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New Funding Opportunity Could Aid Western Maryland

March 7th, 2022 by WCBC Radio

The focus of this month’s speaker series of The Greater Cumberland Committee was the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) – and how that agency has, and can benefit Western Maryland as well as neighboring Mineral and Bedford counties. After a brief overview of the ARC’s updated Strategic Plan and what it means for the region- the committee heard from Special Secretary of Smart Growth Wendi Peters who talked about a new funding opportunity resulting from the federal infrastructure program approved by Congress…