ANGOLA â Angola is one of 80 communities that will collectively receive $18.6 million in federal grant funding through the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairsâ COVID-19 Response Grant Program.
Angolaâs share will be $250,000, said a Monday news release announcing the recipients of OCRAâs COVID-19 Response Phase 3 round of funding. This comes after the city was awarded $250,000 through the same grant program last year.
Beginning in April 2020, OCRA began addressing the pandemicâs impact on Hoosier communities using funds derived from Indianaâs Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act allocation. Last year, 112 grants were awarded to 96 communities, totaling more than $20.9 million.
AIF awards eight more COVID-19 forgivable loans
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Best of the City 2021: Personalities
Published: February 22, 2021 Mayor Ron Nirenberg and Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff
Nearly every weekday evening since March 2020, Mayor Ron Nirenberg and Judge Nelson Wolff have appeared before the media and community (via social media and public access TV) to provide COVID-19 updates. Along with reporting SA’s daily case numbers, deaths and hospitalizations, they’ve answered questions about regulations, reminded the community to mask up and tried to communicate the urgency that came with filling hospitals and emerging vaccine availability. The virus became a political issue at nearly every level in 2020 and our local leaders played the game when necessary, with Wolff finding what can only be described as a loophole in Gov. Greg Abbott’s initial order not requiring masks. While the state regulation said Wolff couldn’t mandate mask wearing for residents, Wolff found he could require county businesses to insist their customers wear mas