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Athens seeks $800,000 in grant funds to support Mooresville Road improvements tied to retail project
Summary
Mayor William R. Marks told council the city will apply to ADECA for $400,000 in CDBG funds and $400,000 in ARC funding to cover part of estimated $1.418 million right-of-way improvements, with a local cash match of $618,192.
Mayor William R. Marks urged the council to authorize submission of grant applications to the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) and to the Appalachian Regional Commission to help fund right-of-way improvements at the Mooresville Road/Highway 72 intersection.
"We agreed, if they invest about $22,000,000 and have a hundred jobs, it's a new public shopping center," Marks said,…
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