Dear Alabama Contractors and Stormwater Professionals,
Our team is leading the Rural Alabama Innovative Stormwater Education (RAISE) Program, a USDA funded project to provide stormwater training resources to rural parts of Alabama. We have great opportunities for free stormwater training, collaboration, and networking. Eligible candidates can apply for funding to attend these three distinct training events, explained in more detail below, at the following link: https://www.aub.ie/stormwaterapp. Please see below for more information regarding these events.
Candidates should be conducting most of their work in any of the following Black Belt counties: Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Crenshaw, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Montgomery, Perry, Pike, Russell, Sumter, and Wilcox.
Feel free to pass this email to a stormwater colleague. If you are not the correct contact for this application, please disregard. For more information about the RAISE program, visit our website at stormwater.auburn.edu. If you have any questions feel free to reach out to Paige Macdonald at pem0040@auburn.edu.
We look forward to your application and thank you for your time!
P.S. the RAISE program is surveying stormwater professionals on their current needs to identify where and what resources may be lacking. Please complete our survey if you have not done so already: https://www.aub.ie/stormwatersurvey.
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