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Montgomery receives $420,000 grant to help combat climate change

Baillee Majors

Montgomery is getting a financial boost when it comes to making progress in the fight against climate change. The city has been awarded $420,000 in funding since November 2024 through the Bloomberg American Sustainable Communities Initiative.
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“My supervisor [at the time] in the department told me I was committing professional suicide pursuing something like this”

Sami LaCount

Kathryn Coumanis, a member of the philanthropic organization Daughters of Penelope, sits down with her daughter Tonie Ann Torrans at StoryCorps to share how she founded Penelope House and the impact they’ve seen it have on the Mobile community.