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U.S. Communities Offers Many As Alabama's counties budgets tighten, local governments continue to search for ways to save money and cut back on expenses. The Association of County Commission's partnership with U.S. Communities is the perfect program to help ease the budget crunch. U.S. Communities is operated by the National Association of Counties, and Alabama law allows counties to purchase from the program without going through the bid law. There are dozens of vendors in the program who sell almost anything one can imagine...or need. Getting started with the program is easy. First log on to www.uscommunities.org and click on Register. During the registration process, you can check on which suppliers you are interested in hearing from, and those suppliers will contact you and set up an account for you or update your existing account to receive the discounted U.S. Communities pricing. Alabama's U.S. Communities representative is Mary Pelfrey. If you have any problems with the registration process, please contact her. Among U.S. Communities' many contracts, there are two accounts that might be of particular interest to Alabama's county engineers: Home Depot and AutoZone. At Home Depot, you may pick up anything at your local store using your U.S. Communities' discount. Although the discount is only 1% and is rebated at the end of the year, the convenience of picking up your items without bidding should be very useful...and every little bit helps in today's economy, right? If your county has an AutoZone, you can also pick up items you may need locally as well. These discounts also add up. Check with your local store to see if it will deliver your order to you. There are many other vendors of note through U.S. Communities, and it is definitely worth your time to log in and start saving! If you have questions about Home Depot or AutoZone, please contact the company reps below: Carey McWilliam Eric Schultz The Association of County Engineers of Alabama is an affiliate organization of the Association of County Engineers of Alabama |