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The Southeast New England Program (SNEP) Network invites you to apply for </span>
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</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">community-based technical, financial and training assistance for stormwater management and ecological restoration to advance or continue your stormwater,
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Participation in the Stormwater Planning Series to build community cohesion in approach to retrofitting drainage systems to address identified stormwater problems<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#202020;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
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