January 21st, 2025 by WCBC Radio

The recent PACE reception in Annapolis was actually the culmination of a week’s work in the state capital.  PACE committee co-chair Jeremy Irons tells WCBC that the local municipalities in Western Maryland use the week of this event to lobby for project funding…

   

“The county officials, the town officials – they’re all sitting down with the state with the funding agencies, the USDA, the rural water fund. All those things, they’re talking about their projects. You know, whether it’s a water plant or a road or a bridge or all that– and going through their priorities.”

Irons says the time spent in Annapolis is crucial for having some projects brought to agency and lawmaker attention…

  

“We’re having to get creative as far as USDA funding, revolving loans – all those sorts of things because we can’t sit still for three or four years and wait for the state to work its budget out.”