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County staff reports shift to housing focus, gas grant work for Sawyer and $600,000 state bridge match
Summary
A county staff member reported the local economic development group ended a façade program to prioritize a countywide housing assessment (estimated four months), is assisting Sawyer on a KCC natural-gas grant application due Oct. 15, and said the state awarded $600,000 for a bridge with a county match of $125,000.
Heather, identified in the meeting record as making the economic-development report, told the commissioners that the Pratt Area Economic Development Corporation is ending its façade-improvement program and shifting toward housing initiatives. Heather said the authority approved a housing-assessment survey and plans to meet with Kansas Housing Resources (KHRC) to determine program eligibility; she estimated hiring a firm could take about four months from start to finish.
"So the PADC will be moving in that direction going forward," Heather…
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