February 2018 Vol. 73 No. 2
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CASE Calls for Entries to 3rd Annual ‘Dire States Equipment Grant’
CASE Construction Equipment is accepting entries for the third-annual Dire States Equipment Grant, which provides one winning community with $25,000 in free equipment use to help offset the costs of building or repairing a critical piece of local infrastructure.
Representatives of municipal, county and other local governments in the United States are eligible to apply for the grant. Entrants must describe the project and provide a detailed assessment of how that local piece of infrastructure will benefit the community.
Examples of suitable infrastructure projects include: road/bridge repair or construction, utility pipe replacement, erosion control along lakes and rivers, wastewater system improvements and park/recreational construction. All projects that fall within the 16 core categories of infrastructure, as identified by ASCE in its Infrastructure Report Card, will be considered.
The grant is named for CASE’s infrastructure awareness and advocacy initiative, Dire States, which evolved from a national tour in 2013 that focused on raising awareness of America’s ailing infrastructure into active campaigning for specific programs and legislation.
Online submissions can be completed, and a full list of rules and criteria are available, at DireStates.com/Grant. The deadline for entry is March 30, 2018; winners will be announced in April.
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