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North Carolina Budget Brings New Projects to Cleveland County

The state budget was signed into law last week after passing both chambers of the North Carolina General Assembly. The final budget included several items in Cleveland County, NC.
 
These projects include:
 
  • $59 million for a new Cleveland County Courthouse
  • $450,000 for a Mobile Unit for the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office
  • $50,000 for the Crisis Pregnancy Center of Cleveland County
  • $1.5 million for the Cleveland County Community College Prison site
  • $585,000 for the Cleveland County Prison Education Center
  • $450,000 for the Cleveland County Law Enforcement training center
  • $698,277 to fund a new Public Defender in Cleveland County
  • Funding for a District Attorney Investigator Position
  • $20,000 to the Casar Volunteer Fire Department, Inc.
  • $113,663 for the Cleveland County Lifesaving and Rescue Squad, Inc.
  • $420,000 to the Upper Cleveland Rescue Squad, Inc.
  • $250,000 for the Cleveland County Rescue Mission
  • $5 million for a health center in Cleveland County
 
  • $10 million for the Cleveland County Community College Student Center
  • $350,000 Cleveland County Vocational Industries
  • $200,000 for the Cleveland County Fair
  • $150,000 to the City of Shelby Recreation Department
  • $750,000 for the Kings Mountain YMCA
  • $4.9 million to Cleveland County Athletic Facilities
  • $2.2 million to the American Legion World Series in Cleveland County
 
  • $19 million for Cleveland County water and sewer projects
  • $7.4 million to the City of Shelby for water and sewer projects
  • $39 million for Kings Mountain water and sewer projects
  • $250,000 for Kings Mountain Lake Moss remediation
 
  • $50,000 to Kingstown
  • $100,000 to Kings Mountain
  • $10,000 to Casar                                         
  • $10,000 to Polkville
  • $10,000 to Fallston
  • $10,000 to Waco
House Speaker Tim Moore said, “The budget process and negotiations took months to get to a final product– a budget that is great for ALL of North Carolina, and particularly for Cleveland County. It has been my honor to represent Cleveland County these ten years and I believe this budget serves my constituents well.”