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Saturday, July 18, 2009
Saturday, July 11, 2009
July 17th Press Conference in Mobile to Highlight GCCWA
A 2pm Press Conference in Mobile on Friday, July 17 will highlight community recovery and redevelopment issues, including: Alabama’s 2-year delay of federal CDBG housing dollars intended for some 1,200 approved and deserving households; construction of sewage treatment and other vital infrastructure in environmentally inappropriate areas; the proposed Gulf Coast Civic Works Act for creating 100,000 green jobs from south Alabama to coastal Texas; and overhauling the Stafford Act before another major disaster occurs on US soil.
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