Conway, Arkansas – Today U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced the U.S. Economic Development Administration is awarding a $1.5 million grant to Conway County Levee District 6 in Morrilton to help construct and install a permanent stormwater pump station to mitigate flood risks in the Oppelo Bottoms industrial area.
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