speciallegprojectsin2006-07stateoperatingbudget

Slush swells budget despite funds’ demise

Capitol News Bureau

Published: Jun 27, 2006
Story originally published in The Advocate

In the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, it was business as usual for the Legislature during the recent session, Barry Erwin, president of the Council for a Better Louisiana, said Monday.

In an interview, Erwin pointed to the more than $31 million in pet projects that legislators piled into the state budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The $26.7 billion state government operating budget for the fiscal year that starts July 1 contains hundreds of local projects, ranging from road work to festivals. In past years, the money would have come from the governor’s urban and rural development funds.

Gov. Kathleen Blanco got rid of the funds to cut down on costs after the hurricanes. Many applauded the move as government reform. The criticism was that the money — normally about $15 million — only went to black legislators and to rural legislators in favor with the governor. Administration officials insisted the urban and rural development funds would not be resurrected.

Months later, the funds are gone but the projects are not. They are scattered throughout the budget, listed as “Special Legislative Projects.” Blanco can veto any project she does not like. However, she has not indicated that she will do so.

Jim Brandt with the Public Affairs Research Council said the projects now are even harder to track because they are “lodged and imbedded” in the budget. The price tag on the projects also has doubled since the governor got rid of the urban and rural funds, Brandt said.

“If ‘slush fund’ reform is going to continue, it’s going to have to be through the line-item veto,” Brandt said. Erwin said it would have been better if the governor had applied pressure to keep the projects out of the budget from the beginning.

A lot of the projects, he said, are questionable at best. Proponents for the projects argue they are essential for communities with limited resources.

