| USA. Burger Boat gets Harbor Assistance Program grant |
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| Tuesday, 21 March 2006 | |
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Marian Martin The state of Wisconsin has awarded Burger Boat a $1.166 million Harbor Assistance Program grant to promote growth at the megayacht builder’s Sturgeon Bay yard, which employs 400 people. Wisconsin’s Legislature created the Harbor Assistance Program, in 1979, to assist harbor communities along the Great Lakes and Mississippi River to maintain and improve waterborne commerce. Port projects typically include dock reconstruction, mooring structure replacement, dredging, and the construction of facilities to hold dredged material. Grant applications are accepted on a semi-annual basis on August 1 and February 1. There are 23 ports in the state that are potentially eligible for funding through the HAP. To be eligible for funding: The project must benefit facilities that are used for cargo transfer, ship building, commercial fishing or regular ferry service; the applicant must be a local unit of government or a private owner of a harbor facility; the project must pass a rigorous benefit-cost analysis and must have been identified in a current Three-Year Harbor Development Plan. Up to 2002, Burger built yachts of up to 90 feet, but has increased the build size to 200 feet and, currently, has six vessels in build. |
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