 The Kroen County Soil and Water Conservation District recently handed out $35,000 to fund two community group projects. $20,000 went to the Clearwater Lake Association and their shoreline restoration project. The other $15,000 went to the Kroen County Fairgrounds for their stormwater control project. The Kroen Soil and Water District Manager is excited to bring locally paid sales tax dollars back into the county through local projects. So these groups a lot of times use their own labor, they use their own newsletters, they get volunteers, some groups get Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts to help with these projects. It's been a great way to partner with citizens and have them leverage their own dollars, their own communities to get a lot of work done. This is last time the Kroen County Soil and Water Conservation District will be awarding the Community Project Grants. This funding has run out in that area.