“Special Legislative Projects” in the 2006-07 state operating budget

Community Awareness Revitalization and Enhancement Corp., $200,000
HAMPCO Inc., $500,000
Martin Luther King Neighborhood Association, $200,000
Newcorp Inc., $200,000
NOCAP, $200,000
Urban Restoration Enhancement Corp., $75,000
RIZ UP! LA, $150,000
Community Coordinating Council Inc., $100,000
CARE Unlimited Inc., $300,000
Community Outreach Opportunity Program, $42,000
New Orleans Neighborhood Development Foundation, $100,000
Evangeline Community Action, $32,000
Rebuilding Our Community, $250,000
Total Community Action Inc., $50,000
Village of Dry Prong for a new generator, $26,765
Recovery One for Our Youth, $100,000
Women’s Counseling Center of North Louisiana, $50,000
Town of Grand Coteau for the purchase of police units, $15,000
New Orleans Police Foundation Inc., $40,000
Task Force on Violent Crime for crime prevention activities for Algiers, Gretna and the West Bank of Jefferson Parish, $300,000
Annunciation Senior Citizen’s Home, $50,000
Council on Aging – Clinton, $75,000
Council on Aging – Concordia, $50,000
Council on Aging – Northeast, $70,000
Pete Sanchez Senior Citizens Center, $50,000
Gordon Plaza Senior Citizens Center, $50,000
Carrollton Community Economic Development Corp. for flood repairs, $100,000
Gentilly Senior Center Inc., $100,000
Council on Aging – St. Mary, $75,000
Senior Centers for Socialization Services Inc., $230,000
Council on Aging – Jackson Parish, $25,000
Council on Aging – Dubach Senior Center, $25,000
Ward One Senior Center, $25,000
Grandparent’s Resource Center of Louisiana, $5,000
Golden Age Centers in Jefferson Parish, $16,000
Council on Aging – Caddo Parish, $50,000
Council on Aging – East Carroll, $25,000
Council on Aging – Jefferson Parish, $34,000
Martin Luther King Homemaker and Renovation Project, $160,000
Bridge City, Estelle and Marrero/Harvey Senior Centers, to be divided equally among the centers, $50,000
Milan Broadmoore Senior Center, $40,000
NE La. Delta African-American Heritage Museum, $50,000
Spring Street Historical Museum in Shreveport, $50,000
Jean Lafitte Marine Fisheries Museum, $75,000
McNeil Street Museum, $50,000
Southern Forest Heritage Museum, $100,000
Schepis Musuem, $50,000
Additional funding for civil legal services for the poor, specifically, for Capital Area Legal Services Corp. The Legal Services Corporations provide free civil law services to eligible applicants in most areas of law except criminal matters and fee generating suits, like personal injury cases, $180,000
Iberia Parish District Attorney’s Office Mentor Program, $30,000
NE LA Martinet Legal Society, $10,000
NW La Wild Turkey Federation for outdoor events for the disabled, $20,000
Coordinating and Development Corp., $350,000
Many, $12,000
Central for start-up costs, $100,000
DeRidder, $90,000
Farmerville for the Farmerville Civic Center, $50,000
Consortium for Education Research and Technology of North LA, $150,000
Youth Entrepreneurship Training Program and Market Place, $100,000
Donaldsonville for the Downtown Development District, $25,000
Franklin Parish Economic Development, $50,000
Southside Economic Development District, $50,000
Caddo Parish Commission for the Center for Business Research at LSU-Shreveport, $200,000
Rayville for economic development initiatives, $15,000
Monroe Downtown Development District, $50,000
Algiers Economic Development Foundation for the Federal Cities Initiative, $150,000
JEDCO, $50,000
Micro Business Enterprise Corporation of Ascension, $10,000
Lamar-Dixon Expo Center, $40,000
Hopkins Street Economic Development District, $40,000
Washington Parish Economic Development Foundation, $75,000
Southern Hills Business Association, $75,000
District 2 Community Enhancement Corp., $200,000
District 2 Community Enhancement Corp. Lower Ninth Ward Advocacy Center, $75,000
Southern University – New Orleans Urban Tourism and Marketing Program, $50,000
Lafayette Economic Development Authority for the Maritime Institute for Emergency Monitoring and Response, $250,000
City Park of New Orleans, $1,200,000
Rhymes Public Library, $20,000
New Orleans African American Museum, $50,000
Wedell-Williams Memorial Aviation Museum in Patterson, $150,000
Vatican Mosaic Exhibit in New Orleans, $400,000
Children’s Museum of Acadiana, $20,000
Arna Bontemps African-American Museum, $50,000
La. Association of Museums, $50,000
Kent House State Historic Site, $46,000
Alexandria Zoo, $175,000
Forever our children, $100,000
City of Kenner parks, $200,000
Stonewall Community park development, $30,000
Evangeline culture documentary, $35,000
Columbia Mainstreet, $50,000
DeSoto Parish Historical Society, $10,000
Historical Grand Cane Association, $35,000
Inner City Return Home Project for Art and Culturist/Efforts of Grace Inc., $100,000
