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Mayor says ARPA enabled investments tied to Linnentown memory and housing supports
Summary
Mayor Kelly Gertz told the ARPA highlight series that Athens-Clarke County used federal ARPA funds to support Linnentown-related projects, including the Black Future Center and targeted homeownership and repair assistance, citing federal flexibility where state law limited use of local funds.
Athens-Clarke County Mayor Kelly Gertz said ARPA funds allowed the county to support reparative housing-related activities connected to the Linnentown neighborhood that would have been difficult to fund with local dollars alone.
“Because there are different legal strings around these federal American Rescue Plan Act funds, we were able to devote funds to the Black Future Center that's gonna be opening in the next couple of years as well as to down payment assistance and home repair, kind of in the name of Linnentown…
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