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manich@leaderherald.com JOHNSTOWN — The Common Council on Monday approved a resolution to have the city apply for an $81,500 Community Development Block Grant for the expansion of a city business. The approval at City Hall was to aid the expansion of Evolution Recycling Inc. Action by the council followed a public hearing in which no one spoke. “I received no comments on it,” added Mayor Vern Jackson. The resolution approved Monday noted the city of Johnstown has determined that there is a need to undertake economic development projects in Fulton County. The city wishes to apply for fun...

COVID-19 Response Grant Program Phase 3 – United States 135SHARES COVID-19 Response Program for eligible applicants that include non-entitlement and entitlement local units of government. The Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA) seeks applications from eligible local units of government that would like to be considered for OCRA’s COVID-19 Response program funded through the state Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program. The eligible activities include: mental health services, childcare services, public Wi-Fi locations, food pantry or bank services, subsistence payment pro...

Applications Open for Planning Grants Program – United States 135SHARES Deadline: 15-Jan-21 Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs seeks applications from eligible local units of government that would like to be considered for Planning Grants funded through the state Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program. Planning grants are funded with Federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) dollars from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The goal of the program is to encourage communities to plan for long-term community development. The goal of the pro...

A CRA To Meet the Challenge of Climate Change Advancing the Fight Against Environmental Racism Getty/Thomas B. Shea/AFP A car gets towed while men walk in floodwaters on a road in Houston, August 2017, in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. Julia Cusick Introduction and summary A federal law passed more than 40 years ago to address the discriminatory practice of redlining in low-income neighborhoods and communities of color can and should be modernized to address other systemic racism-fueled inequities. These inequities, including the disproportionate exposure to environmental hazards and climat...