Atascosa Citizens in Action (ACA) grant committee had a meeting after achieving total access to Funding Information Network (FIN) for foundation contacts that aid in grant procurements. ACA meeting was on Thursday, August 20 at the Pleasanton Civic Center. The Institute for Economic Development at UTSA assisted with development of the ACA grant committee. ACA committee members, seated from left, are Jenny Moore, ACA Secretary, General Industry Coordinator at Coastal Bend College (has grant acquisition experience); Claude Aaron, retired banker (Atascosa National Bank); Ben Garza, Senior Certified Business Advisor with UTSA, lives in Pleasanton; Rusty Prasifka, retired teacher; Leon Zabava, ACA President, Oil and Gas Editor for the Pleasanton Express; Dorothy Steelman, Pleasanton Public Librarian, (has procured over $600,000 in grants in the past); and James Horton, Market President at Texas Champion Bank in Pleasanton, (former bank examiner). Attending the meeting, standing, from left, are Darlene Koons, affiliated with Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), Atascosa County; Donna Fisher, Executive Director of Atascosa Family Crisis Center (AFCC); Joni Garcia, Executive Director of CASA; Rusty Garvin, President of Pleasanton Rotary Club; Rhonda Williamson, volunteer with AFCC; Dale Rankin, Atascosa County Extension Agent; Atascosa County Judge Bob Hurley; George Zuniga, Public Works Director for City of Charlotte.
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