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Our Bay: Stimulus for the bay

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Published 12/19/09

On Beards Creek in Edgewater, bulldozer operators are using giant claws to pluck apart an old, wooden bulkhead.

Pamela Wood — The Capital Landscape architect Keith Underwood operates a “track hoe” at the site of a stream restoration on Clements Creek near the Severn River, just north of Annapolis. The restoration is one of several local environmental projects being funded by federal stimulus grants.
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On Clements Creek north of Annapolis, more heavy equipment is at work, transforming a ravine into a living, flowing stream.

Soon in other places around the county, wetland grasses will be planted and stormwater runoff will be attacked - all with federal stimulus money.

The state was awarded $121.6 million in money for environmental projects from the federal stimulus program, which is officially called the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

About $3.3 million of that chunk of cash is coming to...

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How Many Jobs? - 2010-09-15 18:54:20

How many permenant jobs did this stimulus create? Probably Zero, nada, zip, none.

For 12 million, that would pay salary of 240 people for 12 months. Give it to an entrepenure and who knows how many tax paying jobs would be created.

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