Monroe County commissioners approve 2025 CDBG application, authorize multiple grants and contracts

The Monroe County Board of Commissioners voted Thursday to submit the county’s 2025 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application and approved several related certifications and cooperation agreements, county officials said.

Jennifer Peterson, executive director of the Redevelopment Authority of the County of Monroe, told commissioners the authority held public hearings in East Stroudsburg Borough, Stroudsburg Borough and the county on Oct. 1 and received no public comments on the proposed activities. "We've had a second public hearings ... having had no public comments on the proposed activities," Peterson said. She said the authority will submit the application based on resolutions signed by the commissioners that day and that the CDBG allocation for the community is $663,596.

The application lists county-led housing rehabilitation as one project; Peterson described the county portion as intended for rehabilitation of single-unit residential properties to assist low- to moderate-income homeowners who qualify. East Stroudsburg Borough is proposed to use its allocation for street and road improvements on parts of Walnut, West Bridal and Park streets, and Stroudsburg Borough for improvements on McConnell Street. Commissioner discussion included no public objections at the hearings, and commissioners approved the…