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Young Kings and Queens asks county to reallocate $400,000 ARPA award to tiny homes project
Summary
Representatives of Young Kings and Queens asked Kalamazoo County commissioners April 1 to reallocate an awarded $400,000 ARPA award to construct four tiny homes and a mobile classroom for the nonprofit’s Bridges housing program after its original mixed-use plan stalled.
Representatives of Young Kings and Queens asked county commissioners April 1 to allow reallocation of a previously awarded $400,000 to build four tiny homes and a mobile classroom for the organization’s Bridges transitional housing program.
Rashad Palmer, executive director of Young Kings and Queens, told the board funding delays and a change in the capital stack prevented the nonprofit from completing its original mixed-use plan. Palmer said the group has secured housing-millage funds and hopes the county will permit the $400,000 ARPA award to be “pulled down” and applied to a…
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