After Domino’s donation, local business joins the effort to improve Rexburg’s roads
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Editor’s Note: We are aware that Rexburg is in Madison County. But DePatco, Inc., the company which the story is about, is located in Fremont County. That is the reason for the Fremont County dateline.
FREMONT COUNTY – A local business wants to join the effort to fix potholes and bumps on Rexburg’s roads.
On Saturday, EastIdahoNews.com posted a story about Domino’s Pizza’s “Paving for Pizza” campaign. Rexburg is one of 13 cities around the nation to receive a grant to address road conditions in city limits.
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The city was awarded a $5,000 grant this week and now DePatco, Inc., a local asphalt paving and concrete installation company, says they want to match Domino’s donation to help give back to the community.
“We just do so much work in the Rexburg area that we wanted to contribute,” Jonathan Stoddard, DePatco’s Vice President of Marketing says. “This is one of our ways of saying ‘Thank you.’ We enjoy working with the city of Rexburg and many businesses in the community.”
In connection with this donation, Stoddard says they would like to work with the city in providing $5,000 of road improvements to any streets the city would like.
“In essence, we’d like to take that $5,000 grant and turn it into $10,000 worth of asphalt work. We will go wherever the city dictates,” says Stoddard.
DePatco is planning to reach out to the city this week about a partnership on this effort. DePatco, Inc. is the largest locally owned and operated construction company in Southeast Idaho. They have offices in St. Anthony and Idaho Falls.
Keith Davidson, Rexburg’s Public Works Director, did a double-take on Thursday when the grant announcement showed up in his inbox. He told KPVI now is an important time of year to determine which areas are going to need the help.
“Generally as the rain and as the weather turns, that’s when we see the potholes start forming and coming out, so we’ll be just looking on our streets and seeing those areas that are the worst that we can utilize that money for,” said Davidson.
The “Paving for Pizza” campaign was launched by Dominos to protect pizzas from harm while in the car. Dominos was unavailable for comment Sunday but a company spokeswoman told KPVI,
“There’s nothing worse than carrying out a pizza and you’re taking it home only to hit a crack or a bump and your pizza is tossed and ruined.”
EastIdahoNews.com will post more information in the next few days.