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Board approves High Country COG to administer Golden Leaf shell‑building grant; county seeks regional housing solutions
Summary
The board authorized the High Country Council of Governments to administer a Golden Leaf grant for a shell building at the county industrial park and received updates on local housing repair programs and regional housing capacity-building efforts.
Ash County commissioners on Feb. 17 approved a contract with the High Country Council of Governments (COG) to administer the Golden Leaf grant that will fund construction of a shell building in the county industrial park. The board was told administration fees will be paid from grant funds, not county general funds.
County staff said mass grading of two upper lots at the industrial park was largely completed before recent storms and that contractors will return in spring to finish stabilization work. The shell building grant — intended to create a ready-to-occupy industrial shell building to attract businesses — will fund design and…
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