reporter: the tnc runs 39 nature conservancies in kenya.also finances the one in habiba tadicha's community. the conservancies protect nature, offer job prospects, and encourage women to play a greater role in society. habiba tadicha benefited from the conservancy and is now helping others. she and other women in her village have built a culture center. they did a lot of the work themselves. the women rent out the hall and the lodges to visitors and local people, which brings in money. that's allowed them to set up a savings club. here, the women give out loans to each other, using income from the culture center, subsidies from ngo's, as well as members' own savings. habiba tadicha leads the club. she's given loans of $250 to more than 100 women, mostly to finance small business ventures. dade roba got a loan from the savings club to invest in an electric motor for her corn mill. now she can earn more money. like so many here, she's benefited from the nature conservancy. dade: in the beginning, the local community here was opposed to the es

on my next slide we have revenues at an increase of $1.7 million, mainly for our tnc tax revenues. this is an increase of approximately 40% from $4.2 million to $5.9 million due to the relaxation of covid health protocols and with economic activity. we've also been awarded $423,000 of new federal and state funding for the yvi, the series of projects. and for the ocean avenue off-ramp realignment project. our next slide here we have a bar chart. we have seen this before. this compares our original adopted budget in blue and it compares to our proposed changes in gray. overall we are proposing an increase of 1.3% of revenues from $126.2 million to $127.9 million. and our large sales tax revenue at 92.9% and this is 70% of the total revenues for the agency. and our prop aa revenues at 4.8% have continued to come in steadily, both have continued to come in steadily. sales tax we had a nice healthy number in december and in january as anticipated we collected nearly $6 million of sales tax revenue. a little bit below from january 2020, but definitely higher than march 2021. and we are a

on my next slide we have revenues at an increase of $1.7 million, mainly for our tnc tax revenues. this is an increase of approximately 40% from $4.2 million to $5.9 million due to the relaxation of covid health protocols and with economic activity. we've also been awarded $423,000 of new federal and state funding for the yvi, the series of projects. and for the ocean avenue off-ramp realignment project. our next slide here we have a bar chart. we have seen this before. this compares our original adopted budget in blue and it compares to our proposed changes in gray. overall we are proposing an increase of 1.3% of revenues from $126.2 million to $127.9 million. and our large sales tax revenue at 92.9% and this is 70% of the total revenues for the agency. and our prop aa revenues at 4.8% have continued to come in steadily, both have continued to come in steadily. sales tax we had a nice healthy number in december and in january as anticipated we collected nearly $6 million of sales tax revenue. a little bit below from january 2020, but definitely higher than march 2021. and we are a

on my next slide we have revenues at an increase of $1.7 million, mainly for our tnc tax revenues. this is an increase of approximately 40% from $4.2 million to $5.9 million due to the relaxation of covid health protocols and with economic activity. we've also been awarded $423,000 of new federal and state funding for the yvi, the series of projects. and for the ocean avenue off-ramp realignment project. our next slide here we have a bar chart. we have seen this before. this compares our original adopted budget in blue and it compares to our proposed changes in gray. overall we are proposing an increase of 1.3% of revenues from $126.2 million to $127.9 million. and our large sales tax revenue at 92.9% and this is 70% of the total revenues for the agency. and our prop aa revenues at 4.8% have continued to come in steadily, both have continued to come in steadily. sales tax we had a nice healthy number in december and in january as anticipated we collected nearly $6 million of sales tax revenue. a little bit below from january 2020, but definitely higher than march 2021. and we are a