In this District’s Weekly Press: SMUD recently published a Sustainable Communities Resource Priorities Map on our website that will help SMUD, other businesses, public agencies and non-profits identify and support the communities most in need in the Sacramento region. Lockwood Fire recently applied and was awarded $3,000 from Jenny’s Heroes California. Jenny’s Heroes supports California’s volunteer firefighters in partnership with the California State Firefighters Association by awarding grants for safety and protective equipment. The Calaveras County Water District (CCWD) was notified Tuesday April 28 that it had been awarded a $2.1 million grant to replace five, aging redwood water storage tanks with steel, ignition-resistant tanks along the upper Highway 4 Corridor.
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Valley Vision US May 7
SMUD CEO Arlen Orchard On Ensuring Sustainable Communities
RM: Sacramento Metropolitan Utility District
Assembly District(s): 04, 06, 07, 08, 09
Senate District(s): 01, 03, 04, 05, 06, 08
Sierra Network
COVID-19 has changed life as we know it, and our fellow citizens living in historically underserved communities are being hit especially hard. As we re-emerge from this crisis, it is more important than ever to pool our energies and resources to help everyone get back on their feet. Along these lines, we recently published a Sustainable Communities Resource Priorities Map on our website that will help SMUD, other businesses, public agencies and non-profits identify and support the communities most in need in the Sacramento region. We worked with a number of partners, including UC Davis, Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District and Sacramento Area Council of Governments, to ensure that the interactive map contains voluminous data from a wide range of sources.
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Ledger News US May 7
Lockwood Fire Protection District receives Jenny’s Heroes grant
RM: Lockwood Fire Protection District
Assembly District(s): 05
Senate District(s): 08
Sierra Network
Lockwood Fire recently applied and was awarded $3,000 from Jenny’s Heroes California. Jenny’s Heroes supports California’s volunteer firefighters in partnership with the California State Firefighters Association by awarding grants for safety and protective equipment. The grant will enable Lockwood to purchase two sets of turn-outs for new recruits. Lockwood Fire has been fortunate to build up its volunteer firefighter force to eight volunteers and growing.
The Pintree.net US May 7
CCWD Awarded $2.1 Million FEMA Grant to Replace Five Redwood Tanks Vulnerable to Wildfire
RM: Calaveras County Water District
Assembly District(s): 05
Senate District(s): 08
Sierra Network
The Calaveras County Water District (CCWD) was notified Tuesday April 28 that it had been awarded a $2.1 million grant to replace five, aging redwood water storage tanks with steel, ignition-resistant tanks along the upper Highway 4 Corridor. The grant was awarded to CCWD by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and it will cover 75% of the total $2.8 million project cost. The tanks that will be replaced are in Forest Meadows, Arnold and Dorrington. Expanded defensible space will be cleared around the new tanks to further protect them against wildfires. Planning and design for the project is expected to be complete by 2020, and construction is anticipated to begin in 2021.