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Tiffany Heard with SSR will be presenting on the National Disaster Resiliency Competition sites located in Dyersburg, TN.  This project consist of the rehabilitation of existing wastewater infrastructure, wetland creation and to increase community recreational amenities.  

In March 2016, it was announced that the City of Dyersburg was awarded $7.4 million in National Disaster Resilience Competition grants - with $4.4 million to be used for Parks and Recreation and $3 million for sewer infrastructure rehabilitation. In March 2017, the City received the official award for the grant and was given the authority to proceed with the engineering and environmental portions of the project.

On November 27, the City received confirmation from the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development that the Wetlands Restoration Project Environmental Review had been cleared and all other contract conditions had been satisfied, allowing the City to draw grant funds and proceed with the project.

Attendees will be entitled to 1 Professional Development Hour (PDH).  Certificates of Attendance will be distributed upon completion of the presentation.