The city gets just over a million dollars a year in this federal funding, and it is dispersed to projects involving public facilities, public services, housing rehabilitation and demolition, and economic development.
This year's allocation of Community Development Block Grant funding will largely go to housing rehabilitation and demolitions and public facilities, at 33 percent each.
The Board of Selectmen approved a $1.35 million application for federal Community Development Block Grants to fund road repairs and housing rehabilitation.
The Board of Selectmen and town staff are conflicted on what to do with the coal and grain building off Columbia Street that will need significant funding for restoration.
The two-story, fully rehabilitated home at 21 Eleanor Road was acquired by the city through a lengthy tax title foreclosure, said Community Development Director Justine Dodds.
Through what the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) terms an entitlement grant, HUD provides the city with Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding on an annual basis.
The proposals for more than 20 local agencies and organizations will go to Mayor Linda Tyer and the City Council for approval during the FY23 budget process.