La. Ballooning Festival, $50,000
Winnsboro Mainstreet, $50,000
Strand Theater, $75,000
DeSoto Parish PJ for the Courthouse Square Development, $35,000
N.E. La. Riding Club for bleachers, $10,000
Red River Radio Network, $75,000
Ruston Mainstreet Program, $50,000
Logansport for the Friends for Downtown Restoration and Renovation, $30,000
Grand Cane for the Back Alley Theatre, $15,000
Winnsboro Gun Club for the Southern Nationals, $15,000
Oak Grove for the Mainstreet program, $29,500
Rayville for the Mainstreet Program, $19,500
Lake Providence for the Mainstreet Program, $19,500
Downtown development activities in towns in Madison, Richland, West Carroll, East Carroll and Morehouse parishes, $65,000
Delhi for the Cave Theater and Poverty Point Trade Days, $50,000
Tallulah for the Mainstreet program, $19,500
Jefferson Performing Arts Society, $250,000
Westwego Performing Arts Theater and Community Center, $120,000
Westwego for Historic Sala Avenue, $150,000
Tipitina’s Foundation, $150,000
Oak Grove for downtown development, $10,000
St. Joseph’s Arts Inc. for operating expenses, $90,000
Historical markers in Peason, $2,000
Monroe Symphony League Inc., $10,000
Byerley House Visitors and Community Center in Lake Providence and the Bastrop-Morehouse Visitor’s Center/Scott Blg., $50,000
Sabine River Authority for fishing tournaments and other recreational events, $50,000
Youth Inner City Fishing Institute and Eco-Tourism Program, $75,000
Donaldsonville Bicentennial, $125,000
La. State Fair Youth Award program, $50,000
Special Olympics La., $114,000
Sci-Port Discovery Center in Shreveport, $400,000
Florien for recreational lighting, $5,000
Natchitoches Christmas Festival, $100,000
Natchitoches for recreation purposes, $150,000
Sabine River School Board for recreational lighting, $10,000
Art in April Festival in St. Bernard Parish, $15,000
Tensas Reunion, $25,000
Marquis De Lafayette, $100,000
Audubon Institute for hurricane protection, $25,000
La. Leadership Institute Allstar Marching Band to perform at the Rose Bowl, $125,000
Lafayette Expressway Commission, $250,000
Zachary Taylor Parkway Commission, $50,000
Red River Levee and Drainage District, $8,000
Poverty Point Reservoir Commission, $50,000
Bayou Desiard Lake Commission, $25,000
UNO – lower Mississippi River cargo transportation study, $25,000
Fifth Levee District for maintenance and construction expenses, $150,000
Amite River Basin Commission, $50,000
Vivian for repairs to Monterey Road, $15,000
Oil City for repairs to Lakeview Road, $10,000
District operations for operational expenses – overlay and widening of La. 483 in Sabine Parish, $750,000
Enclosed drainage pipe along La. 48-Jefferson Hwy, $140,000
U.S. 84 East in Concordia Parish – traffic safety improvements, $50,000
Porter Loop Road improvements in St. Helena Parish, $87,000
McClinton Lane Road improvements in St. Helena Parish, $50,000
Boagni Street improvements, $80,000
Grass cutting equipment in St. Mary Parish, $75,000
Pointe Coupee Parish Police Jury for planning for improvements to parish infrastructure to accommodate the new M.R. bridge, $100,000
Provides funding for a lighting project in St. Martin Parish, $25,000
South Second Ward Fire Station, $75,000
City of Baker Fire Department, $100,000
Caddo Parish Fire District 4 (fire safety equipment), $16,000
DeSoto Parish Fire District 2 (fire safety equipment), $60,000
DeSoto Parish Fire District 9 (fire safety equipment), $75,000
Organ Donor Awareness Initiative, $100,000
STAR program, $125,000
Novice House, $50,000
Westbank ARC, $100,000
Strength Through Educational Partnership Program, $185,000
Avondale Health Care Clinic, $100,000
Rapides Primary Health Care Center Inc., $350,000
Better Access to Community Health, $100,000
Family Practice Residency Program – Lake Charles, $200,000
Acadiana Community Health Care Clinic, $20,000
Allen Parish Hospital for a generator, $40,000
New Orleans Inner City for HIV, AIDS, Cancer and Wellness Project, $50,000
Helping Hands Medicine Assistance Program – St. Landry, $100,000
Northwest Louisiana Sickle Cell Disease Foundation, $50,000
Computer hardware and software in the Vital Records and Statistics Program, $200,000
Northeast Louisiana Sickle Cell Disease Foundation, $25,000
Funding for the preservation of the springs at Greenwell Springs Hospital, $50,000
Louisiana Assistive Technology Access Network, $300,000
Hope Group, $50,000
Boys and Girls Club of Homer, $25,000
The Colomb Foundation Inc., $100,000
Serenity Community Center, $150,000
Volunteers for Youth Justice, $150,000
Being a Responsible Teen, $175,000
Each One Save One, $20,000
North St. Antoine Services Inc., $225,000
Progress 63 Inc., $300,000
Administrative Program for Orleans Metro Housing, $150,000
