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Regional partners outline grants, meat-processing support and $5 million for workforce housing in Washington County
Summary
Regional economic-development partners told Washington County supervisors about state grant rounds for meat-processing expansion and dairy modernization, an EPA brownfields grant, and $5 million in federal funding to design a county workforce-housing program; planners said an additional $750,000 is designated for a modular housing factory feasibility study.
Regional partners briefed Washington County supervisors on a string of grant programs, technical-assistance offerings and infrastructure efforts intended to support local farms, food processors and housing development.
Todd Erling, representing a regional nonprofit network (HVADC), said the group helped administer a meat-processing expansion program that drew “more than $7,000,000 in requests statewide for about 4,250,000 in actual funding,” and that Locust Grove in Washington County received one of the awards. He said the state will run a second round in 2026 and that HVADC will again administer the competitive process, with about $5,000,000 expected to be…
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