To get Alaska’s economy back in gear, let’s work on its outdoor infrastructure Author: Lee Hart Published 2 hours ago
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Print article The pandemic has brought some truths about Alaska’s outdoor recreation sector into high relief and makes the case for greater state investment in the state’s $2.2 billion outdoor recreation economy. As elected leaders consider how to kickstart the recovery, outdoor recreation provides a way forward. Public lands are to the outdoor industry as roads and bridges are to the automotive or transportation industry. Alaska lawmakers have considered traditional infrastructure like highways, bridges, airports and ports to be essential to our state’s economic well-being. Public lands like national parks, state and local parks and trails, forests, rivers, mountains and historic sites carry the same level of essential economic importance to the outdoor industry.
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Indianola tries to prepare drivers for the switch to two-way traffic around the city square George Shillcock, Des Moines Register
Indianola replanting trees lost to storms, disease and construction over last decade
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Change is coming to Indianola s downtown Square starting Monday, May 17, when traffic will convert from one-way to two-way for the city s streetscape project.
The streets undergoing the conversion include Howard and Buxton streets from West Kentucky Avenue on the city s north side to Highway 92 just south of the Square. The change also includes all four sides of the Square, including West Salem and West Ashland avenues.
Recreation Trails Program Grant Cycle Open
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DEVILS LAKE - The North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department is opening the Recreation Trails Program (RTP) grant cycle May 3 – May 31. The RTP is an 80/20 matching grant program that provides funding for motorized and non-motorized recreational trail projects. This program is administered at the state level through the North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department with guidance from the Recreational Trails Program Advisory Council (RTPAC), and federally through the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). New this year, the applications have been moved to a new online platform, Web Grants.
Applicants may request grant amounts ranging from a minimum of $10,000 up to a maximum of $250,000, and project sponsors must have at least 20% match available at the time of the application. Eligible projects consist of constructing new recreation trails; restoration of existing trails; development and rehabilitation of trailside
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Hopkinsville City Council approved amendments to the 20-21 budget at Tuesday’s meeting and heard an update from Surface Storm Water and Utility.
Community Development Services Director Steve Bourne came before council with an update about flooding concerns in the area of ‘the pit’ at Lafayette Road and Country Club Lane. That location has been filled in and historically flooded and collected water during a flooding event in February, property surrounding that area was victim to high water. Bourne says once they were able to go in, they discovered an outflow pipe was clogged and were able to address that problem.