Boy Scouts of America Southeast La. Council, $30,000
Boys and Girls Club of Haynesville, $25,000
Boys and Girls Club of Ruston, $25,000
Capitol High School Alumni Association, $250,000
Methodist Home for Children, $15,000
Society for the Advancement of African American Males in the 90s and Beyond, $75,000
United Christian Fellowship Church for the Youth Program, $65,000
Urban Support Agency for Community Services, $25,000
Neighbors United for a Better Baker, $10,000
Total Community Action Inc., $20,000
Urban Restoration Enhancement Corp., $250,000
Rapides Children’s Advocacy Center, $100,000
Concord Youth and Adult Community Association, $25,000
D’Arbonne Community Development Inc., $50,000
Booker T Washington Community Outreach, $25,000
Lower Algiers Community Center Inc., $75,000
Funding provided for the Atchafalaya Basin Program for a study on the drainage of False River and/or its outlets, $15,000
Carville Job Corp Academy, $175,000
Game Workforce Initiative, $25,000
N.O. Computer Technical Village, $300,000
Joy Corporation Workforce Readiness Program, $28,514
Provides funding for the Louisiana Charter Boat Association for the purposes of printing and distributing materials that promote Louisiana’s Charter Boat Industry and for the general promotion and protection of the Louisiana Fishery, $50,000
Provides funding for the Rapides Parish Police Jury for aquatic weed control on Bayou Roberts, $90,000
Delta Learning Center – Regents shall perform a comprehensive study on the implementation of the Center, $25,000
Jefferson West Learning Center, $200,000
Premier Clinic, $25,000
David Raines Clinic, $250,000
Allen Parish District Attorney Association – Truancy, $75,000
Aviation Program Workforce expansion, $130,000
Allied Health Facility, $150,000
HTV-Channel 10 for the Write-On Program, $50,000
Louisiana Youth Center in Bunkie, $50,000
Project PASS with the St. Landry School System, $175,000
Success by Six for after school tutorial services, $60,000
Upward Bound Program, $100,000
Urban Support Agency for after school tutorial programs, $30,000
A Step to My Success after school tutorial program, $100,000
Jefferson Parish Sports and Scholastic Foundation, $200,000
New Home Full Gospel Cathedral, $50,000
Community Association for the Welfare of School Children, $130,000
Morgan City for construction of a playground for children with special needs, $100,000
McKinley High School Alumni Association, $100,000
Very Special Arts Program, $100,000
Excelsior Christian School, $50,000
Louisiana Initiative for Education, $50,000
North Baton Rouge Community Center, $100,000
Teacher Advancement Program for Forest Hill Elementary School, $80,000
Youth Academy for Leadership Education, $50,000
LaSalle Parish School Board for Olla High School, $25,000
St. Mary’s Residential Training School, $200,000
Avoyelles Public Charter School, $100,000
W.O. Moss for SWLA Center for Health Services for prescription drugs for the uninsured, $40,000
Citizens in Need of Care Work Release Facility in Lake Charles – provides 10 work release beds, $50,000
Debt Service and Maintenance Payments at SOWELA Technical Community College, $325,000
Abita Springs, $20,000
Albany for the Albany High School Evacuation Route, $30,000
Algiers Enterprise Community Council Inc., $25,000
Amite, $25,000
Ascension Adolescent Development Foundation Inc., $5,000
Ascension Parish for emergency generators for fire departments, $50,000
Ascension Parish Sheriffs Office for emergency generators, $25,000
Ashland for repairs on the community center gymnasium, $25,000
Assumption Parish Police Jury for renovations and repairs to the Assumption Parish Courthouse and Police Jury Complex, $158,500
Avoyelles Parish Police Jury for humane society of Avoyelles project, $6,000
Avoyelles Parish Police Jury for Spring Bayou Ecosystem Restoration and hydrilla control project, $100,000
Baldwin for police department acquisitions, $50,000
Baskin for park improvements, $25,000
Baton Rouge Constable’s Office, $50,000
Bayou Blue for the volunteer fire department, $5,000
Beauregard Parish Covered Arena Authority for repairs to the Covered Arena, $35,000
Beauregard Parish for analysis of a bypass loop around Northeast DeRidder, $65,000
Beauregard Parish Police Jury for repairs to Bart Young Road, $20,000
Beauregard Parish Police Jury for repairs to Broadway Street in Oreta, $25,000
Beauregard Parish Police Jury for repairs to Fish Hole Loop Road, $20,000
Beauregard Parish Police Jury for repairs to Granger Road, $50,000
Beauregard Parish Police Jury for repairs to King Road and Earl Barret Road, $15,000
Beauregard Parish Police Jury for repairs to Longville Road, $40,000
Beauregard Parish Police Jury for repairs to Planner Miller Road, $45,000
Beauregard Parish Police Jury for repairs to Three Pines Church Road, $50,000
