CASE
Construction Equipment has issued the call for entries for the
2021 Dire States Equipment Grant. Submissions can be made now at DireStates.com/Grant.
The entry deadline for the 2021 grant is Dec. 31, 2020, and the winner will be
announced in January 2021.
Originally launched in 2016,
the Dire States Grant provides one winning community/project with $25,000 in
free CASE equipment use/rental to offset the costs of building or repairing a
critical piece of infrastructure. This includes the ability to self-perform the
work with qualified staff, or to work with a contractor who can use the grant
to offset equipment costs related to the project. Employees or representatives
of municipal, county and other local governments/public institutions are
eligible to apply.
Entrants will be asked to
describe the project and provide a detailed assessment of how that local piece
of infrastructure benefits the community. All projects that fall within the
primary categories of infrastructure, as identified by ASCE in its
Infrastructure Report Card, will be considered. Examples of
infrastructure projects eligible to win include (but are not limited to):
road/bridge repair or construction, utility improvement/replacement, erosion
control along lakes and rivers, wastewater system improvements, school projects
and park/recreational construction.
“Now more than ever, we are
seeing the importance of a well-built, well-maintained and reliable public
infrastructure,” said Debbie Townsley, director of marketing, CASE Construction
Equipment. “Local communities and institutions are the first to delay or put
off improvements when budgets get tight – the Dire States Equipment Grant will
help the winning entrant push forward with a project that benefits the local
community, and provides long-term savings and efficiencies that will allow them
to do more with the resources they have.”
All local governments and
public institutions in the U.S. are eligible to apply. A full list of rules and
submission criteria are available at DireStates.com/Grant.
For more information on Dire States, visit DireStates.com.
For more information on CASE, visit CaseCE.com.