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CAWV LEGISLATIVE LUNCHEON AND ECONOMIC SURVIVAL WEBINAR FEBRUARY 25

The CAWV will hold its first legislative luncheon at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 25, at association headquarters. Space is limited, so members are encouraged to register early. The luncheon will feature an update on the issues facing the Legislature and their impact on the construction industry. Those in attendance will have an opportunity to review the association's legislative agenda, candidates running for office and ask questions of CAWV's Executive Director Mike Clowser and Lobbyist Paul Hardesty.

The luncheon will be immediately followed by the AGC webinar, "One Mistake from Collapse: The 5 Things Construction Executives Must Know to Survive in 2010." For more information see the CAWV Newsletter …

WVDEP ANNOUNCES $61 MILLION IN ARRA FUNDING IS UNDER CONTRACT

This week the WV Department of Environmental Protection Clean Water State Revolving Fund announced that they have all of their Recovery Act funding under contract. Program Manager Mike Johnson announced the last of West Virginia's $61 million in ARRA water and sewer funding commitments was bid on December 28. A list of projects and their funding amounts is attached to this week's Municipal/Utilities Bulletin.

States are required to "use or lose" their Recovery Act dollars by February 17, 2010. On December 24, 2009 the EPA issued a memorandum detailing criteria under which they would de-obligate Recovery Act funds and reallocate them to states that have successfully managed to execute contracts under the February 17 statutory deadline. For more information see the CAWV Newsletter ...

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