Madison County OKs $3M Community Development Program
Date Posted: July 21, 2020
Posted In: News, Regionalism,
From The Telegraph: A $3 million plan for Community Development spending was approved by the Madison County Board Wednesday.
Included in that is approximately $740,000 for Alton, $570,000 for Granite City and $700,000 for competitively-awarded grants for other communities throughout the county.
Most of the money is in Community Development Block Grant funds.
Alton and Granite City receive a set portion of the CDBG funds. The rest is awarded through a competitive grant process by MCCD. Grants generally range from $30,000 to $100,000, and are awarded on a points basis with some types of projects given higher priority.
The remaining $700,000 was awarded through a competitive bid process, with seven of 10 applicants each receiving $100,000.
Winners were:
- City of Edwardsville, $100,000 for a$162,000 project to improve storm water drainage and sanitary sewer systems on West Dunn Street.
- Ft. Russell Township, $100,000 for a $115,000 project by the Meadowbrook Fire Protection District to acquire turnout gear and other equipment.