The addition of our Bicentennial Park is a project that ensures the preservation of Mooresville’s history for future generations and more importantly an opportunity to share this history. Before the Park, most daily visitors just got to walk our tree-shaded streets and peek through the picket fences in wonder; but now this Park is a place where visitors can belong, Read more...
The project called “Beginner Sewing Seminar” made a significate difference in the Morgan County Community for the clients that participated. Each of learned new and different techniques to include easier ways to hand mend garments as well as mending using the sewing machines and sergers. After the first day, clients came back with testimonies of family members asking to repair Read more...
Marshall County has a very mountainous terrain that hinders the ability of traditional VHF-UHF Communications. With this Grant Funding, we are able to now provide “Portable VHF-UHF Repeaters” to use in conjunction with Antennas in the Field, to provide First Responders and Volunteers with the ability to communicate when Traditional Radio and Cell Phone Service is not available. This provides Read more...
Many communities have large, vacant industrial buildings in their traditional downtowns that often pose specific problems when a community wants to rehabilitate the building. This can also be true for dry cleaners and gas stations. The training focused on these issues, as well as design issues related to reusing these structures. Read more...
Students from our local community taking Agriscience classes such as Intro to Metal Fab will now have the skills to enter the workforce with enough training to operate a larger CNC Plasma cutter similar to what we have purchased with the help of the RC&D. Read more...
THIS EVENT EDUCATES THE 4TH GRADE CLASSES IN LIMESTONE COUNTY BY HANDS ON ACTIVITIES CONCENTRATING ON THE WATER CYCLE – AQUIFERS AND THE EFFECTS OF RUN OFF/POLLUTION GETTING INTO OUR WATER SOURCES – AND FILTRATION – SHOWING HOW POLLUTION GETS INTO OUR WATER – AND THE CLEANING PROCESS. WE ALSO PROVIDE AN ECO-FRIENDLY MAJIC SHOW Read more...
These questions cannot be answered until the project is complete. The part of the project that we requested funding to support – the production of architectural drawings – IS complete – but construction has not started yet. Volunteers will put in time and students will be impacted – but that has not happened yet. The total project will be valued Read more...
This project allowed severely mentally and physically handicapped middle school students to learn about necessary life skills, like doing laundry. It also allowed students to apply their study of cooking, fractions and recipes to a real-world situation. Read more...
The project made shopping at the Farmers Market more enjoyable during the hot weather. The fans help with the heat. The new tables helped display the wares of the vendors better than the old ones. People have stopped the Chairman, and also called, to thank him for making the much needed changes. Read more...
This money improved communication within fire departments and within the county as we have an automatic aid program were two departments are automatically pages in the event of a structure fire. This gets more manpower and equipment on the fire scene. These funds allowed our departments to purchase current radio equipment which in many instances it would not have been Read more...