July 27, 2022
MARANANEWS The Voice of Marana, Oro Valley and Northwest Tucson
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Higher Ground receives $2.3 million grant
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A cotton harvester picks cotton off Moore Road in Marana in 2021. (Cutline/photo by Tom Leyde)
Marana’s cotton crops safe for now BY TOM LEYDE
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ima County’s cotton crop is not likely to be deeply affected by the Southwest’s mega drought and Colorado River water cutbacks this year thanks to wells and recharging of aquifers, growers and agriculture, experts say.
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Hundreds of acres of Pima cotton will be cultivated and irrigated in the Marana area this summer, but where does that leave future cotton crops? Their survival depends on water availability, cotton futures, the higher costs of farming, and urbanization. “Marana is pretty good so far,”
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Tucson nonprofit that helps children and families in underserved neighborhoods will be expanding its efforts thanks to a $2.3 million grant from the Arizona Department of Education. Higher Ground Resource Center, 101 W. 44th Street, received word of the grant in May, said CEO and cofounder Jansen Azarias-Suzumoto. The group will use the money (its largest grant to date) to expand its Restart SMART community schools program. Higher Ground serves mainly low-income youth and families through in-school, summer and after-school programs that build life skills and provide multigenerational support. The money comes from the American Rescue Plan (ARP) and is part of Arizona’s ARP School and Community Grantees. The money granted to Higher Ground was one of three such grants totaling $15.3 million. “This grant will allow for an effective and targeted approach to supporting youth through the current disparities that can make learning so hard,” Stephanie Anderson, chief community officer for Higher Ground Resource Center, said in a new release from the state.
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