Water service grant awarded to Miller County

I've seen first hand how persistence and organization can help see a complex and costly project through to its completion. Haze Hudson of Texarkana has chaired a rural water authority for years in his quest to extend water service out to residents and businesses in Genoa and beyond. Some of his work paid off this week when Hudson was notified that the organization was awarded a $700,000 grant from the Arkansas Community and Economic Development Program for digging ditches and running water lines to the houses of residents who qualify. The water project will ultimately connect to the Texarkana system. I've met with Hudson and his engineers and supporters many times and will meet with them again this afternoon in Genoa as we try and sign up 250 more residents to the service in order to make the project a reality. Here's more from the Texarkana Gazette.