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Southwest RPC updates Keene council on CDBG projects, brownfields and a $400M state transportation shortfall
Summary
Todd Horner of the Southwest Regional Planning Commission told the Keene City Council about $1.3 million in locally relevant federal and county grants — including two Roosevelt School projects totaling 60 affordable units, water-system work at Base Hill and brownfields assessments — and warned of a $400 million shortfall in the state 10-year transportation plan.
Todd Horner, executive director of the Southwest Regional Planning Commission, briefed the Keene City Council on the regional agency’s role and several projects in Keene supported by the Community Development Block Grant program, brownfields funding and transportation planning. "We advise; we don’t regulate," Horner said, describing the commission as a "public nonprofit formed by municipalities for municipalities."
Horner highlighted current and pipeline projects that rely on CDBG and related funding. He said the Roosevelt School retrofit and the adjacent Roosevelt West new build together will create 60 affordable housing units, with Roosevelt East…
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