Beauregard Parish Police Jury for road improvements to the Longville Pentecostal Church Road, $25,000
Beauregard Parish Police Jury for the South Beauregard Recreation District, $25,000
Berwick for police department acquisitions, $50,000
Bogalusa, $25,000
Bogalusa School Board, $10,000
Bossier Parish Police Jury for the Bossier Parish Juvenile Detention Center, $50,000
Boys and Girls Club of Natchitoches, $55,000
Bunkie – design guidelines for I-49 enhancements gateway corridor project, $30,000
Bunkie for the Office of Emergency Preparedness for supplies, personnel and equipment at Bunkie evacuation center, $50,000
Caddo Juvenile Court STARS Rehabilitation Program, $50,000
Cankton for park and recreation improvements, $10,000
Carencro for police equipment, $10,000
Central Fire Department emergency preparedness equipment, $5,000
Central Transition District for start-up expenses, $40,000
Church Point for pavilion improvements, $10,000
Cite Des Arts – Children’s Theater in Lafayette, $30,000
Clarks for a van, $25,000
Clayton Police Department, $15,000
Clinton for infrastructure/road improvements, $20,000
Community against Drugs and Violence, $10,000
Cotton Valley for police building repairs, $15,000
Cullen for acquisition of a half-ton truck, $20,000
Cypress Black Bayou District for RV Pads, $45,000
Delcambre Fire Department for fire and hurricane equipment, $5,000
Delcambre for city hall renovations, $10,000
Delhi Police Department, $15,000
DeRidder for the Community Development Foundation, $30,000
Duson for road and drainage improvements, $10,000
East Feliciana Parish for Gilead Road improvements, $45,000
East Side Fire Department emergency preparedness equipment, $5,000
Erath Fire Department for fire and hurricane equipment, $5,000
Erath for computers and emergency preparations, $10,000
Erath for Youth Sports, $10,000
Ferriday Police Department, $15,000
Fire Protection District No. 7 Volunteer Fire Department for fire and hurricane equipment, $5,000
Florida Parishes Juvenile Justice Commission for completion of a juvenile justice facility, $75,000
Folsom, $25,000
Franklinton, $25,000
Friends of Jefferson Parish Public Schools for replacements of hurricane damaged playground equipment at Metairie Academy, $25,000
Friends of the Algiers Courthouse for the Carriage House, $25,000
Gilbert for a police car, $25,000
Gonzales for urban search and rescue vehicle equipment, $10,000
Grand Isle Medical Facility, $150,000
Grayson for a generator, $30,000
Grosse Tete for infrastructure/road improvements, $45,000
Gueydan for police and fire emergency equipment, $10,000
H.O.P.E. Ministries in Pointe Coupee Parish, $5,000
Hammond for renovations to Cate Square, $40,000
Harahan playground, city hall security and police compound security, $120,000
Harrisonburg for repairs at Fort Beauregard, $25,000
Heflin for Town Hall renovations, $56,750
Henry Volunteer Fire Department for fire and hurricane equipment, $10,000
Iberia Parish for the Weeks Open Air Pavilion, $120,000
Iberville Parish for CICCIF Inc., $5,000
Independence, $25,000
J.W. Gaines Community Center in Montgomery for operational and maintenance expenses, $10,000
Jackson for infrastructure/drainage improvements, $20,000
Jean Lafitte Emergency Facility, $150,000
Jeanerette – property acquisitions and improvements to expand City Park, $100,000
Jefferson Parish Performing Arts Society, $50,000
Jennings for drainage, $150,000
Jonesville for computer systems, $50,000
Kaplan for building recreation in the park department, $10,000
Kentwood, $20,000
Labadieville Volunteer Fire Department for a communication repeater station, $25,000
Lady Flame Inc., $2,000
Lafourche Parish Sheriffs Office for emergency equipment, $30,000
Lake Providence for economic development, $25,000
Lake Providence for the Soul Food Festival, $10,000
Lake Providence Police Department, $50,000
Lakefront Playground in Mandeville – replacement hurricane damaged playground equipment, $40,000
LeBlanc Volunteer Fire Department for fire and hurricane equipment, $5,000
Leesville for downtown development and the historic district, $10,000
Leonville for drainage, $50,000
Life Economic Development Corporation, $100,000
Live Oak Parks and Recreation for recreation equipment, $10,000
Livingston for parks and recreation, $25,000
Livingston Parish for a sewer expansion project, $100,000
Livingston Parish for emergency equipment for fire departments, $35,000
Livingston Parish for emergency generators for fire departments, $20,000
Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office for a rescue vehicle, $25,000
Loreauville for a multipurpose community center, $160,000
Louisiana Leadership Institute, $500,000
Louisiana Leadership Institute School of Performing Arts, $125,000
