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Evansville finance committee reviews 2025 CDBG/ESG/HOME allocations; nonprofits seek small increases
Summary
The Evansville City Finance Committee reviewed recommended federal allocations for CDBG, ESG and HOME programs, heard from more than two dozen nonprofit service providers and considered requests to restore or raise small line items amid overall HUD funding cuts and timeliness constraints.
The Evansville City Finance Committee on Tuesday reviewed the mayor’s recommended allocations of federal CDBG, ESG and HOME funds and heard presentations from more than two dozen nonprofit service providers seeking funding or small adjustments.
Committee members and city staff framed the discussion around reduced federal allocations, timeliness requirements from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the need to prioritize “shovel‑ready” affordable housing projects.
Echo Housing and Community Development asked the committee to reinstate $25,000 for the final evaluation year of the city’s Promise Zone designation. Eric Tilkemeyer, chief impact and finance officer at Echo Housing, told the committee the Promise Zone evaluation is in its final year and that the organization has contracted with evaluator Dan Diehl for the past nine years. “I would ask that we reinstate the $25,000 for the final year of evaluation for the promise zone,” Tilkemeyer said, adding that the last report showed “over $870,000,000 of investment in the promise zone.”
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