City of Colbert gets beautification grant

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City of Colbert gets beautification grant

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Monday, April 18. 2011

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By Jeremy Elrod

The city of Colbert was one of 20 Georgia governments to receive state beautification grants. The city was awarded a grant of $25,000.

A total of 54 applications were submitted to the Department of Transportation for the GATEWAY Grant.

“I have good news on the GATEway Grant,” said Mayor Chris Peck. “We got it!”

Peck revealed exactly what receiving it entailed.

“What this means for us now is that we’ll receive a grant for up to $25,000 to go towards the beautification and enhancement of Hwy. 72,” he said. “But even though it’s a grant, we’ll still have to spend the money up front and have the DOT reimburse us.”

Council member Evelyn Power expressed excitement.

“This is so great,” she said. “We’re going to be able to do so much with this funding.”

Peck said the grant will help the city.

“This $25,000 coming our way for the improvements of Hwy. 72 will be extremely beneficial to the look of our city,” said Peck. “This is a great thing that we’ve needed, and I think that once we’re done it’s going to look really good!”

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#1 Ben Had on 04/19/11 at 07:38 AM [Reply]

This is a perfect example of wasteful gov't spending,and the local politicians that can't wait to get their hands on it. Must be liberal socialist democrats.
I guess things like education don't matter as much as pretty flowers and grass,huh?

How can the idiots in charge of our state raise taxes on anything,when they are throwing away money on this kind of BS? The DOT must have money to burn.

I'll bet if the City of Colbert just ask, the fine people in that area would volunteer their time (and money) to beautify their town without the rest of the state's taxpayers footing the bill for it.

#1.1 Colbert Crusader on 04/21/11 at 03:40 AM [Reply]

Ben, you obviously over analyze everything you see. Grants such as this make very small government organizations able to make the needed improvements. Colbert has done a great job of maintaining the city without over extending itself at which a result in raised city taxes to cover such expenses. Mayor Peck and the city council should be congratulated for getting this grant. Also, I particularly like you comment to get volunteers to be willing to do the work. Try organizing such an event, plan it out,and purchase the materials and tools. See if you can make that happen. Oh yeah don't forget the liability of having volunteers work on side of the busy highway. So there would be some addition cost to have may be the Sheriff deputies control work safety and traffic control.

Put that all together and you have volunteers working in ditches by the highway, while been protected by the sheriff deputy. My opinion, Colbert would look more like a chain gang city.
You want talk wasteful gov't spending. Look somewhere else. I'm sure some gov't is spending 2 million plus dollars on how crickets chriping and it's affect on gobal warming.

#1.1.1 Ben Had on 04/21/11 at 02:03 PM [Reply]

Maybe the handful of business owners that reap the profits of the July 4th parade,etc. could buy a few flowers and plant them in the median. Makes sense to me.
I over analyze everything? Why do you need the police dept to protect people working on the side of the road?
Maybe the business owners don't think the area needs beautification. If not them,then who does? The politicians? Let them buy the flowers and dig a few holes.

Hey, what's a few bucks here or there,right?

#1.2 Christine on 04/21/11 at 04:41 AM [Reply]

Amen! And at the same time, had the State not widened the road, the need for a beautification grant would not be needed. Mr. Eberhart's canna beds were what put Colbert on the map along with the July 4 mania. $25,000 would go a long way to replanting those beds. That's all we really need. I don't understand why they ever disappeared.

#2 jac abney on 04/21/11 at 08:46 AM [Reply]

I agree with comment # 1 whole hertedly I am so sick of the legislators who routinly fund these type of grants when they continue to deny our homested grants etc.

#3 Bernard on 04/24/11 at 08:25 PM [Reply]

Let's be realistic.. If Colbert doesn't get the money someone else in the State will. Let's be proud of our City for being proactive!

#3.1 Ben Had on 04/28/11 at 09:59 AM [Reply]

Let's be realistic...which gov't agency or dept do you work for? Your attitude is a great example of what has gotten us into our current mess with over spending. Just multiply you times 100 million or so like minded folks.

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