Clinton County commissioners approve switch to homeowner rehab for 2024 CDBG application; announce America250 events and student fossil recognition

Clinton County commissioners on June 5 authorized changing the county’s 2024 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application from a proposed water-filtration-plant generator replacement to a homeowner-occupied housing rehabilitation project, and heard updates about America250PA events and a student fossil project from Bucktail High School.

Elizabeth Widdey, Clinton County community and development housing coordinator, told commissioners that the state Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) found the proposed generator replacement ineligible and recommended converting the application. "We can change that to the homeowner occupied housing rehab, and it would supplement our home grant application that we put in earlier, allowing us to help a few more people that are low to moderate income," Widdey said. Commissioners moved and approved the change; no opposing votes were…