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Coffeyville commission approves application for $1.5 million CDBG grant to renovate fairgrounds
Summary
The Coffeyville City Commission voted May 29 to authorize submission of a $1.5 million Community Development Block Grant application and to guarantee ongoing maintenance funds for improvements to the Coffeyville Fairgrounds, citing public-safety concerns in aging barns and the potential to attract regional events and sales-tax revenue.
Coffeyville City Manager Ben Brubaker told the City Commission on May 29 that the city is seeking a $1.5 million Community Development Block Grant to upgrade aging livestock barns and to support a covered livestock and equestrian facility at the Coffeyville Fairgrounds.
Brubaker said engineers estimate roughly $1,000,000 to upgrade five existing barns and about $4.4 million to build a new 200-by-300 indoor livestock and equestrian building, with optional add-ons (fire suppression, insulation and similar items) that could add up to about $1 million. He said the city anticipates about $1.65 million in potential outside funding and estimated a city share of about $2.75 million if the larger project is built.
Why it matters: Brubaker framed the work as a public-safety and economic-development effort.…
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