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Monroeville mayor confirms developer applied for $7.5 million RACP demolition grant for Monroeville Mall; some residents urge rejection
Summary
Mayor Griesock told citizens at Tuesday’s agenda-setting meeting that Cypress Equities submitted a Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grant application on behalf of Walmart seeking $7,500,000 in state funding to demolish the Monroeville Mall site.
Mayor Griesock told citizens at Tuesday’s agenda-setting meeting that Cypress Equities submitted a Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) grant application on behalf of Walmart seeking $7,500,000 in demolition funding for the Monroeville Mall site.
The mayor said the RACP request is a matching grant: the applicant asked the state for $7.5 million toward an estimated $15 million total demolition cost. The mayor said Monroeville municipal staff had not received any site-plan or formal land-development applications from Cypress Equities or Walmart and that the company has told municipal officials it plans public open-house forums for the community when developer plans are ready. "They say that it's taking way…
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