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Posted: 10:53 AM Dec 21, 2011
AL Governor Gives Tornado-Ravaged County $1-Million for Jobs
Ala. governor gives grant to county hit by tornado
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley has awarded more than $1 million in grants to help create and preserve jobs in tornado ravished Marion County.
Bentley said Tuesday much of the Community Development Block
Grant money will go to the town of Hackleburg, where an April 27
tornado destroyed the town's largest employer, a distribution
center for Wrangler jeans.
The tornado was one of a number of storms that hit across the
state that day, killing about 250 people.
Bentley awarded $750,000 for the rebuilding of the Wrangler
Distribution Center. He awarded $191,240 to the city of Hamilton
and $117,956 to the city of Winfield.
The funds will be used in Hackleburg to repair two
tornado-damaged water tanks and to install new water lines to
provide fire protection for the Wrangler plant
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