Business Matters February 2018 | Page 16

MILITARY City Wins Two State Military Grants for NASCC and CCAD (Retrieved from 'City Wins Two State Military Grants for NASCC and CCAD' December 13, 2017, City of Corpus Christi Press Release) T he City of Corpus Christi was awarded two grants from the State of Texas totaling more than six million dollars for a new water supply line for Naval Air Station Cor- pus Christi (NASCC) and perimeter fencing and access control gates for Army helicopter repair fa- cilities at the Corpus Chris- ti Army Depot (CCAD). 15 BUSINESS MATTERS The Texas Military Preparedness Commission (TMPC) selected the City’s applications from 13 submitted for the Defense Economic Adjustment Assistance Grant (DEAAG) program. Applicants requested more than $42 million worth of projects for the $20 million in funding appropriated by the 85th Texas Legislature. “Christmas has come early to Corpus Christi,” pro- claimed Mayor Joe McComb. “Having both grant ap- plications selected for funding has never happened in the history of DEAAG. The City has been so close in two previous rounds, so I could not be more pleased with today’s outcome.” FEBRUARY 2018