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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 …
Walker County Conservation Educ
The Walker County Soil & Water Conservation District worked with the Forest Service and NRCS for the Arbor Day program to drop off backpacks filled with educational items and a loblolly pine to 820-second graders and their teachers in Walker County …
Relax at Minooka Park
The Chilton County Commission/Minooka Park used Cawaco grant funds to purchase five commercial picnic tables to be used at a newly constructed pavilion and recreation area located at Minooka Park, Jemison, AL.
River Restoration Nursery
The River Restoration Project (RRP), began in December of 2019 as an understanding with Blount County that Friends of the Locust Fork River (FLFR) would restore native plants on the site of the recently created Grand Staircase at King’s Bend Scenic Ove …
Improvements for Shelby Ironworks Park
Funds were used to help purchase a commercial grade lawnmower for the park. Previously, the grass was mowed by volunteers using their own equipment. Owning our own lawnmower will help us maintain the appearance of the park, without having to rely on …
Let My Dream Live Thru You
Let My Dream Live Thru You is a program given through the Jalayah Hackman Foundation that allows students that are remote and doing virtual learning to come to our center to get face to face tutoring and assistance with online school work.