[OSMB-News] News Release -Douglas County Receives Boating Facility Grant

[Ashley Massey]

For Immediate Release	Date: Thursday, May 13, 2010

Douglas County Receives Boating Facility Grant

Douglas County was awarded a boating facility grant from the Marine Board at their quarterly meeting in Salem on April 28.
	
The county applied for, and received, a grant to replace an existing antiquated vault toilet at Cleveland Rapids on the Umpqua River with a new, pre-fabricated single stall vault toilet.  The Board approved $32,000 in state boater funds combined with $11,400 of in-kind contributions for a project total of $43,400.
	
For a complete list of approved “Round Two” grant projects, visit 
www.boatoregon.com/OSMB/BoatFac/Grants0911_updated.pdf.
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Ashley A. Massey
Public Information Officer
Oregon State Marine Board
503-378-2623
503-378-8587 ext. 82623
ashley.massey at state.or.us
www.boatoregon.com
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