PEOPLE/AWARDSThe Marion County Office of the County Engineer earned the 2015 Excellence Award for a Stormwater Program from the Florida Stormwater Association. The award is presented to stormwater programs that demonstrate innovative accomplishment and outstanding commitment to best management practices that benefit the environment and local citizenry. The stormwater program has been an integral part of Marion County’s water-quality protection efforts for more than a decade. Established in 2002, the program has implemented high-profile pollution-reduction projects that include the “Monster Pipe” on State Road 40 near Silver Springs and the 31st Street stormwater retrofit project, which helped and continues to
