09/28/10 Last week, Lt. Governor Becky Skillman announced that 38 Hoosier communities will receive grants totaling $34,423,314 for water infrastructure projects. These grants are funded by an appropriation for disaster recovery efforts from the federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program. These funds were made available to aid in economic recovery after several natural disasters caused damage in many areas across the state during 2008. Indiana’s CDBG Disaster Recovery program is administered by the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs.
“These communities sustained extensive damage during flooding in 2008, and completing these projects will prevent a similar setback in the future,” said Lt. Governor Becky Skillman. “Adequate water infrastructure and wastewater treatment is not only imperative to the health and well-being of a community’s residents, but it’s necessary for economic growth, too.”
Grants are awarded through a competitive application process. Community distress needs, percentage of low-to-moderate income households served, and project’s impact on overall economic recovery efforts were considered in the scoring procedure.
OCRA provides technical assistance to community leaders during the 18-month implementation of their storm water improvement projects. Local grantees include: the Town of Bourbon who will receive $800,000 and the Town of Culver who was awarded $994,000.
The complete list of communities receiving grants follows:
Community
County
Grant Amount
Alexandria, City of
Madison
1,000,000
Bainbridge, Town of
Putnam
$917,500
Berne, City of
Adams
$960,000
Bicknell, City of
Knox
$1,000,000
Bourbon, Town of
Marshall
800,000
Brookston, Town of
White
775,000
Camden, Town of
Carroll
737,875
Center Point, Town of
Clay
$956,530
Chalmers, Town of
White
930,000
Clark County
Clark
885,000
Crane, Town of
Martin
624,524
Crawford County
Crawford
$919,500
Culver, Town of
Marshall
994,000
English, Town of
Crawford
$770,500
Fowler, Town of
Benton
925,770
Gosport, Town of
Owen
994,999
Hope, Town of
Bartholomew
706,900
Hymera, Town of
Sullivan
1,000,000
Jeffersonville, City of
Clark
941,650
Kentland, Town of
Newton
704,000
Kingman, Town of
Fountain
1,000,000
Lagro, Town of
Wabash
770,500
Lakeville, Town of
St. Joseph
$494,859
Laurel, Town of
Franklin
$992,000
Lynnville, Town of
Warrick
$1,000,000
Mitchell, City of
Lawrence
1,000,000
Monticello, City of
White
1,000,000
New Richmond, Town of
Montgomery
955,610
North Vernon, City of
Jennings
939,704
Oldenburg, Town of
Franklin
$1,000,000
Remington, Town of
Jasper
1,000,000
Ridgeville, Town of
Randolph
966,775
Salem, City of
Washington
1,000,000
Shoals, Town of
Martin
991,000
Sunman, Town of
Ripley
$1,000,000
Union City, City of
Randolph
836,000
Waynetown, Town of
Montgomery
952,000
Winslow, Town of
Pike
$981,118
TOTAL:
34,423,314