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Mount Carmel Council approves resolution to apply for $1 million CDBG for Motorrad facility
Summary
The Mount Carmel City Council approved a resolution authorizing a $1 million Community Development Block Grant application to support Motorrad of America Inc.'s proposed 30,000-square-foot facility; the Greater Wabash Regional Planning Commission will serve as grant administrator.
The Mount Carmel City Council voted to approve a resolution authorizing the city to apply for $1,000,000 in economic development funds through the Illinois Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Small Cities program to support a proposed Motorrad of America Inc. facility.
Jeff Vaughn, grant writer for the Greater Wabash Regional Planning Commission, told the council the application would seek CDBG funds for fixtures, equipment, working capital, land acquisition and construction of a 30,000-square-foot facility, plus entry improvements off the state highway. “I may go a bit overboard here, but better too much than not enough,” Vaughn said during his presentation.
The CDBG program, created by the Federal Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 and administered nationally by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, is being administered in Illinois…
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