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Council approves HUD CDBG action plan, awards demolition contract for Lower Greenmont parcels
Summary
Morgantown council approved the City’s FY2025 Community Development Block Grant Annual Action Plan and awarded a $60,500 contract to demolish three Lower Greenmont properties; funding and timeline details were discussed and one councilor abstained from the CDBG vote.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Morgantown City Council on July 1 approved the city’s fiscal year 2025 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Annual Action Plan and voted to award a separate demolition contract for three properties in the Lower Greenmont neighborhood.
The CDBG resolution, presented by grant writer Robin Hess, authorizes the city to submit the HUD FY2025 Annual Action Plan and continues the city’s use of CDBG funds for low- and moderate-income neighborhood projects. The council then awarded bid call 2025-16 for asbestos sampling, demolition, and land restoration at 570 and 635 Pennsylvania Avenue and 637 Brockway Avenue to Reclaim Company LLC for $60,500, the lowest responsible bid, with staff saying the work is tentatively to be completed by Aug. 22.
The action matters because the CDBG and the demolition are linked to the city’s broader Lower Greenmont revitalization strategy. Hess said new nonprofit applicants received funding this year and named programs that will be funded from the…
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