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Crowd of 50 attends groundbreaking for Greenhills project Special ColumbiaMagazine.com story A groundbreaking ceremony was held this morning, Monday, June 23, 2008, at 10:00amCT for a $1.06 million construction project that will provide sewer service to 85 homes in Greenhills Subdivision and along Parrott Avenue in Columbia, KY. The new sewer lines are expected to be in place by the end of the year. Approximately 50 people, including some residents of Greenhills, were in attendance for the event, which was held at the intersection of Greenhills Road and Kassem Drive, on a parklike area between the roads and a 35 ft. cliff known as Lovers Leap. Adair County Girl Scouts lead pledge of Allegiance The pledge of allegiance at the event was led by Girl Scouts of Adair County under the leadership of Cindy Ploss and Dana Walker. The City of Columbia is extending lines to the area from its wastewater treatment plant. Eastern KY PRIDE awarded the City a $350,000 grant for the project, and the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) contributed $500,000. USDA Rural Development contributed $215,000 in the form of a $115,000 loan and a $100,000 grant. The City of Columbia is covering the balance of the project. A contract has been awarded to Garrison Construction Company, an Adair County firm headed by Lewis Garrison and located at Clay Ridge, KY. "We are glad to help bring relief to the 50 or so homeowners who have been struggling with septic systems that just don't work in this terrain," Karen Engle, PRIDE president and chief executive officer said. "With City sewer service, they no longer will deal witht he smells and hazards of broken septics. Since contaminants travel very far through groundwater, all Adair Countians ultimately will benefit." Engle recognizes A.L. Sinclair Engle recognized A.L. Sinclair, the Adair County representative on the PRIDE board. "I'll tell you he is a powerful advocate for Adair County. And he's given so much leadership to PRIDE efforts here. We really appreciate him." Mayor Patrick R. Bell hosted the groundbreaking ceremony. Kentucky State Senator Vernie McGaha, was present. Other local officials joining in the ceremony were Adair County Judge Executive Ann Melton, Adair County Solid Waste and PRIDE Coordinator A.L. Sinclair, and Columbia City Clerk Carolyn Edwards. Also present was Columbia Police Chief Mark Harris and Columbia Water & Sewer Superintendent Dana Rogers. < Bob Mitchell, field representative for Rep. Hal Rogers, was present and spoke briefly. Mitchell said the Greenhills project is part of the overall vision of Rep. Rogers and others to make the PRIDE counties more beautiful places to live and more attractive to tourists. He told the crowd he expected PRIDE to be back in Adair County, with more money. "Because," he said, "when you do get money, you do what you're supposed to do and you do it right." There were also representatives of organizations involved in the project. Besides President Engle, there were Kevin Antle of Rural Development, which administers the PRIDE and ARC funding, Bob Pickerill of Bell Engineeering, standing in for Ronnie Grant; and Mike Mitchum, representing Lewis Garrison of Garrison Construction Co., the contractor who won the bid to install the sewer lines. Eastern Kentucky PRIDE is a nonprofit organization that promotes environmental cleanup and educational efforts in 38 counties of southern and easter Kentucky. PRIDE was founded in 1997 by Congressman Hal Rogers (KY-5) and the late James Bickford, former Secretary of Kentucky's Environmental Protection Cabinet. Since 1997, local governments and low-income homeowner have used PRIDE funds to expand sewer service or install septic systems at 28,000 homs. < For more information about PRIDE, call Adair County PRIDE Coordinators A.L. Sinclair and Lisa Lee, at (270) 384-4703, or Carolyn Ewards, the Columbia PRIDE Coordinator, at (270) 384-2501. The toll-free phone number for PRIDE in Somerset is (888) 577-4339. The PRIDE web site is www.kypride.org. < This story was posted on 2008-06-23 14:52:56
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