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Pocomoke Council Narrows Community Center Choices; Warned That Moving Site Could Jeopardize $800,000 CDBG Grant
Summary
Councilmembers reviewed four finalists for a Family Life/Community Center, heard an updated schematic from designer Jonathan Selwell and were told the city’s 61.24% LMI designation and grant rules mean changing the cited location could risk an $800,000 CDBG award; council agreed to post schematics and gather public input.
Pocomoke City councilmembers discussed the final four proposals for a planned Family Life Center and weighed whether to keep the project at a downtown site cited in the city's CDBG application or pursue an alternate parcel owned by the city.
Miss Matthews (staff) told the council the CDBG application must specify a project location and that Pocomoke City’s low‑to‑moderate‑income (LMI) percentage is 61.24%. She warned that relocating the project could alter the LMI calculation and "we could also lose the grant." The grant amount discussed was up to $800,000 with a…
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