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Northwest Alabama Council of Local Governments (NACOLG) Planning and Transportation Director Jesse Turner told the Marion County Commission that the regional agency has found than $10 million in additional funding for Northwest Alabama while confirming addresses for the Census Bureau in preparations for the 2020 Census. Turner said that every counted individual equates to about $1,600 in grant money an area can claim.
HAMILTON - Marion County residents should be readying themselves to participate in the upcoming Census.
Local officials are already being briefed on the vital and rapidly approaching decennial Census in 2020, which will determine the amount of funding and congressional representation Alabama can lay claim to for the next 10 years.
Northeast Alabama Council of Local Governments (NACOLG) Executive Director Keith Jones and a team of directors from his organization appeared at the Marion County Commission’s meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 22, to highlight the services provided through NACOLG and the local impact of those programs over the previous year.
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