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Mount Vernon holds first public hearing for 2025–26 CDBG action plan; five applicants present
Summary
The Mount Vernon City Council heard from five organizations on March 26 during the first public hearing for the city’s 2025–26 CDBG annual action plan; applicants described rising demand for services and requested both public‑service and capital funds.
The Mount Vernon City Council opened a public hearing March 26 on the city’s draft 2025–26 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) annual action plan and heard presentations from five applicants seeking funds. Steve Sexton, the city’s special projects manager, told the council that HUD had not yet announced allocations and that the city was using the same funding estimate as in 2024 for planning.
Applicants who spoke and their main requests:
- Dulce Vasquez, Resource Center Manager at Community Action of Skagit County, requested support to continue operations of the Mount Vernon Resource Center and said the office served a dramatically higher caseload: 308 households (525 individuals) in July 2021–June 2022 versus 1,148 households (reported as 202,236 individuals in the transcript; applicant emphasized large growth) in July 2023–June 2024. Vasquez estimated the center could serve about 2,500 residents with continued support.
- Greg Grama of Salem…
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