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Cooper Announces $20M Loan For Forsyth County Water, Sewer Project

Governor Roy Cooper (AP Photo/Gerry Broome), FILE

Governor Roy Cooper's office has approved a $20 million loan for a Forsyth County water and sewer renovation project.

The money is slated to be used for renovations at the Neilson Water Treatment Plant in Clemmons.

It's part of a total package of $153 million in loans and grants that will help pay for 48 water and sewer projects around the state.

Davie County will receive a nearly $7 million loan which will support an ongoing expansion of the county water treatment plant. It will also help decommission the Mocksville water treatment plant and, in turn, extend service to Mocksville.

According to a news release from the governor's office, the projects are being funded through the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund loan program, the Clean Water State Revolving Fund loan program, and the Viable Utility Reserve.

Governor Cooper released a statement saying that the funding “will help communities tackle the challenge of aging water and wastewater systems to improve quality of life and increase good-paying jobs.”

The application period for the next round of funding for infrastructure projects ends on September 30.

Neal Charnoff joined 88.5 WFDD as Morning Edition host in 2014. Raised in the Catskill region of upstate New York, he graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1983. Armed with a liberal arts degree, Neal was fully equipped to be a waiter. So he prolonged his arrested development bouncing around New York and L.A. until discovering that people enjoyed listening to his voice on the radio. After a few years doing overnight shifts at a local rock station, Neal spent most of his career at Vermont Public Radio. He began as host of a nightly jazz program, where he was proud to interview many of his idols, including Dave Brubeck and Sonny Rollins. Neal graduated to the news department, where he was the local host for NPR's All Things Considered for 14 years. In addition to news interviews and features, he originated and produced the Weekly Conversation On The Arts, as well as VPR Backstage, which profiled theater productions around the state. He contributed several stories to NPR, including coverage of a devastating ice storm. Neal now sees the value of that liberal arts degree, and approaches life with the knowledge that all subjects and all art forms are connected to each other. Neal and his wife Judy are enjoying exploring North Carolina and points south. They would both be happy to never experience a Vermont winter again.

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