The GIS Department received the 2001 FEMA Region III Outstanding Community Award for our work in Flood Mapping as a Cooperating Technical Partner with Juniata College.  It also received the 1999 Governor’s Award for Local Government Excellence in the category of innovative community/government initiatives.

Below is a list of some of the grants the GIS Department has received since its establishment:

• DEP
• Kish Creek Watershed Grant, $26,000 for GIS development in 1998/1999
• Development of Impervious Surface Layer for Mifflin and Juniata Counties, $48,000 in 2002-2005
• Development of Impervious Surface GIS Layers for Mifflin County, $60,000 in 2004-2007
• FEMA
• Cooperating Technical Community (CTP) grant to correct Mifflin County floodplains for $37,830 in 2001/2002
• $20,000 to continue CTP grant into 2003
• USGS
• Don’t “Duck” Metadata grant, $6,100 in 2000
• DCED
• Shared Municipal Services grant, $10,000 in Fiscal in 1997
• Shared Municipal Services grant, $20,000 in Fiscal in 1998
• Shared Municipal Services grant, $37,500 in Fiscal in 1999
• Land Use Planning and Technical Assistance Program for a Land Use Information Center (LUIC) for $177,000 in 2001?
• FGDC
• Web Mapping linked to NSDI node – Open Use Server (OPUS) for $20,000 in 2001
• PA Department of Transportation
• Municipal Services, $8,000 in 1997/1998
• Liquid Fuels Road/Bridge/Culvert Management System (now known as Transportation Network or TNET) for $100,000 for 1999-2001
• ESRI
• Local Government Start-up Grant Program worth nearly $100,000 in GIS software, data and training in 1999
• PA Department of Agriculture
• Land Preservation Grant for $10,000 in 1999
• Land Preservation Grant for $10,000 in 2000