5 towns get funding for ‘innovative’ works
Posted on Thursday, May 29, 2008
Five Arkansas towns will receive Community Development Block Grants from the Arkansas Economic Development Commission.
The grants will go to: Amagon: $ 192, 736 for the paving of city streets. Gould: $ 182, 111 for street and drainage improvements. Lonoke: $ 219, 350 for the construction of “a sensory treatment facility” for the Lonoke Exceptional School, which serves adults and preschool-age children with developmental disabilities or special needs.
Oil Trough: $ 142, 675 for the renovation of a building that serves as a food pantry.
Ozark: $ 172, 120 for drainage improvements in a low-income area of the city.
The grants were awarded under the General Assistance and Innovative Projects category for the Community Development Block Grant program.
The category is designed to provide cities and counties with the opportunity to apply for grant assistance for projects that are not covered under other funding categories.
All Arkansas cities and counties are eligible for the grant program with the exception of the 14 entitlement cities that receive Community Development Block Grant funds directly from the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development.
To be eligible, at least 51 percent of the persons benefiting from the grant must be of lowto moderate-income.
Eleven applications were received this year for a total grant request of more than $ 1. 6 million.
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