Silverado project progressing, Supes conclude February business
By Laura Sandiford
The Winston County Journal
Choctaw County Board of Supervisors concluded February business with a meeting on Monday, February 26 to hold a public hearing and discuss other business.
The board held the mandatory public hearing as part of the process to obtain a Small Community Development Block Grant Loan through the state. The funding will to go toward constructing a facility at the Red Hills EcoPlex in which Silverado GreenFuel (SGF) will locate a demonstration facility. Choctaw County agreed to apply for the CDBG funds under conditions stipulated in the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the participating parties. The county will secure the funding from the state and in turn be repaid through payments by SGF.
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Vom 20.02.07
Supes seek support from Congressmen during annual visit
From Staff and Press Reports
In a recent trip to Washington D.C. Archie Collins and Chris McIntire of the Choctaw County Board of Supervisors met with four members of the Mississippi Congressional Delegation
In all of the meetings the Choctaw County representatives, with Chris McIntire as primary spokesman, briefed the delegation on the status of Silverado and the lake project, and requested support for the four-laning of MS Highway 15, improvements to the road connecting Choctaw Lake and the Noxubee Refuge, and support for the continued growth of power plant and mining projects and the ongoing lake project. Over the past six years, the visits to Washington DC have resulted in over $871,500 for Choctaw county projects.
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