The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced 312 community facility funding requests from across the country have been selected to share $24.8 million in grants to assist with community development projects – 32 in Arkansas.

The funds listed below are a major investment in the lives and security of rural citizens and will help rural communities to promote economic development, gain access to better community services and enhanced preparations for emergency situations.

First District:

• Clay County: Town of Corning - $140,000 for a day care center
• Clay County: Town of Knobel - $96,000 for a fire station
• Crittenden County: City of Sunset - $97,500 to construct a community center
• Cross County: City of Parkin - $68,791 for a garbage truck
• Lee County: Town of Haynes - $4,068 for a mosquito sprayer
• Lee County: City of Marianna - $14,093 for equipment for the fire department
• Lonoke County: Town of Allport - $5,403 for police equipment
• Lonoke County: City of Humnoke - $1,267 for police equipment
• Monroe County: City of Holly Grove - $95,000 for a community center
• Monroe County: City of Holly Grove - $100,000 to purchase a fire truck
• Phillips County: City of Lake View - $49,500 for a fire truck
• Phillips County: City of Helena - $12,408 for equipment for the fire department
• Phillips County: City of Marvell - $20,321 for a police car and equipment
• Phillips County: New Zion Missionary Baptist Church - $52,500 to construct a community center building
• Searcy County: City of Marshal  - $97,300 for a fire station
• Searcy County: Boston Mountain Rural Health Center - $90,000 for construction of a medical clinic
• St. Francis County: City of Hughes - $37,500 for police and fire department equipment
• Woodruff County: City of Cotton Plant - $16,831 for equipment for the fire department
• Woodruff County: City of McCrory - $18,000 for a pumper truck for the fire department
• Woodruff County: Town of Patterson - $26,250 for police and fire department equipment
• Woodruff County: Woodruff County Aging Program, Inc. - $100,000 to construct a new senior citizen center