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Richland County approves CDBG application to fund Dayspring generator, reduced-fare transit
Summary
The Richland County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday authorized filing a Community Development Block Grant application and approved an anti-displacement plan, recommending $210,000 for a generator replacement at Dayspring assisted living and $75,000 to subsidize reduced-fare bus passes for seniors and people with disabilities.
The Richland County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday authorized filing a Community Development Block Grant application and approved an anti-displacement plan, recommending $210,000 for a generator replacement at Dayspring assisted living and $75,000 to subsidize reduced-fare bus passes for seniors and people with disabilities.
The action starts the formal application for the county’s $390,000 CDBG allocation for projects that benefit low- and moderate-income residents. Commissioners Cliff Meares and Daryl Banks voted in favor; Commissioner Tony Vero was absent.
Jodika Shetty, executive director of the Richland County Regional Planning Commission, told the commissioners this was the second public hearing on the CDBG program and that the county solicited projects under its citizen participation plan. She said two applications were received and recommended funding both projects. “This year too, Richland County got an allocation of 390,000 to … community qualifying community development grant…
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