewer, $150,000
- Broad River Water Authority: Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF), $1,000,000
- City of Clinton: Asset Inventory and Assessment (AIA) for Water and Sewer, $300,000
- City of Hamlet: Asset Inventory and Assessment (AIA) for Water and Sewer, $300,000
- Henderson County: Asset Inventory and Assessment (AIA) for Sewer, $150,000
- Town of Liberty: Asset Inventory and Assessment (AIA) for Water and Sewer, $300,000
- Town of Mount Gilead: Community Development Block Grant-Infrastructure (CDBG-I) $2,204,000
- City of Oxford: Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF), $1,000,000
- Town of Pilot Mountain: Asset Inventory and Assessment Inventory (AIA) for Sewer, $150,000
- Town of Rutherfordton: Asset Inventory and Assessment Inventory (AIA) for Sewer, $150,000
- Town of Selma: Asset Inventory and Assessment Inventory (AIA) for Sewer, $150,000
- Town of Trinity: Asset Inventory and Assessment Inventory (AIA) for Sewer, $150,000
- Town of Walnut Cove: Asset Inventory and Assessment Inventory (AIA) for Sewer, $150,000
- Town of Winfall: Asset Inventory and Assessment Inventory (AIA) for Sewer, $150,000
WithersRavenel congratulates our municipal partners on these new funding successes! We have now helped our government clients acquire more than $1 billion in grants and loans for vital infrastructure, assessment, and other projects.
Our experience with the application processes for a variety of state and federal programs along with understanding what helps these petitions succeed is invaluable to local governments. Would you like our team of funding professionals to assist your community with funding applications and administration to help finance critical projects? Contact WithersRavenel Director of Funding Amanda Whitaker at awhitaker@withersravenel.com, and let’s start a conversation.