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G. Ben Turnipseed Engineers provides a full range of engineering services to municipal, county, industrial and private clients in the areas of water and wastewater, roadway and drainage, and other civil engineering services.

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On July 27, 2011, The City of Jasper hosted its second annual Mayor’s Touchdown Golf Tournament. The event, held at the Bent Tree Golf Club, raised $7,000 to benefit the Jasper Youth Sports Association. Thirty four-person teams participated and each player paid $5 to “Beat the Mayor” on Hole #7. Local businesses provided the prizes, ranging in value from $25 to $50.

Below (from left to right), Chatsworth Waterworks Commission General Manager Tom Martin, Rockmart City Manager Jeff Ellis, Chatsworth Mayor Tyson Haynes and Ben Turnipseed team up for charity.

Below, a Letter to the Editor from one of our Client’s local newspapers. The white truck mentioned belongs to a GBT inspector. A big thank you to our field inspectors, who do a great job on and off the clock.

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Below, employees pose for a photo with Chick-fil-A founder Truett Cathy on Cow Appreciation Day.

This spring, G. Ben Turnipseed Engineers, Inc. employees and their families enjoyed the annual company picnic at Stone Mountain.

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Employee Highlight

An article about engineer Kenny Green and his family's farm recently appeared in The Augusta Chronicle.

click here to view article, titled "Making a Good, Clean Living"

Project Highlights

The City of Tallapoosa recently received a $574,500 green-project loan from the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority to complete its water meter replacement project.

An article about the project was featured in the Douglas County Sentinel.

Below, Walthourville employees Jimmy and John stand in front of the City's completed well house.

G. Ben Turnipseed Engineers was profiled in the Summer/Fall 2009 issue of the Georgia Rural Water Association's Water Stewards magazine.

click here to view article, titled "Building a Better Georgia"

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.

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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The City also received funding for a new water storage tank and tank repair project and various sidewalk/streetlight improvements.

Community Development Block Grant Awards

Congratulations to all the recipients of the 2011 Community Development Block Grant awards. G. Ben Turnipseed Engineers is pleased to recognize our clients who were recipients of the 2011 CDBG awards and for whom we provided engineering and planning services critical to the application process. Over the past 9 years, our clients have received over $27,368,000 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 2011 CDBG competition, please contact Chris Poje at 770-333-0700 as soon as possible. The deadline for the next competition is in the Spring of 2012.

We congratulate the following clients for receiving a 2011 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 East Ellijay	Water and Sewerage System Improvements	$349,945
City of Hogansville	Sewerage System Improvements	$500,000
City of Lincolnton	Sewerage System Improvements	$500,000
City of Soperton	Sewerage System Improvements	$368,085
Town of Saluda	WPCP Improvements	$500,000
City of Wadley	Sewerage System Improvements	$500,000
City of Wrens	Sewerage System Improvements	$500,000

A list of all recipients can be found here.