Awards issued prior to january 20, 2025, were funded under previous administrations and may not reflect the priorities and policies of the current administration.** tangipahoa parish governmentflorida…

Awards issued prior to january 20, 2025, were funded under previous administrations and may not reflect the priorities and policies of the current administration.** tangipahoa parish governmentflorida parishes arena composting facility project summarywood shavings are primarily used for absorbent bedding with horses, goats, sheep, cows and poultry to improve the overall quality of comfort in animal stalls and to improve air quality. After use, shavings must be mucked out to avoid the build-up of ammonia and odors in the stalls. The tangipahoa parish government owned florida parishes arena is a regional public venue located in amite, LA and is used for rodeos, horse and farm animal shows, 4-H program events, animal training programs, and special events, and which generally serves a 5-parish rural area and a limited urbanized area, booking more than 300 events each year. In addition to the wood shavings that are used then discarded as waste (14 tons in 2022), there is a large amount of discarded food waste from the facility kitchens and catered events. The neighboring facilities of the neola farms sports complex and the tangipahoa parish fairgrounds (see appx. 1) are additional venues participating in the parish's composting effort. The parish's proposed project seeks to compost all this material and to reduce IT for recycled use as soil enhancements for use in landscaping and donations to non-profit or other public organizations. We seek to deliver a project to our community that initiates replicable change in waste management, advances the state of louisiana and federal government's climate crisis agenda, and provides an additional service for our underserved and rural communities in both northern tangipahoa parish and the parish as a whole.