An Important VoiceRonnie Young Chairman, Aiken County Council

“The impact of the benefits coming from Washington is greatly benefiting the local community. From the county standpoint, I see economic vitality returning.”

An Important VoiceLarry Murdaugh Superfund Job Training Initiative Trainee

“The Recovery Act helps the community and the environment. It puts people back to work, which is good for the community, and it accelerates clean up, which is good for our children.”

An Important VoiceMarshall L. Martin, Jr. Executive Director, Barnwell County Economic Development Commission

“What the Recovery Act is doing now is providing an opportunity for some of our people who have been displaced. It gives us enough of a bridge to a normal economy when there is job creation.”

An Important VoiceKera Woods Superfund Job Training Initiative Trainee

“The Recovery Act is helping people get back on their feet. It is getting a lot of families through a tough time.”

An Important VoiceSandy Fowler Executive Director, Hampton County Economic Development Commission

“We are excited about and committed to connecting our citizens and businesses to the $1.6 billion Recovery Act. We are committed to helping them.”

An Important VoiceReginald Roberts Superfund Job Training Initiative Trainee

“It’s going to benefit our area and further employment in the next two to three years. It’s giving a whole lot of people hope because they have jobs.”

An Important VoiceBobby Jones SRS / Recovery Act Worker

“If the Recovery Act had not come about, it would have probably meant a layoff for me.”

An Important VoiceJamie Bing SRS / Recovery Act Worker

“I couldn’t believe it. With the economy suffering, I knew good jobs were hard to come by. A job with the Recovery Act at SRS was almost too good to be true.”

An Important VoiceDr. Clint Wolfe Executive Director, Citizens for Nuclear Technology Awareness (CNTA)

“The initiative is a great way to kick off what we see as the nuclear renaissance in the Southeast. It starts the process of workers getting the skill sets that will hopefully get them jobs in the future.”

“The acceleration of the available site land speeds up when we can think about an energy park. All of these are good things for the community in the long run.”

An Important VoiceJames K. Hussey, Jr. Regional Representative, East Georgia, U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss

“I think it’s a great thing and they are using the money in the right places besides what we’re doing in the clean up for skilled and unskilled workers.”

“I think they are using the taxpayers’ money wisely. I think it is going to pay off. They have a mission, recovery, transparency.”

An Important VoiceDr. Walt Tobin Interim President of Denmark Technical College

“Any opportunity the students get to see that there’s a job waiting for them is further enhancing the role in creating successful employees in the future.”

An Important VoiceDr. Tom Hallman Chancellor of University of South Carolina-Aiken

“I think the opportunity to use the $1.6 billion will enable us in two years to have more options. It is a great thing.”

An Important VoiceDr. Susan Winsor President of Aiken Technical College

“One of the opportunities of the Recovery Act is to provide individuals with training in the technical field. Even if those individuals are not retained, they will be better trained for another position in the technical industry.”