80 Communities Receive Over $28M in CDBG Monies Puryear, McKenzie, Erin, Gleason, Greenfield Receive Funds Nashville- Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bill Hagerty recently approved more than $28 million in Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) to assist Tennessee communities with infrastructure, health and safety projects, and downtown improvements. Some communities in our listening area received monies from this latest round of CDBG Grants. The city of Puryear received $128K for Sewer Plant improvements from the state. The grant is for $122,880 with a local match of $5,120. In Carroll County, the city of McKenzie received a grant in the amount of $500,000 for Sewer Plant Improvements. The local match is $44,000 for a total of $544K. The city of Erin, in Houston County was granted $570,655 for Water System Improvements. The grant is $525,000 with a local match of $45,655. Houston County also received a CDBG for $552,633 for Water Line Extensions. The county will have a local match of $27,633 with the grant being $525,000. In Weakley County, Gleason and Greenfield both received grant money from the CDBG. Gleason received $157K for Fire Protection, with no local match needed. Greenfield received a total of $90K for Water Treatment Plant Improvements, with $1800 being a local match. “Community Development Block Grants play an important role in helping communities across Tennessee prepare for future economic development opportunities and continued growth,” Haslam said. “Working with our communities in making these improvements helps bring us one step closer toward our goal to making Tennessee the No. 1 location in the Southeast for high quality jobs.” “Community development sets the stage for burgeoning economic development and when a community invests in itself, the private sector is more likely to invest in it as well,” Hagerty said. “I am pleased to see so many communities across the state eagerly taking steps not only to attract new business and encourage future growth, but also to create better living conditions for the families that reside there.” Allocation of CDBG funds is based on priorities set at local levels where community needs are best known. The CDBG program is administered in Tennessee by the Department of Economic and Community Development.
Posted on: Thu, 02 Oct 2014 01:03:54 +0000
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