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Commission reviews paint and repair grant funds, CDBG uncertainty, and updated application fees

2232566 · February 5, 2025
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Staff told the Landmarks Commission there is about $25,000 available for 2025 paint and repair grants plus $2,850 held from 2024; a brief federal pause on grants created timing uncertainty, and the commission approved updated application fees and deadlines for 2025.

Landmarks Commission staff on Feb. 5 updated commissioners on paint and repair grant funding, an earlier temporary federal pause that briefly affected Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) reimbursements, and proposed changes to the commission’s application fees and deadlines for 2025.

Staff reported the commission expects to receive approximately $25,000 in CDBG-funded paint and repair grant funds for 2025, plus $2,850 remaining from incomplete 2024 projects that the county indicated could be carried forward. Staff cautioned that a short-lived federal order to halt certain grants and loans created temporary uncertainty about reimbursements; Waukesha County CDBG coordinators initially advised…

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