USDA Rural Development--Earth Day 2003 Event

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Earth Day 2003: City of Campton, Kentucky

Loan:   $400,000
Grant:  $800,000

Other:* $1,557,000 (EPA)
              $250,000 (ARC)
              $250,000 (Local Gov't.)

* Outside Funding Sources

Total:    $3,257,000

Outline of Need:

The City of Campton is in need of a new wastewater treatment plant since their present plant does not properly treat wastewater. Also, the City's existing waste collection system needs to be expanded and improved.

How Rural Development Helped:

Rural Development is providing a $400,000 loan and an $800,000 grant, along with a $1,557,000 EPA grant; a $250,000 ARC grant and $250,000 in Local Government Economic Development funds to construct a new wastewater treatment plant, and to expand and improve the existing waste collection system.

The Results:

The new plant will improve aquatic life in streams due to fewer overflows from surface water and filtration.

Groundbreaking ceremony for the City of Campton wastewater project. Group on the verge of cutting the ground with their shovels Rural Development Area Manager Kenneth Arterburn picks up garbage as part of Kentucky's Laurel Lake PRIDE 2003 Spring Cleanup-Earth Day event

Pictured, above: (L) Richard Jett, City Council Member (former Mayor), Rebecca Webster, Field Representative for Senator Mitch McConnell, Kenneth Slone, USDA Rural Development Kentucky State Director, Barbara Gilbert, City Council Member, Gay Campbell, Mayor, City of Campton, JoAnn Harris, City Council Member, and Betty Kimelton, City Council Member. (R) Rural Development Area Manager Kenneth Arterburn picks up garbage as part of Kentucky's Laurel Lake P.R.I.D.E. 2003 Spring Cleanup-Earth Day event.

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