The City of Elgin announced last week that the Texas General Land Office Community Development and Revitalization division has approved the city’s application for a Mitigation 2016 State Most Impacted and Distressed Grant in the amount of $4,899,840. This funding will support the full refurbishment of the existing Pistol Hill ground storage tank and the addition of a new tank. An extremely critical component to the city’s overall water distribution system, the Pistol Hill ground storage tank has already served the city for more than 40 years. General conditions would have mandated this upgrade in the near future. This particular grant program ...