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Lion's Club/Wittman Parks Receives Huge Boost With Receipt of $600,000 In IDNR Grant, Other Funds

2 years 5 months ago
JERSEYVILLE - As part of the City’s long-term Capital Improvement Plan, increased recreational opportunities for residents and visitors of all ages are a key priority. The Lion’s Club/Wittman Park complex is centrally located within Jerseyville, and has a variety of current offerings from playground equipment to picnic shelters to a walking trail. The City Council recognized the need to add new amenities to be enjoyed for many years to come. The first phase of the park’s transformation was completed last year – the NFC outdoor fitness court, three new pickleball courts, rehab of two basketball courts, parking/sidewalk/drainage upgrades, landscaping improvements, and related lighting and security improvements. Recently, the City received a huge boost to the next phase of its planned improvements at Lion’s Club/Wittman Parks, with the receipt of $600,000 in grant funding from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources’ FY 2023 Open Space Lands Acquisition

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Labor Shortage Stands in the Way of the Clean Energy Transition

2 years 5 months ago
From Marketplace:  Labor shortages have been pretty common throughout this pandemic recovery economy, but a growing shortage of skilled tradespeople could slow down efforts to shift to a green energy economy. Last year’s federal Inflation Reduction Act is supposed to channel hundreds of billions of dollars into clean energy projects in an effort to transition homes and […]
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Festival of Nations Returns to Tower Grove Park This August

2 years 5 months ago
Everyone's favorite festival, the Festival of Nations, is returning to Tower Grove Park Saturday, August 26, and Sunday, August 27. Hosted each year by the International Institute of Saint Louis, the festival is a huge multicultural showcase, with vendors representing more than 75 countries. In addition to selling food, clothing and other retail items, groups also organize to showcase traditional music and dances from around the world.
Rosalind Early

Google Fiber Returns From The Dead To Deliver Actual Broadband Competition To Iowa

2 years 5 months ago
Back in 2016, Alphabet executives made it pretty clear they had grown tired of trying to disrupt the U.S. broadband industry with Google Fiber. Executives were fired, hundreds of employees were laid off, and any real expansion in the project was effectively frozen. Alphabet and Google Fiber executives then just pretended none of this had happened […]
Karl Bode