G. Ben Turnipseed Engineers was profiled in the Summer/Fall 2009 issue of the Georgia Rural Water Association's Water Stewards magazine.
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In April of 2010 the City of Dawsonville received the Water Plant of the Year Award for Groundwater Treatment Systems with 1,000 to 2,499 customers from the Georgia Association of Water Professionals. Below, Dawsonville City officials pose with G. Ben Turnipseed Engineers at the GAWP conference and Ben Turnipseed, Jr. and Dawsonville Water and Sewer Superintendent Gary Barr display the City's plaque.
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The City of Swainsboro recently received a 7.2 million dollar grant for its wastewater treatment plant improvement project. This grant, administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is the largest received by any city in the country in this round of funding. A story about the grant appeared on the front page of Swainsboro's newspaper, The Forest-Blade.
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Community Development Block Grant Awards
Congratulations to all the recipients of the 2009 Community Development Block Grant awards. G. Ben Turnipseed Engineers is pleased to recognize our clients who were recipients of the 2009 CDBG awards and for whom we provided engineering and planning services critical to the application process. Over the past 7 years, our clients have received over $24,150,000 in CDBG grant funds for infrastructure improvements. The average grant received was $500,000.
Our firm specializes in meeting the needs of communities eligible for CDBG funding. If your community would like our firm to provide your city or county with application assistance for the upcoming 2010 CDBG competition, please contact Chris Poje or Kathy Wallace at 770-333-0700 as soon as possible. The deadline for the next competition is in the Spring of 2010.
We congratulate the following clients for receiving a 2009 CDBG grant award and commend them for their on-going efforts to improve the living conditions for their citizens.
| Client |
Description |
Funding Received |
| City of Ellijay |
Sewerage system improvements include rehabilitation of sewer lines benefitting 88 people, of whom 83 or 94% are low to moderate income citizens |
$500,000 |
| City of Sandersville |
Flood and drainage improvements to benefit 43 persons, of whom 40 or 93% are low to moderate income citizens. CDBG funds will be used to rehabilitate one substandard house and reconstruct four substandard houses. Activities will benefit 7 persons of whom 100% are low to moderate income. |
$800,000 |
| City of Warrenton |
Sewerage system improvements include rehabilitation of failing sewer lines in a low to moderate income target area. The improvements will serve 147 people of whom 142 or 97% are low to moderate income citizens. |
$500,000 |
| City of Wrens |
Sewerage system improvements include rehabilitation of the sewer collection system in a target area to eliminate sewer backups into homes and yards benefitting 172 people of whom 152 or 88% are low to moderate income citizens. |
$500,000 |
A list of all recipients can be found here. |