By Antonio D. French
Filed Thursday, July 20, 2006 at 4:01 PM
Senator Kit Bond's office made a series of announcements today pointing out millions of federal dollars the veteran lawmaker recently got earmarked for his home state. Labels: U.S._Senate
Bond secured $77 million in funds for Missouri defense projects, including:
$2.5 million for the Center for Geospatial Intelligence at the University of Missouri-Columbia, $5 million for Advanced Aerospace Manufacturing Technologies at the University of Missouri-Rolla, $3.5 million for the Center for Nano/Micro/Systems & Nanotechology at the University of Missouri-Columbia, $2 million for the University of Missouri-Rolla’s Steel Castings Program, $7 million for Clean Earth Tech., located in St. Louis, $2 million for Sage Tech., located in St. Louis, $4 million for Avant, located in Overland, $3 million for GE Energy Systems, located in Kansas City, $3 million for Engineering Software Research, located in St. Louis... the list goes on and on.
Bond secured another $8 million in funds for health care projects, including:
$500,000 for the City of Springfield to be used for program development and expansion, equipment and technology for the Ready to Learn Program. $875,000 for Missouri Highlands Health Care to be used for construction, renovation and equipment costs for a new facility in Popular Bluff. $1,000,000 for St. Louis Children’s Hospital to be used for construction and renovation costs for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Expansion. $750,000 for the United Inner City Services to be used to expand the early learning programs in Kansas City.
Bond and Sen. Jim Talent shared the credit for bringing $3 million to the state for public transportation and almost $7 million in federal funds for a Child Development Center on the Ft. Leonard Wood base.
2 Comments:
This is good, I heard he secured 250,000 for the Monsanto Family YMCA and a million for Washington University. Is that true.
7/21/2006 7:52 AM
So is Defense Mapping closing its doors in South City for a move out to Columbia? That wouldn't be bringing the pork home, but shifting it about home (or to a new location within Missouri). Granted, Gephardt helped move flooded Lemay divisions out to outer-ring Arnold.
7/21/2006 4:01 PM
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