Case issues call for entries for equipment grant

The deadline for the 2018 Dire States Equipment Grant, worth $25,000, is March 30, 2018.


Case Construction Equipment, Racine, Wisconsin, has issued a call for entries for the 2018 Dire States Equipment Grant, which will award $25,000 in free equipment use to one selected community to repair or build local infrastructure.

Launched in 2016, the grant will award one community $25,000 in free equipment use to help offset the costs of building or repairing a critical piece of local infrastructure.

Representatives of municipal, county and other local governments are eligible to apply for the grant. Entrants will be asked to describe the project and provide a detailed assessment of how that local piece of infrastructure will benefit the community.

Submissions can be completed at www.direstates.com/grant. The deadline for entry is March 30, 2018, and winners will be announced in April. 

Case says examples of suitable infrastructure projects include: road/bridge repair or construction; utility pipe replacement; erosion control along lakes and rivers; wastewater system improvements and park/recreational construction. All projects that fall within the 16 core categories of infrastructure, as identified by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in its Infrastructure Report Card, will be considered.

Since its inception, Case says this community-building grant has been awarded to two infrastructure projects that have made a direct impact on the people of those communities: a bridge replacement in Pennsylvania and a flood mitigation program in New York.

In 2017, the grant was awarded to Quincy Township, Pennsylvania, for use on replacement and repair work on the Old Forge Bridge, a deteriorating bridge in a central location that risked access to residents, as well as fire departments, ambulances, police, school busses and other essential components of the community, Case says.

In 2016, Tioga County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) in Tioga County, New York, was awarded the grant. The SWCD used the grant to supplement its Environmentally Sensitive Stream Maintenance Program to mitigate damages from flooding events, which have had considerable impact on the local infrastructure and community in recent years.

The grant is named for Case’s infrastructure awareness and advocacy initiative, Dire States, which evolved from a national tour in 2013 that focused on raising awareness of America's ailing infrastructure into active campaigning for specific programs and legislation, the company explains.

All local governments in the United States are eligible to apply. A full list of rules and submission criteria are available at www.direstates.com/grant.

Case Construction Equipment sells and supports a full line of construction equipment around the world, including backhoe loaders, excavators, motor graders, wheel loaders, vibratory compaction rollers, crawler dozers, skid steers, compact track loaders and rough-terrain forklifts.

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