Kirkpatrick Requests $7M to Fund Gila County Projects

Representative Ann Kirkpatrick has requested more than $7 million from the 2010 federal budget for crucial projects in District One. The projects include:



$580,000 to help local physicians align their medical records with Cobre Valley Community Hospital’s electronic health record system.

$1 million to resurface Young Road in the Tonto National Forest. This would allow it to be an evacuation route in case of wildfire.



$420,000 to Eastern Arizona College to expand its programs to address the regional nursing shortage.



$165,000 to acquire five acres of land for police, town hall and other community facilities at Pinetop-Lakeside.



$5 million to create a Job Corps program to serve rural Arizona.



Congresswoman Kirkpatrick is also one of more than 70 co-signers supporting a $10 million request from the Reach Out and Read program that will help fund 31 literacy programs in Arizona’s District One.