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Crestview council reallocates $56,835 in CDBG COVID funds for Main Street arts and learning center
Summary
The Crestview City Council voted 5-0 to amend the 2020 CDBG annual action plan and reallocate $56,835 in COVID-related CDBG funds to lease and renovate a Main Street facility as an arts and STEM learning center serving low-to-moderate-income neighborhoods.
The Crestview City Council voted 5-0 to approve an amendment to the city's 2020 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) annual action plan that reallocates $56,835 in COVID-response CDBG funds toward leasing and bringing a Main Street building up to code for use as an arts and STEM learning center.
City staff told the council the city originally received $96,835 in CDBG-CV (COVID) funds through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and used about $40,000 on a small-business grant program during the pandemic. "Every penny of it," Councilman Hayes said when asked whether the amendment would deplete the remaining COVID funds. Staff said the amendment would make available $56,835 of previously…
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