Greene County hears three PY25 CDBG grant presentations; public hearing set for May 29

The Greene County Board of Commissioners heard three presentations on May 8 from applicants for the county's PY25 Community Development Block Grant program and set a public hearing and vote for May 29.

County staff introduced the review process and said three complete applications were received. "We received 3 complete applications this year, and we'll go in alphabetical order," Sarah Mault said as she opened the session.

The Beavercreek Senior Center asked the county for $51,975 to make front-desk and reception-area changes meant to improve accessibility for people who use wheelchairs and walkers and to provide improved seating and work space for staff and volunteers. "This grant will truly make a difference in the Beavercreek community," Zach Weick, parks director for the city of Beavercreek, said, describing a facility that serves more than 2,500 members and averages over 300 visitors daily.

Weick said the senior center would split the remainder of the project cost with Beavercreek Township under a long-standing capital-expenditure agreement. He described the requested work as ADA adjustments to a counter, reconfiguration of the reception area, upgraded seating and furniture, and architectural services.

TCN Behavioral Health sought $157,622 for exterior and interior repairs at its Xenia facility, including a complete repaving and restriping of the parking lot, repainting, and new flooring for its SUN drop-in clinic and group rooms. "We serve 3,500 Greene County residents annually," Jarolimos "Lomby" Gersos, chief administrative officer of TCN Behavioral Health, said. Gersos gave a line-item breakdown in the presentation: roughly $108,000 for the parking lot, $13,600 for painting and $36,108 for flooring, and said if the county could not fund everything his preference would be to prioritize painting and flooring for the SUN clinic.

No representative appeared for Yellow Springs Home Inc., the third applicant.

Sarah Mault told commissioners the second public hearing is scheduled for May 29 and that commissioners will vote on resolutions to move one or more projects forward at that meeting.

The presentations were informational; no awards were made on May 8. The commissioners did not take a vote on any PY25 CDBG awards at this meeting and asked staff to return with the public-hearing record on May 29.