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Benton County holds hearing on $750,000 CDBG tree replanting project in Atkins Roundhouse area

6490715 · October 22, 2025
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County staff and the grant administrator reported on progress for a $750,000 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) disaster-recovery contract to remove stumps and replant trees in the Atkins Roundhouse area; work on stump removal is complete and planting is ongoing, with monitoring and maintenance required through the grant end date.

Benton County officials held a public hearing to review the status of funded activities for the Benton County Conservation tree replanting project in the Atkins Roundhouse area, a project assisted through a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) disaster recovery award of $750,000 (contract 20DRI025). Melissa Comer, environmental specialist for the Central Iowa Council of Governments and the grant administrator for the project, read a prepared statement summarizing progress and expenditures.

Comer said a…

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