Kewaunee gets $1.75 million in grants to buy, renovate blighted sites
KEWAUNEE - The city is laying groundwork for major improvements to its harbor area and downtown after it received $1.75 million from the Community Development Block Grant program to acquire blighted properties and eliminate that blight. The two grants awarded to the city by the program allow it to buy three designated pieces of property, take down buildings and renovate the space so it can be redeveloped. Requests for bids to perform the work are being prepared and issued. “It is rare in funding scenarios to capture 100% funding for a project, yet that is what our city staff did," Kewau...
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