{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://poliquin.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-poliquin-announces-100000-grant-aroostook-county-infrastructure", "Rep. Poliquin Announces $100,000 Grant for Aroostook County Infrastructure Development and Other Initiatives", "2017-11-07", "2017", "2017-11", "Republican", "House", "ME", "Bruce Poliquin", "P000611", "poliquin.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, Congressman Bruce Poliquin (ME-02) announced a $100,000 grant awarded to Aroostook County to support a number of different rural development initiatives including public infrastructure development.\n\u00a0\nCongressman Poliquin said, \u201cOur communities succeed when they have the tools to grow. I\u2019m very pleased this important support will go toward enhancing our infrastructure in the County and helping our communities most effectively carry out critical development projects.\u201d\n\u00a0\nThe grant, which is administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), will be used to provide training and technical assistance through a series of seminars for town administrators, city managers, boards of selectpersons and other municipal officials and staff in Aroostook County which are focused on building the local capacity to carry out projects like housing rehabilitation, community and economic development, and public infrastructure development. The federal grant will provide for $100,000 of the total cost of the project of $200,000.\n\u00a0\nClick HERE for additional information on the USDA grant.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://poliquin.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-poliquin-announces-100000-grant-aroostook-county-infrastructure"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8388839196413755, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}