Louisiana Leadership Institute Summer Internship, $25,000
Mangham, $25,000
Mangham Police Department, $15,000
Marksville – repair and improve recreation facilities and handicap restrooms, $10,000
Marksville for sewage projects, $25,000
Martin Luther King Training Program, $210,000
Maurepas Community Center for repairs, $5,000
Maurice for recreation and utility improvements, $10,000
Meaux-Nunez Volunteer Fire Department for fire and hurricane equipment, $5,000
Milan Broadmoore Senior Transportation and Renovation Program, $80,000
Mire Volunteer Fire Department for communications equipment, $5,000
Morgan City for restoration of “The Enola-E” fire truck, $20,000
Morganza for infrastructure/drainage improvements, $10,000
Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church Comprehensive Community Outreach Center, $40,000
MQVN, $25,000
New Orleans Mastid Muhammad Clara School Safe Return Project/New Orleans Masjid, $90,000
New Orleans School replacement playground equipment that was hurricane damaged, $40,000
Newellton Police Department, $15,000
North Delta Training Academy for training materials, $5,000
Oak Grove for lighting of the Recreational Complex, $35,000
Olla for storm repairs, $25,000
Our Lady of Holy Cross College for books, acquisitions and supplies, $100,000
Paincourtville Volunteer Fire Department for a communication repeater station, $25,000
Pecan Island Volunteer Fire Department for fire and hurricane system, $5,000
Pioneer for a sewer system pump, $15,000
Plain Dealing for a children’s recreation park, $15,000
Pleasant Hill Crossroads Water System in Winn Parish, $175,000
Pointe Coupee Enrichment Fund for Early Childhood Development Center of New Roads, $5,000
Pontilly Association for Pontchartrain Park, $50,000
Port Allen for DOC-DHI, $5,000
Port Allen for drainage improvements, $45,000
Pride for the volunteer fire department, $5,000
Rayne for roads and drainage improvements, $10,000
Rayville Police Department, $15,000
Red River Parish for equipment acquisitions, $60,000
Refuge Inc., $85,000
Richland Parish Police Jury, Kline Road, $10,000
Richwood for economic development, $15,000
Rosedale for infrastructure and road improvements, $20,000
Rosedale for the North Iberville Community Center for property acquisition, $70,000
Sarepta for a handicap accessible public bathroom facility, $50,000
Sarepta for acquisition of a tractor and equipment, $30,000
Save Our Community, $100,000
Seventh Ward Volunteer Fire Department for fire and hurricane equipment, $5,000
Shreveport for the MLK Partnership and Queensborough Housing Support Services, $100,000
Shuteston Lewisburg Sub Fire District 3 for hurricane and fire equipment, $5,000
Sibley for a topographic survey, $12,500
Sicily Island for drainage improvement, $25,000
Slaughter for infrastructure/road improvements, $70,000
South Louisiana Economic Council for the Center for Economic Growth and Technology, $200,000
Southwest Information and Referral, $25,000
Springhill for a pavilion for Farmers Market, $25,000
St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office for emergency equipment, $30,000
St. George Fire Department for emergency preparedness equipment, $5,000
St. James Parish for emergency generators for fire departments, $25,000
St. James Parish for the Administration Building, $40,000
St. James Parish Sheriff’s Office for emergency generators, $25,000
St. John the Baptist Parish for emergency generators for fire departments, $10,000
St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office for emergency equipment and crime scene van, $30,000
St. Joseph Police Department, $15,000
St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Office for equipment, $50,000
Succor Inc. for health and education initiatives, $250,000
Sun, $25,000
Tallulah Police Department, $15,000
Tangipahoa Parish Council, $20,000
Tensas Parish Police Jury, $30,000
Treme Community Education Program, $250,000
Tri-District Boys and Girls Club, $50,000
Triumph of Special People Inc., $88,000
Urban Support Agency, $70,000
Vermilion Parish Police Jury for the Wetlands Association for a reef and coastal restoration project, $50,000
Volunteers of America – Project Lighthouse, $100,000
Washington Parish Animal Center, $40,000
Washington Parish School Board, $10,000
Waterproof Police Department, $10,000
Webster Parish for the Jenkins Water System, $27,500
Webster Parish for Union Grove Water System, $15,000
Westbank Redevelopment Corporation, $250,000
Westbank YMCA, $200,000
White Castle for infrastructure/drainage improvements, $10,000
Wilbert Tross Sr. Community Development and Counseling Center, $100,000
Winn Parish Fairground improvements, $50,000
Winnsboro Museum, $25,000
Wisner for pumps, $40,000
Young Emerging Leaders of Louisiana, $25,000

Story originally published in The Advocate