Okaloosa-Walton TDCs Work w/ Marlowe & Company to Combat Oil Spill
Dusty Ricketts
NWF Daily News
June 14, 2010
Area tourism officials could tackle the problem of addressing the oil spill by themselves, but they are learning they are stronger together.
Walton and Okaloosa counties’ tourist development councils are the first participants in the newly formed Regional Economic Recovery Coalition. The TDCs have reached out to their counterparts from Escambia, Santa Rosa, Bay, Washington, Gulf and Franklin counties to join them. “Anytime we can work together in the region, we have a louder, stronger, more impactful voice on behalf of the region,” said Dawn Moliterno, executive director of the Walton County TDC. “We’re clearly all in the same situation, dealing with the same impacts. For us to have a collective voice and focus is going to be beneficial to everybody. “We’re already talking amongst ourselves quite a bit,” she added. “We see this as just the natural next step in this process.”
The Washington, D.C.-based government affairs consulting firm Marlowe & Company contracts with both the Okaloosa and Walton TDCs and suggested the regional partnership.
Moliterno said Marlowe & Company is drafting letters to send to Congress, requesting that TDC professionals be given an opportunity to testify at future oil spill hearings and that some hearings be held in areas being affected by the spill.
Another goal of the coalition is to have the federal government create a Deepwater Horizon oil spill re-lief package, similar to one that was created to help New Orleans recover from Hurricane Katrina.
“I think it’s extremely important that Northwest Florida has a single voice as we go forward to deal with the mid-term and long-term problems that are coming from the oil spill,” said Howard Marlowe, president of Marlowe & Company. “If we don’t take this action now, it’s likely we’ll be a stepchild of whatever assistance Congress comes up with.”
Marlowe said the partnerships are not all about money. One of his goals for the coalition is to push for better cooperation between government agencies involved in managing the spill. He cited the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency as two groups that should be communicating better with one another.
“There’s no coordination going on,” Marlowe said. “We’re going to be pushing for coordination and policy decisions that will hopefully help in making this better for now and into the future.”
The City of Hickory, North Carolina hires Marlowe & Company to assist in Washington, D.C.
Marlowe & Company Press Release
April 21, 2010
Marlowe & Company is proud to announce the addition of Hickory, North Carolina to
our client list. Marlowe & Company is a full-service governmental affairs firm in Washington
that has represented local governments, non-profits, and public entities since 1984. The firm
currently represents over fifty clients in nine different states.
In the firm’s ongoing commitment to serving the public, Hickory becomes the 21st local
government client in North Carolina. Marlowe & Company will assist the City in pursuing
appropriations, grants and policy objectives. This partnership has moved quickly in pursuing
their first grant opportunity to address Hickory’s high unemployment rate.
“We are excited about the opportunity to work with the City of Hickory. They are a
prime example of a community who has specific needs and plans to address those needs.
Unfortunately, they have been disproportionately affected by the movement of jobs overseas so
we will be working with them to address their economic development needs,” said Howard
Marlowe, president of Marlowe & Company.
Since 2005, Marlowe & Company has assisted their clients in securing over $425 million
dollars to address a range of needs including economic development, green infrastructure, natural
resource protection, water infrastructure, transportation and infrastructure, and law enforcement
and emergency management. For more information, please visit our website at www.marloweco.com or email us at
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M&Co. Helps Havelock Secure Grant to Hire Firefighters
By Drew Wilson
The Havelock News
March 30, 2010
Havelock is scheduled to open its new first station next week, and now a federal grant will make sure
there are firefighters to work in it.
The Department of Homeland Security has awarded Havelock a $332,641 Staffing for Adequate Fire and
Emergency Response (SAFER) grant. The money will be used to pay salaries and benefits for two years
for three new city firefighter/EMS positions.
"What that does is allows us to have around the clock coverage with the minimum number of qualified
members to man engines according to fire standards," said Diane Miller, the city’s grant writer and
spokeswoman.
The three new positions will allow the city to staff the new West End Station at Tucker Creek to meet
response requirements.
Lobbyists Hitting up Federal Agencies (Marlowe & Company Featured)
By Jim Snyder
The Hill
February 4, 2010
Some lobbyists are spending less time stalking members of Congress and more time reaching out to government bureaucrats as federal agencies regain some lost authority over spending.
Howard Marlowe, who represents a number of towns, cities and universities, said his firm has sought and won more government grants over the past two years than it had in the previous 25.
One in five dollars Marlowe & Associates secures for its clients is now grant money. Just a few years ago, the firm relied entirely on congressional appropriations to meet client needs.
Howard Marlowe Presents to ASBPA, Calls for Larger Coastal Voice
“We are not alone!” That was the message conveyed last week to members of the Texas chapter of the American Shore & Beach Preservation (ASBPA). Delivering a call to action for all coastal interests was Howard Marlowe, Director of Government Relations for the national office of ASBPA.
Marlowe urged beach preservation activists band together with port, navigation and environmental interests in order to flex more political muscle in Washington, DC and state capitals. “What happens at the beach doesn’t stay at the beach,” he said. “What coastal residents do affects their inland neighbors as well as the ocean that lies beyond the shoreline. We have a responsibility to be good coastal stewards and to make sure that Congress and state legislators understand that America’s water resources cannot be allowed to deteriorate.”
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