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Save Our Steeple
Chestnut Creek Heritage Chapel, once home to one of the county’s oldest church congregations, now serves as a place for cultural events and as place to keep the community’s past alive. Much work has been done in the last eight years to repair and impro …
Tree Scape for Carbon Hill
What a big impact planting trees on front street on the sidewalk has made in our small town! People from all over say they look great and then thank us. We get phone calls and text messages, saying they love the trees and what a bigdifference they make …
Spreading our Wings- Our Forever Home
Butterfly Bridge Children’s Advocacy Center is grateful for CAWACO and our other community partners who have made the new home for the local child advocacy center a reality. Butterfly Bridge provides highly specialized services to child and adolescent …
Great Grapes Renovation
Blountsville Public Library has received a grant from the Cawaco RC&D Council to replace lounge seating inside the library. The “Great Grapes Renovation” is a nod toward the color of the material used. The grape color blends well with the current c …
Thermal Imaging Camera and Saw Kit.
The funds we received from this grant went to help purchase a thermal imaging camera and a rescue saw kit. The equipment purchased with these funds will better help the Susan Moore Volunteer Fire Department serve our community and assist with saving li …
Calera Downtown Vision Plan
Calera’s Downtown Vision Plan provides a “road map” to revitalize Historic Downtown Calera for its citizens and visitors. The plan provides a market assessment, branding and marketing tools, as well as implementation strategies. Through design, promoti …
Educational Assessment and Remediation
When high school students fall behind in reading and math skills it is detrimental to doing well in high school and beyond. Banks Academy implemented assessment and customized remediation learning system called Edgenuity. This program identifies each s …
Turkey Creek Cabin Renovation
Turkey Creek Cabin serves as a residence for the summer internship program. Over the years, the condition of the building deteriorated significantly and was in need of repair. Thanks to this grant, significant upgrades were made to the living are …
Refreshing 20th Street N, Birmingham’s Main Street
REV and partners are working to refresh the landscaping and streetscape along 20th Street North in Birmingham. Through this project, we purchased 31 large trees, which will be installed in winter 2021. This project photo shows a demonstration project o …
Robotics in Agriculture
The Robotics in Agriculture project at LeCroy technical Center in Clanton is incorporating STEM ideas into modern Agriscience coursework. Ag teacher Landon Lowry is utilizing a FarmBot system to teach Computer Numerical Control programing while r …
